Intermediate - Adoption (C0284)

她是我们刚刚领养的女儿。
tā shì wǒmen gānggang lǐngyǎng de nǚér 。
She’s our newly adopted daughter.

难怪她看上去一点儿也不像你们。不过她真的很漂亮。她是中国人吗？
nánguài tā kàn shangqu yīdianr3 yě bù xiàng nǐmen 。búguò tā zhēnde hěn piàoliang 。tā shì Zhōngguórén ma ？
No wonder she doesn’t look like you at all. But she is really pretty. Is she Chinese?

对，她出生在湖南。我们是从当地的福利院领养来的。
duì ，tā chūshēng zài Húnán 。wǒmen shì cóng dāngdì de fúlìyuàn lǐngyǎng lái de 。
Yes, she was born in Hunan. We adopted her from the local welfare agency.

你们住在中国吗？
nǐmen zhù zài Zhōngguó ma ？
Do you live in China?

我们住在美国，她跟我们一起回美国。
wǒmen zhù zài Měiguó ，tā gēn wǒmen yīqǐ huí Měiguó 。
We live in the United States. She will return to the States with us.

那么她的国籍是中国还是美国？
nàme tā de guójí shì Zhōngguó háishì Měiguó ？
In that case, is she a Chinese citizen or an American citizen?

等办好了手续她拿的就是美国国籍。但是我们会好好教育她，让她认识中国和中国文化，让她学中文。
děng bànhǎo le shǒuxù tā ná de jiùshì Měiguó guójí 。dànshì wǒmen huì hǎohao jiàoyù tā ，ràng tā rènshi Zhōngguó hé Zhōngguó wénhuà ，ràng tā xué Zhōngwén 。
After we finish the adoption process, she will be an American citizen. But we will educate her so she has a good knowledge of China and Chinese culture and we will make her study Chinese.

这样也挺好的。有了你们这么好的父母，她一定会很幸福。
zhèyàng yě tǐng hǎo de 。yǒu le nǐmen zhème hǎo de fùmǔ ，tā yīdìng huì hěn xìngfú 。
That’s so good. She has such great parents, she will certainly be very happy.

谢谢！我们会把我们所有的爱都给她。
xièxie ！wǒmen huì bǎ wǒmen suǒyǒu de ài dōu gěi tā 。
Thank you! We will provide her with all of our love.

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