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-------Lesson Dialog-------

----Simplified ----

A 听说你儿子奥数比赛获奖了？

B 不值一提，才得了个二等奖。

A 多不容易呀。要是我儿子，我非乐死不可。

B 不行，我批评他了，下次一定要拿个一等奖。

A 你对他要求也太高了吧。

B 不高，现在的社会竞争多激烈呀。不是名牌儿大学毕业的都找不着工作。

A 可他现在才上小学五年级呀。

B 可他将来是要上牛津哈佛的，现在不严格点儿怎么行。我们隔壁夫妇的女儿才四岁，已经开始学弹钢琴了。

----English----

A: I heard your son just won a prize in the Olympic Math competition.

B: Not worth mentioning. It was only a second prize.

A: What an effort. If it were my son, I'd be thrilled for sure.

B: It wasn't good enough and I told him. Next time he must win first prize.

A: Your expectations are too high.

B: No. Competition in this society is fierce. Those who don't graduate from top ranking universities can't find jobs.

A: But he's only a fifth-grader now.

B: But if he's going to go to universities like Oxford and Harvard, I'll have to be even stricter. Our neighbor's daughter is only four years old and she's already started to learn to play the piano.

----Pinyin----

A Tīngshuō nǐ érzi àoshù bǐsài huòjiǎngle ?

B Bùzhí yī tí, cái dé le ge èrděngjiǎng.

A Duō bù róngyì ya. Yàoshi wǒ érzi, wǒ fēi lè sǐ bù kě.

B Bùxíng, wǒ pīpíng tā le, xiàcì yīdìng yào ná ge yīděngjiǎng.

A Nǐ duì tā yāoqiú yě tàigāo le ba.

B Bùgāo, xiànzài de shèhuì jìngzhēng duō jīliè ya. Bù shì míngpáiér dàxué bìyè de dōu zhǎobùzháo gōngzuò.

A Kě tā xiànzài cái shàng xiǎoxué wǔ niánjí ya.

B Kě tā jiānglái shì yào shàng niújīn hāfó de, xiànzài bù yángé diǎnr zěnme xíng. Wǒmen gébì fūfù de nǚér cái sì suì, yǐjīng kāishǐ xué tángāngqín le.

----Traditional ----

A 聽說你兒子奧數比賽獲獎了？

B 不值一提，才得了個二等獎。

A 多不容易呀。要是我兒子，我非樂死不可。

B 不行，我批評他了，下次一定要拿個一等獎。

A 你對他要求也太高了吧。

B 不高，現在的社會競爭多激烈呀。不是名牌兒大學畢業的都找不著工作。

A 可他現在才上小學五年級呀。

B 可他將來是要上牛津哈佛的，現在不嚴格點兒怎麼行。我們隔壁夫婦的女兒才四嵗，已經開始學彈鋼琴了。

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