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When we had just gotten married, my husband was a middle school teacher. He liked to eat breakfast while reading the newspaper every morning after getting up.

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你看人家王老师，刚来这儿工作三年就当了教授，还有个好妻子，真让人羡慕！

Nǐ kàn rénjiā Wáng lǎoshī, gāng lái zhèr gōngzuò sān nián jiù dāng le jiàoshòu, hái yǒu gè hǎo qīzǐ, zhēn ràng rén xiànmù!

Look at Teacher Wang: he came here to work only three years ago and already became a professor, and he even has a good wife. It really makes people envious!

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年轻人刚开始工作的时候，不要太急着赚钱，不要眼睛里只有工资和奖金。

Niánqīng rén gāng kāishǐ gōngzuò de shíhou, bú yào tài jí zhe zhuàn qián, bú yào yǎnjing lǐ zhǐ yǒu gōngzī hé jiǎngjīn.

When young people first start working, they shouldn't be too eager to make money; they shouldn't focus only on salary and bonuses.

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妈，您看我刚买的裤子，洗完以后颜色怎么变得这么难看呢？

Mā, nín kàn wǒ gāng mǎi de kùzi, xǐ wán yǐhòu yánsè zěnme biàn de zhème nánkàn ne?

Mom, look at the pants I just bought; why did the color become so ugly after washing?

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刚做完，你呢？

Gāng zuò wán, nǐ ne?

Just finished. How about you?

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记得我女儿小时候，带她去医院打针，刚开始，她害怕得要哭，我就小声地和护士说我女儿很勇敢，一点儿也不怕打针，女儿听了以后马上就不哭了。

Jìde wǒ nǚ'ér xiǎoshíhòu, dài tā qù yīyuàn dǎzhēn, gāng kāishǐ, tā hàipà de yào kū, wǒ jiù xiǎoshēng de hé hùshì shuō wǒ nǚ'ér hěn yǒnggǎn, yìdiǎnr yě bú pà dǎzhēn, nǚ'ér tīngle yǐhòu mǎshàng jiù bù kū le.

I remember when my daughter was little, I took her to the hospital for a shot. At first, she was so scared she was about to cry. I quietly told the nurse that my daughter was very brave and not afraid of shots at all. After my daughter heard that, she stopped crying right away.

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对不起，我刚洗了个澡，没听见。有件什么事吗？

Duì bu qǐ, wǒ gāng xǐ le gè zǎo, méi tīng jiàn. Yǒu jiàn shén me shì ma?

Sorry, I just took a shower and didn't hear it. What is it?

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她去年秋天出生的，刚过完一岁生日。

Tā qùnián qiūtiān chūshēng de, gāng guò wán yí suì shēngrì.

She was born last fall and just had her first birthday.

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她刚来北京吗？

Tā gāng lái Běijīng ma?

Did she just arrive in Beijing?