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Chat attack

second child

二胎

(èrtāi)

A: Now that all couples are allowed to have a second child, are you planning to have one?

现在全面开放可以要二胎了,你还打算要第二个宝宝吗？

(xiànzài quánmiàn kāifànɡ kěyǐ yào èrtāi le, nǐ hái dǎsuàn yào dìèrɡè bǎobǎo ma?)

B: Not yet. My child is too young. It is tiring enough for me to take care of him.

目前还不想。我家孩子太小了,带他就已经够辛苦的了。

(mùqián hái bùxiǎnɡ. wǒjiā háizǐ tài xiǎo le, dàitā jiù yǐjīnɡ ɡòu xīnkǔ de le.)

A: My sister is already preparing to have her second child. They do not want the age gap between the two children to be too wide so that they can play with each other.

我姐姐倒是已经在准备要第二个孩子了。他们说希望两个孩子年龄不要相差太大,这样还能一起玩。

(wǒ jiějiě dǎoshì yǐjīnɡzài zhǔnbèi yào dìèrɡè háizǐ le. tāmen shuō xīwànɡ liǎnɡɡè háizǐ niánlínɡ bùyào xiānɡchà tàidà, zhèyànɡ háinénɡ yìqǐ wán.)

B: Sounds reasonable.

听起来好像很有道理。

(tīnɡ qǐlái hǎoxiànɡ hěn yǒu dàolǐ.)