男孩还是女孩？Boy or Girl?

New words

• 性别xìngbié — sex, gender (boy or girl)
• 好奇hàoqí — curious
• 期待qīdài — to look forward to, expect
• 愿望yuànwàng — wish
• 区别qūbié — difference; to tell apart
• 说不定shuōbudìng — maybe, who knows

The story

乐乐：小雨，宝宝是男孩还是女孩？Xiaoyu, is the baby a boy or a girl?

小雨：不知道。医生没说。I don't know. The doctor didn't say.

安娜：医生为什么不说宝宝的性别？Why didn't the doctor tell you the baby's sex?

小雨：在中国，医生不准说宝宝的性别。In China, doctors aren't allowed to tell you the baby's sex.

大卫：我们也不想问。男孩女孩都好，到时候就知道了。We don't want to ask, either. A boy or a girl, either's fine. We'll find out when the time comes.

乐乐：可是我很好奇！我对宝宝的性别特别好奇！But I'm so curious! I'm super curious about whether it's a boy or a girl!

马克：我也很好奇。作家对什么都好奇。I'm curious too. Writers are curious about everything.

安娜：我只对蛋糕好奇。宝宝出生的时候，有蛋糕吗？I'm only curious about cake. Will there be cake when the baby's born?

Opening the lesson…