Trying to Cool Off During Summer

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Intermediate - Trying to Cool Off During Summer(C2940) A:

好热啊,空调到底什么时候才会修好? hǎo rè ā, kōngtiáo dàodǐ shénmeshíhou cái huì xiū hǎo? It's so hot, when will the aircon finally be fixed?

B:

爸说要后天才会送回来吧。 bà shuō yào hòutiān cái huì sòng huílái ba。 Dad said that it won't be delivered back until the day after tomorrow.

A:

新闻说现在外面温度大概三十七度,我快受不了了。 xīnwén shuō xiànzài wàimian wēndù dàgài sānshíqī dù, wǒ kuài shòubuliǎo le。 The news said that now it's around 37 degrees outside, I can't take it anymore.

B:

让身体凉快一点方法很多啊,你吃冰了吗? ràng shēntǐ liángkuài yīdiǎn fāngfǎ hěn duō ā, nǐ chī bīng le ma? There's lot of ways to cool off your body, have you eaten any crushed ice?

A:

吃了一桶冰淇淋了。 chī le yī tǒng bīngqílín le。 I ate a tub of ice cream.

B:

有没有去冲冷水澡? yǒumeiyǒu qù chōng lěngshuǐzǎo? Have you gone to have a cold shower?

A:

洗了两次了。你都不觉得热吗?

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xǐ le liǎng cì le。 nǐ dōu bùjuéde rè ma? I had two showers. You don't feel hot at all?

B:

我也热啊,但没空调我也没办法。 wǒ yě rè ā, dàn méi kōngtiáo wǒ yě méi bànfǎ。 I'm hot too, but with no air conditioning there's nothing to be done.

A:

我知道了,我们去附近的百货公司,那里有空调。 wǒ zhīdao le, wǒmen qù fùjìn de bǎihuògōngsī, nàlǐ yǒu kōngtiáo。 I know, let's go to department store nearby, they have air conditioning there.

B:

还不快出发! hái bù kuài chūfā! What are you waiting for!

Key Vocabulary 到底

dàodǐ

finally

空调

kōngtiáo

air conditioner



xiū

to repair

后天

hòutiān

future

新闻

xīnwén

news

温度

wēndù

temperature

受不了

shòubuliǎo

can't take it

身体

shēntǐ

body

凉快

liángkuài

cool



chōng

to shower

办法

bànfǎ

solution

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附近

fùjìn

in the vicinity

出发

chūfā

to start out

Supplementary Vocabulary 消暑

xiāoshǔ

to relieve summer heat

冷气

lěngqì

air conditioning (TW)

摄氏

shèshì

Celsius

华氏

huáshì

Fahrenheit

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