Intermediate - Fast Cars and Shallow Women (C2019)

A: 美美,下班了吗?我送你回家。
Měiměi, xiàbān le ma? wǒ sòng nǐ huíjiā.
Mei Mei, are you off work? I'll take you home.
B: 等会儿吧。
děng huǐr ba.
Hold on a moment.
C: 美美,我的宝贝儿!
Měiměi, wǒ de bǎobèir!
Mei Mei, my dear!
B: 王公子!哎,你的车,法拉利,好帅啊!
Wáng gōngzǐ! āi, nǐ de chē, Fǎlālì, hǎo shuài a!
Mr. Wang! Wow, your Ferrari is really nice!
C: 门口停了辆破车,脏得要死,我都不敢停在它旁边。
ménkǒu tíng le liàng pò chē, zāng de yàosǐ, wǒ dōu bù gǎn tíng zài tā pángbiān.
There's a dreadfully dirty car parked at the entrance. I didn't dare to park next to it.
A: 哎,你怎么说话的?
āi, nǐ zěnme shuōhuà de?
Hey, what did you say?
C: 哦哟,你是谁啊?那辆破QQ是你的?哼,我家看门的开的都是奔驰。走,美美,带你去兜风。
ōyo, nǐ shì shéi a? nà liàng pò QQ shì nǐ de? hèng, wǒjiā kānmén de kāi de dōu shì Bēnchí. zǒu, Měiměi, dài nǐ qù dōufēng.
Oh my, who are you? Is that lousy QQ yours? Ha, the doorman at my house drives a Mercedes. Let's go, Mei Mei. I'll take you for a ride.
D: 哈哈,真热闹!
hāhā, zhēn rènao!
Ha ha, it's lively here!
A: 又来一个。
yòu lái yī ge.
Here comes another one.
C: 美美,他是谁?
Měiměi, tā shì shéi?
Mei Mei, who is he?
B: 李公子,你今天怎么有空过来?
Lǐ gōngzǐ, nǐ jīntiān zěnme yǒukòng guòlai?
Mr. Li, how do you have time to come over today?
D: 哎哟,想死你了,我的美人。
āiyōu, xiǎng sǐ nǐ le, wǒ de měirén.
Oh, I missed you to death, my beauty.
B: 李公子,你又换车了?
Lǐ gōngzǐ, nǐ yòu huàn chē le?
Mr. Li, you've got another new car?
D: 刚到手的,玛莎拉蒂,限量版的。全球只有十辆。喜欢吗?喜欢就送给你。
gāng dàoshǒu de, Mǎshālādì, xiànliàng bǎn de. quánqiú zhǐ yǒu shí liàng. xǐhuan ma? xǐhuan jiù sòng gěi nǐ.
It just came into my hands: a limited edition Maserati. There are only 10 of them in the world. Do you like it? If you do I'll give it to you.
B: 那怎么好意思?
nà zěnme hǎo yìsi?
How could I accept that?
D: 小意思,我家还有辆新的兰博基尼,带你去试试。
xiǎo yìsi, wǒ jiā hái yǒu liàng xīn de Lánbójīní, dài nǐ qù shì shi.
It's a trifle. My family's also got a new Lamborghini. I'll take you to try it out.
B: 好啊!
hǎo a!
OK!

Key Vocabulary

宝贝儿 bǎobèir baby
公子 gōngzǐ 'son of a wealthy family'
法拉利 Fǎlālì Ferrari
tíng to park
liàng [measure word]
lousy
脏得要死 zāng de yàosǐ extremely dirty
不敢 bù gǎn not to dare
看门的 kānmén de doorman
奔驰 Bēnchí Mercedes-Benz
兜风 dōufēng to go for a spin
热闹 rènao lively
美人 měirén beauty
huàn to change
到手 dàoshǒu to come into one's possession
玛莎拉蒂 Mǎshālādì Maserati
限量 xiànliàng limited
bǎn edition
全球 quánqiú the whole world
小意思 xiǎo yìsi 'a trifle'
兰博基尼 Lánbójīní Lamborghini

Supplementary Vocabulary

吵架 chǎojià to argue
打架 dǎjià to fight
拍马屁 pāimǎpì to suck up to
美女 měinǚ pretty lady
美男 měinán pretty boy
跑车 pǎochē sports car
富二代 fùèrdài wealthy second generation
高富帅 gāofùshuài tall, rich, and handsome
公子哥 gōngzǐgē ’a playboy son from a rich family‘
劳斯莱斯 Láosīláisī Rolls-Royce
宝马 Bǎomǎ BMW
保时捷 Bǎoshíjié Porsche
捷豹 Jiébào Jaguar
别克 Biékè Buick
雪佛兰 Xuěfólán Chevrolet
福特 Fútè Ford
奥迪 Aòdí Audi
雷克萨斯 Léikèsàsī Lexus

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