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The Life of a Programmer 3: Heading Home

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ID: 2176 Intermediate
In the third part of this series on the life of a programmer, we learn that a Chinese programmer doesn't just have it tough at the office. When going home to one's parents there are all kinds of questions, expectations and more. Is there no rest for this poor keeper of the code?
Mon Apr 29 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老是 lǎoshi always
加班 jiābān to work overtime
一......就...... yī ... jiù ... as soon as... then...
打游戏 dǎ yóuxì to play games
大齐，回来啦！你这个工作不行啊，老是加班。
Dàqí ，huílai la ！nǐ zhè gè gōngzuò bùxíng a ，lǎoshi jiābān 。
Daqi, you're back! This work of yours is no good. You always have to work overtime.
今天跟几个同学去打台球了。
jīntiān gēn jǐ gè tóngxué qù dǎ táiqiú le 。
Today I went to play pool with some classmates.
吃饭了吗？桌上还有些菜。
chīfàn le ma ？zhuō shàng hái yǒuxiē cài 。
Have you eaten? There's some food on the table.
我刚吃了兰州拉面。我去房间了。
wǒ gāng chī le Lánzhōu lāmiàn 。wǒ qù fángjiān le 。
I just ate some Lanzhou beef noodles. I'm going to my room.
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