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A:
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老婆，浩浩要上学了，我们让他改用右手吧。
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lǎopó, Hàohao yào shàngxué le, wǒmen ràng tā gǎi yòng yòushǒu ba.
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Honey, Haohao will be starting school soon. We should get him to start using his right hand.
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B:
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为什么？左撇子怎么了？
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wèishénme? zuǒpiězi zěnmele?
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Why? What’s wrong with left-handed people?
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A:
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大家都用右手，方便。
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dàjiā dōu yòng yòushǒu, fāngbiàn.
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Everyone uses their right hand. It’s convenient.
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B:
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可是浩浩天生是左撇子，他用右手怎么会方便？
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kěshì Hàohao tiānshēng shì zuǒpiězi, tā yòng yòushǒu zénme huì fāngbiàn?
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But Haohao was born a lefty. How could using his right hand be convenient?
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A:
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我怕他被同学欺负。以前，我有一个左撇子的同学，我们都笑他是怪人。
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wǒ pà tā bèi tóngxué qīfu. yǐqián, wǒ yǒu yī ge zuǒpiězi de tóngxué, wǒmen dōu xiào tā shì guàirén.
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I’m worried about him getting picked on by his classmates. In the past, I had a left-handed classmate. We all laughed at him for being a weirdo.
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B:
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那是二三十年前，现在不一样了。
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nà shì èr sān shí nián qián, xiànzài bù yīyàng le.
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That was twenty or thirty years ago. Things are different now.
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A:
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我看还是让他改过来吧。
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wǒ kàn háishì ràng tā gǎi guòlái ba.
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I still think it’d be better if we had him change.
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B:
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啊哟，你怎么这么没个性？外国人很多都是左撇子，没有人逼他们改。这是尊重。
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āyō, nǐ zěnme zhème méi gèxìng? wàiguórén hěn duō dōu shì zuǒpiězi, méiyǒu rén bī tāmen gǎi. zhè shì zūnzhòng.
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Geez, where’s your sense of individuality? A lot of foreigners are left-handed. No one forces them to change. It’s about respect.
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A:
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可是中国不一样。
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kěshì Zhōngguó bù yīyàng.
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But China is different.
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B:
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我跟你说左撇子的人，数学好，聪明！
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wǒ gēn nǐ shuō zuǒpiězi de rén, shùxué hǎo, cōngming!
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I’m telling you, left-handed people are good with math. They’re smart!
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那我们问浩浩自己吧。
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nà wǒmen wèn Hàohao zìjǐ ba.
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Then how about we ask Haohao himself.
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B:
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他还小，不懂，不用问他。
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tā hái xiǎo, bù dǒng, bùyòng wèn tā.
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He’s still young. He doesn’t understand. Don’t bother asking him.
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A:
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你不是说要尊重他吗？
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nǐ bùshì shuō yào zūnzhòng tā ma?
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Didn’t you say you wanted to respect him?
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