爸爸的话Dad's Talk

New words

• 未来wèilái — future
• 打算dǎsuàn — to plan; plan
• 认为rènwéi — to think, believe
• 之后zhīhòu — after
• 责任zérèn — responsibility
• 生shēng — to give birth, have (a baby)

The story

妈妈：明天我们就回美国了。之后，我就见不到包子了！Tomorrow we fly back to America. After that, I won't get to see Baozi!

大卫：妈，你可以跟他打视频电话嘛。……哎？大大！你怎么在箱子里？Mom, you can video-call him. ...Huh? Dada! What are you doing in the suitcase?

小雨：大大是美国猫嘛！她是在你的箱子里来中国的。Dada's an American cat, remember! She came to China in your suitcase.

妈妈：我打算带包子回美国。大大也可以来。I'm planning to take Baozi back to America. Dada can come too.

大卫：妈！包子不能去美国！他没有护照，也没有签证！Mom! Baozi can't go to America! He's got no passport and no visa!

妈妈：那……包子什么时候生小猫？我要一只。Then... when is Baozi going to have kittens? I want one.

小雨：包子是男的，他不会生小猫！Baozi's a boy — he can't have kittens!

妈妈：太可惜了。What a shame.

Opening the lesson…