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Taking the child to a movie 咱们好久没带小雪去看电影了。

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We haven’t taken Xiao Xue to see a movie in a long time.

是啊，这不又快考试了嘛，我怕影响她学习，所以就一直没带她去。

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Yes. She’ll soon have her exams. I’m afraid it might affect her studies so I didn’t take her to any.

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小雪啊，下周你考完试，周末爸爸妈妈带你去看电影或者听音乐会好不好啊？

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Xiao Xue, next week after the exams we will take you to a movie or a concert, OK?

好啊，好啊。

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那你到底是喜欢看电影呢还是听音乐会啊？ " # . " # -0 # $2

Which would you prefer, a movie or a concert?

我当然想看电影了，最好是动画片。

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A movie, of course. A cartoon would be best.

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我来查查报纸看。下周末将会上演动画片《冰河世纪II》，呦，还是进口大片呢。

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听起来不错嘛，我看网上对它的评价挺高的。

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Sounds great. I’ve read on the Web that it’s highly rated.

那咱们就去看这个吧，好不好？

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