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Shí nián guòqù le, xiànzài tā yǐjīng shì xiàozhǎng le, yīnwèi tài máng, měitiān zǎoshang wǒ qǐchuáng hòu dōu kàn bú dào tā, wǎnshang hěn wǎn tā cái huídào jiā.

Ten years have passed. Now he is already the principal. Because he's so busy, every morning after I get up I can't see him, and he doesn't get home until very late at night.

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睡觉太晚对孩子的身体没有好处。最近孩子作业是不是太多了？

Shuìjiào tài wǎn duì háizi de shēntǐ méiyǒu hǎochu. Zuìjìn háizi zuòyè shì bú shì tàiduō le?

Going to bed too late is not good for a child's health. Has the child had too much homework lately?

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一般来说，早上9点是最好的时间，冬天要再晚一些。

Yìbān lái shuō, zǎoshang jiǔ diǎn shì zuì hǎo de shíjiān, dōngtiān yào zài wǎn yìxiē.

Generally speaking, 9 a.m. is the best time; in winter, it should be a bit later.

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可不是！上班堵车怕迟到，下班堵车怕回家晚。每天在马路上开车，要想不遇到堵车，还真难。

Kě búshì! Shàngbān dǔchē pà chídào, xiàbān dǔchē pà huíjiā wǎn. Měitiān zài mǎlù shàng kāichē, yào xiǎng bú yùdào dǔchē, hái zhēn nán.

Exactly! Traffic jams on the way to work make you worry about being late, and traffic jams after work make you worry about getting home late. Driving on the road every day, it's really hard not to run into a traffic jam.

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你回来得这么晚，是说了很多过去的事吗？

Nǐ huílai de zhème wǎn, shì shuō le hěn duō guòqù de shì ma?

You came back so late; did you talk a lot about the past?

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是的。太晚了，睡觉吧。

Shì de. Tài wǎn le, shuìjiào ba.

Yes. It's too late, let's go to sleep.

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