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@ 40809 My Scooter Won't Start
A 師傅，我的摩托車有些小毛病。麻煩你幫我看一下吧。
shīfu, wǒ de mótuōchē yǒuxiē xiǎo máobìng. máfan nǐ bāng wǒ kàn yīxià ba.
Sir, there's something wrong with my motorbike. Can you take a look for me?
B 什麼毛病？
shénme máobìng?
What the problem?
A 天氣冷發動很困難。
tiānqì lěng fādòng hěn kùnnan.
When the weather is cold it is difficult to start.
B 我看看......我幫你調一下化油器。
wǒ kàn kan......wǒ bāng nǐ tiáo yīxià huàyóuqì.
Let me take a look... I'll adjust your carburetor a bit.
A 對了，它最近這樣抖動得很厲害，而且加速時感覺沒有力量。
duìle, tā zuìjìn zhèyàng dǒudòng de hěn lìhai, érqiě jiāsù shí gǎnjué méiyǒu lìliàng.
Yeah, lately when I start it up it shakes quite a bit. Plus, when I accelerate I don't feel any power.
B 嗯。是火花塞的問題。得換一個了。你有多久沒換機油？
ng4. shì huǒhuāsāi de wèntí. děi huàn yī ge le. nǐ yǒu duō jiǔ méi huàn jīyóu?
Hmm. That would be your spark plugs. You need to replace them. How long has it been since you changed your oil?
A 不知道......
bù zhīdào......
I don't know...
B 每開3000到5000公里要準時換機油。
měi kāi sān qiān dào wǔ qiān gōnglǐ yào zhǔnshí huàn jīyóu.
You need to schedule an oil change every 3,000 to 5,000 kilometers.
A 哦，這樣啊，我才知道。
ō, zhèyàng a, wǒ cái zhīdào.
Oh, really. Now I know.
B 好了。你騎一下試試吧。有問題的話，再來找我。
hǎo le. nǐ qí yīxià shì shi ba. yǒu wèntí dehuà, zài lái zhǎo wǒ.
OK. Drive it for a bit and see how it is. If you have any problems, come back and see me.
A 好多了！謝謝師傅！
hǎo duō le! xièxie shīfu!
Much better! Thank you sir!
Key Vocabulary
摩托車 mótuōchē
毛病 máobìng
發動 fādòng
調 tiáo
化油器 huàyóuqì
抖動 dǒudòng
加速 jiāsù
力量 lìliàng
火花塞 huǒhuāsāi
換 huàn
機油 jīyóu
準時 zhǔnshí
Supplementary Vocabulary
發動機 fādòngjī
剎車 shāchē
修理 xiūlǐ
減速 jiǎnsù
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