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@ 31471 Adjusting the Temperature
Adjusting the Temperature HTML
A: 有點兒冷。遙控器呢？
yoˇudiaˇnr leˇng. ya´oko`ngq`ı ne?
It’s a little cold. Where’s the remote control?
B: 在這兒。那我關掉空調吧。
za`i zhe`r. na`
woˇ
gua¯ ndia`o ko¯ ngtia´o ba.
Right here. I’ll turn off the air conditioner then.
A: 不用。把溫度調高點兒就行了。
bu`yo`ng. baˇ
we¯ ndu`
tia´o ga¯ o diaˇnr jiu`
x´ıng le.
That’s OK. Just turn the temperature up a little.
B: 現在只有19度，難怪這麼冷。27度怎麼樣？
xia`nza`i zhˇıyoˇu sh´ı jiuˇ zeˇnmeya`ng?
du`, na´ngua`i zhe`me leˇng.
e`rsh´ı q¯ı du`
It’s only 19 degrees right now, no wonder it’s so cold. How about 27 degrees?
A: 好的。怎麼有熱風？你是不是調成制熱了？
haˇo de. zeˇnme yoˇu re`fe¯ ng? nˇı sh`ı bu sh`ı tia´o che´ng zh`ıre` le?
OK. Why is the air hot? Did you change it to heat?
B: 好像是。這下應該是製冷了。
haˇoxia`ng sh`ı. zhe`xia` y¯ıngga¯ i sh`ı zh`ıleˇng le.
I guess so. Now it should be cold.
A: 風向能調節嗎？
fe¯ ngxia`ng ne´ng tia´ojie´
ma?
Can the air direction be adjusted?
B: 應該能。
y¯ıngga¯ i ne´ng.
I think so.
A: 哎呀，風都吹到我這邊來了。
a¯ iya¯ , fe¯ ng do¯ u chu¯ı da`o woˇ zhe`bia¯ n la´i le.
Oh geez, all the air is blowing over to me.
B: 呵呵，不好意思，這遙控器挺複雜的。
he¯ he¯ , bu`haˇoy`ısi, zhe`
ya´oko`ngq`ı tˇıng fu`za´
de.
Heh-heh, sorry. This remote control is quite complicated.
---Key Vocabulary---
遙控器 ya´oko`ngq`ı remote control
空調 ko¯ ngtia´o air conditioning
溫度 we¯ ndu` temperature
調 tia´o to adjust
難怪 na´ngua`i it’s no wonder that
熱風 re`fe¯ ng hot wind, hot air
成 che´ng to become
制熱 zh`ıre` heat
好像 haˇoxia`ng to seem as if
這下 zhe`xia` this time
製冷 zh`ıleˇng cold, refrigeration
風向 fe¯ ngxia`ng wind direction
調節 tia´ojie´ to adjust
吹 chu¯ı to blow
複雜 fu`za´ complicated
把 baˇ [preposition]
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
模式 mo´sh`ı mode
按 a`n to press
按鍵 a`njia`n to press a key
中央空調 zho¯ ngya¯ ng ko¯ ngtia´o central air conditioning
低 d¯ı low
華氏 hua´sh`ı fahrenheit
攝氏 she`sh`ı celcius
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