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Those Pesky Mosquitos!

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ID: 2479 Elementary
Ah, summer has arrived...beautiful greenery, long hot summer days, barbecues, and ouch! What just bit me?! Oh, those pesky mosquitos. Listen in as one mother helps her child to deal with this summertime nuisance.
Thu Jul 03 2014 | Jenny, Shanell
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
脸上 liǎn shàng on the face
坏 huài bad, broken
打 dǎ to hit, to swat, to fight
打死 dǎsǐ to hit so it dies
妈妈，我痒。
māma ，wǒ yǎng 。
Mom, I'm itchy.
宝贝，哪里痒？
bǎobèir ，nǎli yǎng ？
Darling, where does it itch?
这里，脸上，还有腿上。
zhèlǐ ，liǎnshàng ，háiyǒu tuǐshàng 。
Here, on my face, and also on my leg.
啊呀，蚊子咬你啦！蚊子真坏，咬我们宝宝。妈妈帮你打蚊子。
āyā ，wénzi yǎo nǐ la ！wénzi zhēn huài ，yǎo wǒmen bǎobao 。māma bāng nǐ dǎ wénzi 。
Oh my, mosquitos have bitten you! Mosquitos are so bad to have bitten our baby. Mom will help you to swat the mosquitos.
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