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help with homework

辅导作业

(fǔdǎo zuòyè)

A: Yesterday I was helping my son with his homework and I nearly exploded in anger. I taught him 3+2=5 so many times, but in the end he still wrote 8. 

昨天我辅导我家儿子做作业,差点被气死。教了多少遍3+2=5, 最后他写上去还是8。

(zuótiān wǒfǔdǎo wǒjiāérzǐ zuòzuòyè, chàdiǎn bèiqìsǐ. jiàole duōshǎo biànsān jiāèr děnɡyú wǔ, zuìhòu tā xiěshànɡqù háishìbā. ) 

B: This is why I don't want to have kids. You feed and clothe them, and all you get is frustration.

所以我不想生小孩。供他们吃穿,还要受气。

(suǒyǐ wǒ bùxiǎnɡ shēnɡxiǎohái. ɡònɡ tāmén chīchuān, háiyào shòuqì.)

A: I'm already exhausted by the time I get home from work every day, once I think about having to help my kid with his homework, my blood pressure goes through the roof. 

 每天加班回家都够累了,一想到要给孩子辅导作业,我高血压都要犯了。

(měitiān jiābān huíjiā dōuɡòulèile, yīxiǎnɡdào yàoɡěi háizǐ fǔdǎo zuòyè, wǒ ɡāoxuèyā dōuyào fànle.)     

B:  Try to be patient. Your kid just started school, there is still plenty to come.

忍忍吧,你小孩才刚上学,将来还有你受的。

(rěnrěnbā, nǐxiǎohái cáiɡānɡ shànɡxué, jiānɡlái háiyǒu nǐshòude.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT