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@ 31225 Washing Dishes
A: 老公，你洗碗我洗衣服，怎麼樣？
laˇogo¯ ng, nˇı xˇı waˇn woˇ xˇı y¯ıfu, zeˇnmeya`ng?
Dear, you wash the dishes and I’ll wash the clothes. How does that sound?
B: 沒問題！
me´iwe`nt´ı!
Fine!
A: 那麼多油，先衝一下再洗。
na`me duo¯
yo´u, xia¯ n cho¯ ng y¯ıxia`
za`i xˇı.
There’s so much grease. Rinse it a bit before you wash it.
B: 好的。衝好了，給我洗潔精。
haˇo de. cho¯ ng haˇo le, geˇi woˇ xˇıjie´j¯ıng.
OK. It’s rinsed off–give me the detergent.
A: 哎，你於嗎用那麼多？
a´i, nˇı ga`nma´ yo`ng na`me duo¯ ?
Hey, why are you using so much?
B: 這樣洗得於淨。
zhe`ya`ng xˇı de ga¯ nj`ıng.
You can get it really clean this way.
A: 好吧。我去洗衣服了。你小心點兒， 別把碗打
碎。
haˇo ba. woˇ
qu`
xˇı y¯ıfu le. nˇı xiaˇox¯ındiaˇnr, bie´
baˇ
waˇn daˇ
su`ı.
Fine. I’m going to wash the clothes. Be careful you don’t break the bowls.
B: 你放心好了！
nˇı fa`ngx¯ın haˇo le!
Relax!
A: 怎麼回事？沒傷到你吧？
zeˇnmehu´ısh`ı? me´i sha¯ ngda`o nˇı ba?
What happened?! You didn’t get hurt, right?
B: 沒事兒沒事兒，你快去洗衣服吧。
me´ish`ır me´ish`ır, nˇı kua`i qu` xˇı y¯ıfu ba.
I’m fine, I’m fine. Quick, go wash the clothes.
A: 哎，你怎麼搞的。
a´i, nˇı zeˇnmegaˇode.
Agh, how did you mess things up so badly?
B: 老婆，我太笨了，以後我洗衣服吧...
laˇopo, woˇ
ta`i be`n le, yˇıho`u woˇ
xˇı y¯ıfu ba...
Darling, I’m too dumb. In the future, I’ll wash the clothes, OK?
---Key Vocabulary---
洗 xˇı to wash
碗 waˇn bowl
油 yo´u oil
衝 cho¯ ng to rinse; to rush
洗潔精 xˇıjie´j¯ıng detergent
於淨 ga¯ nj`ıng clean
小心點兒 xiaˇox¯ındiaˇnr be careful
把 baˇ [particle]
打 daˇ to beat; to hit
碎 su`ı broken, smashed; to smash to pieces
放心 fa`ngx¯ın to relax; don’t worry
怎麼回事 zeˇnmehu´ısh`ı what’s the matter
傷到 sha¯ ngda`o to injure
沒事兒 me´ish`ır it’s nothing; no prob- lem
怎麼搞的 zeˇnmegaˇode how did things get so messed up
笨 be`n stupid, dumb
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
家務 jia¯ wu` housework
鍋 guo¯ pot; wok
電飯賃 dia`nfa`nba¯ o electric rice cooker
洗碗布 xˇıwaˇnbu` dish cloth
抹布 ma¯ bu` cloth for washing
dishes or wiping counter
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