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@ 30997 I'm pregnant!
A: 怎麼了？
zeˇnme le?
What’s wrong?
B: 沒什麼。
me´i she´nme.
It’s nothing.
A: 是不是吃壞肚子了？
sh`ı bu sh`ı ch¯ı hua`i du`zi le?
Did you eat something that upset your stomach?
B: 沒有。這兩天早上老是想吐。
me´iyoˇu. zhe`liaˇngtia¯ n zaˇoshang laˇosh`ı xiaˇng tu`.
No. The past two mornings I keep feeling like I’m going to throw up.
A: 快喝點水，再躺一下。要不要去醫院？
kua`i he¯
diaˇn shuˇı, za`i taˇng y¯ıxia`. ya`o bu ya`o qu`
y¯ıyua`n?
Here, drink some water, and lie down a bit longer. Do you want to go to the hospital?
B: 不用。你給我拿包話梅吧。就在那兒。
bu`yo`ng. nˇı geˇi woˇ
na´
ba¯ o hua`me´i ba. jiu`
za`i na`r.
No need to. Get a bag of preserved plums for me. They’re just over there.
A: 噢。你今天別去上班了，在家好好休息休息。
o. nˇı j¯ıntia¯ n bie´
qu`
sha`ngba¯ n le, za`ijia¯
haˇoha¯ o xiu¯ xi xiu¯ xi.
Oh. Don’t go to work today, you need to stay at home and rest up.
B: 我沒病。只是想吐、想吃酸的。
woˇ me´i b`ıng. zhˇısh`ı xiaˇng tu`, xiaˇng ch¯ı sua¯ n de.
I’m not sick. I just feel nauseous. I want to eat something sour.
A: 老這樣不行，還是去醫院吧。我今天請假，陪你
去。
laˇo zhe`ya`ng bu`x´ıng, ha´ish`ı qu` pe´i nˇı qu`.
y¯ıyua`n ba. woˇ
j¯ıntia¯ n qˇıngjia`,
If it’s been going on so long, that’s not good. You had better go to the hospital. I’ll ask for leave, and take you there.
B: 我沒病！你怎麼這麼呆？
woˇ me´i b`ıng! nˇı zeˇnme zhe`me da¯ i?
I’m not sick. How come you’re so thick?
A: 千嗎？
ga`nma´?
What the heck?
B: 我有了！
woˇ yoˇu le!
I’m pregnant!
A: 啊？
aˇ?
Huh?
---Key Vocabulary---
沒什麼 me´i she´nme nothing
吃壞肚子 ch¯ı hua`i du`zi to eat something that upsets your stomach
老是 laˇosh`ı always
吐 tu` to throw up
躺 taˇng to lie down
話梅 hua`me´i pickled plum
酸 sua¯ n sour
不行 bu`x´ıng not OK
請假 qˇıngjia` to ask for vacation
陪 pe´i to accompany
呆 da¯ i stupid
千嗎 ga`nma´ why
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
懷孕 hua´iyu`n pregnant
西梅 x¯ıme´i prune
發呆 fa¯ da¯ i to zone out
呆頭呆腦 da¯ ito´uda¯ inaˇo dummy
呆子 da¯ izi fool
拉肚子 la¯ du`zi diarrhea
提示 t´ısh`ı to hint
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