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@ 31467 Going to the Toy Store
A: 媽媽，我們去玩具店吧！
māma， wǒmen qù wánjù diàn ba！ Mom, let's go to the toy store!
B: 不行！家裡玩具那麼多，不能買了。
bùxíng！ jiālǐ wánjù nàme duō， bùnéng mǎi le。
No way! There are so many toys in the house, we can't buy any more.
A: 就進去看看，我保證不買。
jiù jìnqù kàn kan， wǒ bǎozhèng bù mǎi。
Let's just go in and have a look. I promise we won't buy anything.
B: 好 吧 ！ hǎo ba！ OK...
A: 媽媽，這個芭比娃娃真漂亮！
māma， zhè ge Bābǐ wáwa zhēn piàoliang！ Mom, this Barbie doll is really pretty!
B: 你已經有兩個了。
nǐ yǐjīng yǒu liǎng ge le。You already have two.
A: 媽媽，你看這個拼圖，小明哥哥也有一個，是他的兒童節禮物。
māma， nǐ kàn zhè ge pīntú， Xiǎomíng gēge yě yǒu yī ge， shì tā de Értóngjié lǐwù。
Mom, look at this puzzle. Xiao Ming has one too. It was his Children's Day present.
B: 哦。那等明年兒童節，讓爸爸送你一個。
ò。 nà děng míngnián Értóngjié， ràng bàba sòng nǐ yī ge。
Oh. Well, wait until Children's Day next year, and have your father buy you one.
A: 好吧！媽媽，我要買電子琴，我們幼兒園的小朋友都有。
hǎo ba！ māma， wǒ yào mǎi diànzǐqín， wǒmen yòu'éryuán de xiǎopéngyou dōu yǒu。
OK... Mom, I want to buy a keyboard. All of the kids at our kindergarten have one.
B: 等你生日的時候，媽媽給你買。
děng nǐ shēngrì de shíhou， māma gěi nǐ mǎi。When it's your birthday, Mom will buy you one.
A: 好 吧 ！ hǎo ba！ OK...
B: 貝 貝 ， 我 們 回 家 了 ！ Bèibei， wǒmen huíjiā le！
Beibei, we need to go home now!
A: 我要買一輛遙控車。
wǒ yào mǎi yī liàng yáokòngchē。
I want to buy a remote-controlled car.
B: 那是男孩子玩的，女孩子不能玩。
nà shì nánháizi wán de， nǚháizi bùnéng wán。
That's something boys play with. Girls can't play with those.
A: 可以玩。我要買，我就要買嘛！
kěyǐ wán。 wǒ yào mǎi， wǒ jiù yào mǎi ma！
Yes they can. I want to buy one! I just want to buy one!
B: 你不聽話了，是不是？快把玩具放下。
nǐ bù tīnghuà le， shì bu shì？ kuài bǎ wánjù fàngxià。
So you're not going to behave, huh? Put down the toy now.
A: 媽媽壞！我讓外婆給我買。
māma huài！ wǒ ràng wàipó gěi wǒ mǎi。
Mom, you're mean! I'll have grandma buy one for me.
---Key Vocabulary---
玩具 wánjù toy
就 jiù just, only
保證 bǎozhèng to guarantee
芭比娃娃 Bābǐ wáwa Barbie doll
已經 yǐjīng already
拼圖 pīntú puzzle
兒童節 Értóngjié Children's Day
禮物 lǐwù gifts
等 děng after, to wait for
讓 ràng to let
送 sòng to give as a gift
電子琴 diànzǐqín electric keyboard
幼兒園 yòu'éryuán kindergarten
的時候 de shíhou when
輛 liàng [measure word for vehicles]
遙控車 yáokòngchē remote control car
聽話 tīnghuà obedient, to listen
放下 fàngxià to put down
壞 huài bad, evil
外婆 wàipó grandmother
[maternal]
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
外公 wàigōng grandfather [maternal]
獨生子女 dúshēngzǐnǚ only child
寵 chǒng to spoil, to pamper
積木 jīmù toy blocks
樂高 Lègāo Lego
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