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The Seven Year Itch 2: Facing Divorce

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ID: 1789 Upper Intermediate
  We return to the topic of the "seven year itch" to find another couple's marriage struggling. Additionally, a close friend's seemingly perfect marriage is now facing divorce. Listen in for all the details; if you're looking for more lessons pertaining to marital strife, check out ChinesePod's original lesson on "the seven year itch"!
Tue Oct 25 2011 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
管 guǎn to care about
辞 cí to quit (a job)
养得起 yǎngdeqǐ to be able to support
养不起 yǎngbuqǐ to be unable to support
你怎么才回来？打你电话也不接！
nǐ zěnme cái huílai ？ dǎ nǐ diànhuà yě bù jiē ！
How are you just getting back now? You didn't answer your phone either!
电话放包里没听见啊！你这么大声干什么？你不怕吓着孩子！
diànhuà fàng bāo lǐ méi tīngjiàn a ！ nǐ zhème dàshēng gàn shénme ？ nǐ bù pà xiàzháo háizi ！
I had my phone in my bag so I didn't hear it! What are you doing yelling at me like that? You're going to scare the child!
你还管孩子啊！孩子哇哇大哭吵着要妈妈，你倒好，下班两个多小时了才到家。
nǐ hái guǎn háizi a ！ háizi wāwā dàkū chǎo zhe yào māma ， nǐ dào hǎo ， xiàbān liǎng gè duō xiǎoshí le cái dào jiā 。
As if you care about the kid! They were crying and shouting for their mother, but you, you come home more than two hours after getting off work.
不是跟你说了嘛，最近公司比较忙，晚上要加一会儿班。
bùshì gēn nǐ shuō le ma ， zuìjìn gōngsī bǐjiào máng ， wǎnshang yào jiā yīhuǐr bān 。
Haven't I told you? Work has been busy recently. I have to work overtime a bit during the evening.
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