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@ 30563 Baby Care
A: 好久不見。當媽媽很開心吧？
haˇojiuˇ bu`jia`n. da¯ ng ma¯ ma heˇn ka¯ ix¯ın ba?
Long time no see. Are you happy to be a mom?
B: 哎喲，別提了。我都快累死了。
a¯ iyo¯ u, bie´t´ı le. woˇ do¯ u kua`i le`i sˇı le.
Oh, don’t bring it up. I’m about to die of exhaustion.
A: 你媽媽不是在幫你帶孩子嗎？
nˇı ma¯ ma bu` sh`ı za`i ba¯ ng nˇı da`i ha´izi ma?
Isn’t your mom helping you with the child?
B: 可是有好多事情還得我自己來呀。比如餵奶，因
為我是母乳餵養，所以體力消耗特別大。
keˇsh`ı yoˇu haˇo duo¯
sh`ıqing ha´i deˇi woˇ
z`ıjˇı la´i ya¯ . bˇıru´
we`inaˇi,
y¯ınwe`i woˇ
sh`ı muˇruˇ
we`iyaˇng, suoˇyˇı tˇıl`ı xia¯ oha`o te`bie´
da`.
But there are a lot of things I still have to do myself. For example, nursing. I breast-feed, so it really consumes a lot of energy.
A: 是啊。你老公幫你嗎？
sh`ı a¯ . nˇı laˇogo¯ ng ba¯ ng nˇı ma?
Yeah. Does your husband help you?
B: 當然咯。他負責換尿布、哄孩子睡覺。
da¯ ngra´n lo. ta¯
fu`ze´
hua`n nia`obu`, hoˇng ha´izi shu`ıjia`o.
Of course. He’s in charge of changing diapers and rocking the baby to sleep.
A: 你會唱歌給寶寶聽嗎？
nˇı hu`ı cha`ngge¯ geˇi baˇobao t¯ıng ma?
Do you sing for the baby?
B: 當然咯。他特別喜歡呢，哎，你知道我覺得最累
的是什麼嗎？
da¯ ngra´n lo. ta¯
te`bie´
xˇıhuan ne!
a¯ i, nˇı zh¯ıda`o woˇ
jue´de zu`ı
le`i de sh`ı she´nme ma?
Of course. He especially likes that! Hey, do you know what I find most tiring?
A: 嗯，不知道。
ng, bu` zh¯ıda`o.
Ummm... no.
B: 是夜裡睡不好，孩子一哭，我們就得起來看看。
sh`ı ye`li shu`ıbuhaˇo, ha´izi y¯ı ku¯ , woˇmen jiu` deˇi qˇılai ka`nkan.
I can’t sleep well at night because as soon as the child cries, we have to go over and take a look.
---Key Vocabulary---
別提了 bie´t´ı le to not mention
帶孩子 da`i ha´izi to take care of a child
餵奶 we`inaˇi to nurse
餵養 we`iyaˇng to feed
體力 tˇıl`ı physical strength
消耗 xia¯ oha`o to consume
負責 fu`ze´ to be in charge of
換尿布 hua`n nia`obu` to change a diaper
哄 hoˇng to soothe
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
照顧 zha`ogu to take care of
抱 ba`o to hug
奶粉 naˇifeˇn powdered milk
奶瓶 naˇip´ıng nursing bottle
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