Intermediate - Plans for Children? (C1615)

A: 你老家是哪里的?
nǐ lǎojiā shì nǎli de?
Where's your hometown?
B: 浙江的。
Zhèjiāng de.
It's in Zhejiang.
A: 哦,那离上海挺近的。
ò, nà lí Shànghǎi tǐng jìn de.
Oh. Then it's pretty close to Shanghai.
B: 嗯。
ng4.
Yeah.
A: 这是你的第一份工作吗?
zhè shì nǐ de dì yī fèn gōngzuò ma?
Is this your first job?
B: 是啊!我一毕业就来这家公司了。
shì a! wǒ yī bìyè jiù lái zhè jiā gōngsī le.
Yeah. I came to this company right after I graduated.
A: 有男朋友了吧?
yǒu nán péngyou le ba?
You have a boyfriend then, huh?
B: 我没有男朋友。
wǒ méiyǒu nán péngyou.
I don't have a boyfriend.
A: 怎么会呢,你这么漂亮,一定有很多男孩子追你吧?
zénme huì ne, nǐ zhème piàoliang, yīdìng yǒu hěn duō nánháizi zhuī nǐ ba?
How could that be? You're so pretty. There are definitely tons of guys pursuing you then, huh?
B: 我已经结婚了。
wǒ yǐjīng jiéhūn le.
I'm already married.
A: 结婚了?看不出来,你这么年轻。
jiéhūn le? kàn bu chūlái, nǐ zhème niánqīng.
You're married? I wouldn't have guessed. You're so young.
B: 呵呵,不年轻了。
hēhē, bù niánqīng le.
Heh-heh. I'm not young anymore.
A: 那你准备什么时候要宝宝啊?
nà nǐ zhǔnbèi shénme shíhou yào bǎobao a?
Then when are you planning on having a baby?
B: 这个,我还没考虑过。
zhè ge, wǒ hái méi kǎolǜ guo.
Well...I haven't really thought about that yet.

Key Vocabulary

老家 lǎojiā hometown
浙江 Zhèjiāng Zhejiang
to be away from
fèn [measure word for jobs]
一......就...... yī ... jiù ... as soon as...
毕业 bìyè to graduate
jiā [measure word for companies]
一定 yīdìng certainly, definitely
zhuī to pursue
已经 yǐjīng already
结婚 jiéhūn to marry
看不出来 kàn bu chūlái to be unable to tell
年轻 niánqīng young
准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare
考虑 kǎolǜ to consider, to think about

Supplementary Vocabulary

感兴趣 gǎn xìngqù to be interested in
明显 míngxiǎn obvious
现象 xiànxiàng appearance
虚荣 xūróng vanity
普遍 pǔbiàn widespread
生孩子 shēng háizi to have a child
暧昧 àimèi affair, inappropriate relationship
打算 dǎsuàn to plan
紧接着 jǐnjiē zhe immediately after
看得出来 kàn de chūlái to be able to tell from appearances
听得出来 tīng de chūlái to be able to tell from listening
听不出来 tīng bu chūlái to be unable to tell from listening

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