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A: 什麼聲音？
shénme shēngyīn?
What's that sound?
B: 糟了！粥溢出來了。
zāo le! zhōu yì chūlái le.
Oh no! The rice porridge is overflowing!
A: 讓你買個好點的電飯煲你不聽。你看，弄得桌子上，地上都是，一團糟。
ràng nǐ mǎi ge hǎo diǎnr de diànfànbāo nǐ bù tīng. nǐ kàn, nòng de zhuōzi shang, dì shang dōu shì, yītuánzāo.
You didn't listen to me when I tried to tell to you to buy a good one. See, the table, the floor – it's a complete mess.
B: 誰當初一看見99元特價，就興奮地跳起來了。什麼破玩意嗎？只能煮飯，不能煮粥。不知道是哪個沒腦子的人造的。
shéi dāngchū yī kànjiàn jiǔshí jiǔ yuán tèjià, jiù xīngfèn de tiào qǐlái le. shénme pò wányìr ma? zhǐnéng zhǔ fàn, bùnéng zhǔ zhōu. bù zhīdào shì nǎ ge méi nǎozi de rén zào de.
Who was the one who got all excited and jumped up at the sight of the 99 yuan sale price? What a piece of junk. It can only cook rice, and can't cook rice porridge? I wonder what brainless person came up with this.
A: 算了，算了，趕緊收拾吧！
suàn le, suàn le, gǎnjǐn shōushi ba!
Forget it, forget it. Hurry and clean up!
B: 哎！民以食為天。這天天吃飯的傢伙還是得買個好的。走，咱們上網搜搜去。
āi! mínyǐshíwéitiān. zhè tiāntiān chīfàn de jiāhuo háishì děi mǎi ge hǎo de. zǒu, zánmen shàngwǎng sōu sou qù.
Hey, rice is essential. For something you cook with every day, you'd better buy a good one. Come on, let's search online.
B: 哇，高的，扁的，圓的，方的，什麼形狀的都有。
wā, gāo de, biǎn de, yuán de, fāng de, shénme xíngzhuàng de dōu yǒu.
Wow, tall ones, flat ones, round ones, square ones – they've got all shapes and sizes.
A: 便宜沒好貨。我們直接看兩百塊以上的吧。
piányi méi hǎo huò. wǒmen zhíjiē kàn liǎngbǎi kuài yǐshàng de ba.
Cheap things are never good. Let's look right at the 200 kuai and up ones.
B: 我看這次別買國產的了。買個進口的，質量好。
wǒ kàn zhècì bié mǎi guóchǎn de le. mǎi ge jìnkǒu de, zhìliàng hǎo.
I don't think we should buy a domestically made one this time. Let's buy an imported one; they're high quality.
A: 好啊！我同事就買了個日本產的，煮出來的米飯又糯又香。
hǎo a! wǒ tóngshì jiù mǎi le ge Rìběn chǎn de, zhǔ chūlái de mǐfàn yòu nuò yòu xiāng.
OK! My coworker just bought a Japanese made one. The rice it makes is juicy and it smells great.
B: 哎，這個是日本的牌子。
āi, zhè ge shì Rìběn de páizi.
Hey, this is a Japanese brand.
A: 點進去看看產品介紹。
diǎn jìnqù kàn kan chǎnpǐn jièshào.
Click it and take a look at the introduction.
B: 可以煮飯、煮粥、還可以煲湯。而且，光煮飯就有標準、快煮、精煮三種模式。
kěyǐ zhǔ fàn、 zhǔ zhōu、 hái kěyǐ bāotāng. érqiě, guāng zhǔ fàn jiù yǒu biāozhǔn、 kuàizhǔ、 jīngzhǔ sān zhǒng móshì.
It can cook rice, porridge, and even soup. Plus, for rice it has three modes: standard, quick, and fine.
A: 真高級！
zhēn gāojí!
It's so advanced!
B: 還是高科技的。三維立體加熱，保證每顆米粒都均勻受熱。
háishì gāokējì de. sānwéi lìtǐ jiārè, bǎozhèng měi kē mǐlì dōu jūnyún shòu rè.
That's high-tech for you. Three dimensional heating guarantees that every grain of rice receives an equal amount of heat.
A: 聽著就讓人心動。還有五小時保溫功能，二十四小時預約功能。
tīng zhe jiù ràng rén xīndòng. háiyǒu wǔ xiǎoshí bǎowēn gōngnéng, èrshí sì xiǎoshí yùyuē gōngnéng.
Just listening to that gets me all worked up. It also has a 5 hour heat preservation function and a 24-hour automatic timer setting.
B: 這個設計我喜歡，以後我就不用被你從睡夢中叫醒，去煮粥了。
zhè ge shèjì wǒ xǐhuan, yǐhòu wǒ jiù bùyòng bèi nǐ cóng shuìmèng zhōng jiàoxǐng, qù zhǔ zhōu le.
I like this design idea. Now I won't have to get woken up by you to make the rice porridge.
A: 人性化的設計可是要付出代價的。你看看價格吧。
rénxìnghuà de shèjì kěshì yào fùchū dàijià de. nǐ kàn kan jiàgé ba.
You have to pay a price for a user-friendly design. See how much it costs.
B: 699！
liùbǎi jiǔshí jiǔ!
699!
A: 我們再看看別的吧。
wǒmen zài kàn kan bié de ba.
Let's look at a few more.
B: 別啊，就這個了！為了每天能多睡半小時，值！
bié a, jiù zhè ge le! wèile měitiān néng duō shuì bàn xiǎoshí, zhí!
Don't bother, let's just get this one! If it means I can sleep an extra half an hour every day, it's worth it!
Key Vocabulary
溢 yì
電飯煲 diànfànbāo
一團糟 yītuánzāo
當初 dāngchū
興奮 xīngfèn
破玩意 pò wányìr
煮 zhǔ
民以食為天 mínyǐshíwéitiān
傢伙 jiāhuo
扁 biǎn
形狀 xíngzhuàng
直接 zhíjiē
以上 yǐshàng
國產 guóchǎn
進口 jìnkǒu
質量 zhìliàng
糯 nuò
產品介紹 chǎnpǐn jièshào
煲湯 bāotāng
模式 móshì
高科技 gāokējì
三維 sānwéi
立體 lìtǐ
顆 kē
米粒 mǐlì
均勻 jūnyún
心動 xīndòng
保溫 bǎowēn
預約 yùyuē
功能 gōngnéng
設計 shèjì
人性化 rénxìnghuà
付出 fùchū
代價 dàijià
Supplementary Vocabulary
當時 dāngshí
老話 lǎohuà
糯米 nuòmǐ
爛 làn
精細 jīngxì
粒 lì
平均 píngjūn
麵包機 miànbāojī
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