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Wake Up and Feed the Baby

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ID: 2700 Intermediate
It's never good to argue in bed, especially when it's 4 in the morning and you have a morning shift that day. Listen to this couple debate over who should feed the baby.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
hǒng to soothe; to comfort (a child)
喂奶 wèinǎi to breastfeed
懒得 lǎnde to not have the energy to
zhí to work (shifts)
老婆,宝宝又哭了,你去哄哄吧。
lǎopó ,bǎobao yòu kū le ,nǐ qù hǒnghong ba 。
Darling, the baby's crying again, go and calm him down.
我才刚喂完奶,好累,懒得起来,你去哄他啦。
wǒ cái gāng wèi wán nǎi ,hǎo lèi ,lǎnde qǐlái ,nǐ qù hǒng tā la 。
I just fed him, I'm exhausted, I couldn't be arsed getting up, you go and calm him down.
我今天值夜班,明天又是早班,累死了,拜托让我睡一下。
wǒ jīntiān zhíyèbān ,míngtiān yòu shì zǎobān ,lèi sǐ le ,bàituō ràng wǒ shuì yíxià 。
I'm on the night shift tonight and then the early shift tomorrow, I'm completely tired out too, please let me sleep for a while.
儿子又不是我一个人的,已经好几天都这样半夜哭个不停,都是我一个人照顾!你也不帮忙!
érzi yòu bú shì wǒ yí ge rén de ,yǐjīng hǎojǐ tiān dōu zhèyàng bànyè kūgebùtíng ,dōu shì wǒ yí ge rén zhàogu !nǐ yě bù bāngmáng !
It's not just my son, you know. He's been crying in the middle of the night on and on like this for several days now and it's all been up to me to look after him! I don't get any help from you!
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