Intermediate - Adjusting the Temperature (C1471)

A: 有点儿冷。遥控器呢?
yǒudiǎnr lěng. yáokòngqì ne?
It's a little cold. Where's the remote control?
B: 在这儿。那我关掉空调吧。
zài zhèr. nà wǒ guāndiào kōngtiáo ba.
Right here. I'll turn off the air conditioner then.
A: 不用。把温度调高点儿就行了。
bùyòng. bǎ wēndù tiáo gāo diǎnr jiù xíng le.
That's OK. Just turn the temperature up a little.
B: 现在只有19度,难怪这么冷。27度怎么样?
xiànzài zhǐyǒu shí jiǔ dù, nánguài zhème lěng. èrshí qī dù zěnmeyàng?
It's only 19 degrees right now, no wonder it's so cold. How about 27 degrees?
A: 好的。怎么有热风?你是不是调成制热了?
hǎo de. zěnme yǒu rèfēng? nǐ shì bu shì tiáo chéng zhìrè le?
OK. Why is the air hot? Did you change it to heat?
B: 好像是。这下应该是制冷了。
hǎoxiàng shì. zhèxià yīnggāi shì zhìlěng le.
I guess so. Now it should be cold.
A: 风向能调节吗?
fēngxiàng néng tiáojié ma?
Can the air direction be adjusted?
B: 应该能。
yīnggāi néng.
I think so.
A: 哎呀,风都吹到我这边来了。
āiyā, fēng dōu chuī dào wǒ zhèbiān lái le.
Oh geez, all the air is blowing over to me.
B: 呵呵,不好意思,这遥控器挺复杂的。
hēhē, bùhǎoyìsi, zhè yáokòngqì tǐng fùzá de.
Heh-heh, sorry. This remote control is quite complicated.

Key Vocabulary

遥控器 yáokòngqì remote control
空调 kōngtiáo air conditioning
温度 wēndù temperature
调 tiáo to adjust
难怪 nánguài it's no wonder that
热风 rèfēng hot wind, hot air
成 chéng to become
制热 zhìrè heat
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
这下 zhèxià this time
制冷 zhìlěng cold, refrigeration
风向 fēngxiàng wind direction
调节 tiáojié to adjust
吹 chuī to blow
复杂 fùzá complicated
把 bǎ [preposition]

Supplementary Vocabulary

模式 móshì mode
按 àn to press
按键 ànjiàn to press a key
中央空调 zhōngyāng kōngtiáo central air conditioning
低 dī low
华氏 huáshì fahrenheit
摄氏 shèshì celcius

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