Intermediate - You've Been Blacklisted! (C2092)

A: 烦死了,又是这个人的电话!
fán sǐ le, yòu shì zhè gè rén de diànhuà!
It's so annoying! It's this person calling me again!
B: 谁啊?你的追求者?
shéi a? nǐ de zhuīqiú zhě?
Who? Your pursuer?
A: 不是。是一个销售。
bù shì. shì yī gè xiāoshòu.
No. It's a salesperson.
B: 那你不接不就行了?
nà nǐ bù jiē bù jiù xíng le?
Then if you don't answer isn't that enough?
A: 就算不接,经常打来也很烦的。
jiùsuàn bù jiē, jīngcháng dǎ lái yě hěn fán de.
Even if I don't pick up, always getting the call is still annoying.
B: 那你把他的号码加入黑名单。
nà nǐ bǎ tā de hàomǎ jiārù hēimíngdān.
Then take his number and put it on a black list.
A: 可以吗?
kěyǐ ma?
Can I?
B: 当然可以。你设置一下。
dāngrán kěyǐ. nǐ shèzhì yīxià.
Of course you can. You set it up.
A: 怎么设置?
zěnme shèzhì?
How do I set it up?
B: 哎,你真笨,这都不会。手机拿来。
ài, nǐ zhēn bèn, zhè dōu bù huì. shǒujī nálái.
Jeez, you are so dumb. You can't even do this. Give me your phone.
A: 给。
gěi.
Here.
B: 哦,你这个手机没有黑名单功能。
ò, nǐ zhè gè shǒujī méiyǒu hēimíngdān gōngnéng.
Oh, your cell phone doesn't have a black list function.
A: 那怎么办?
nà zěnme bàn?
Then what do I do?
B: 小意思,下载个防火墙软件就行。
xiǎoyìsi, xiàzǎi gè fánghuǒqiáng ruǎnjiàn jiù xíng.
Nothing special. Downloading some firewall software should be enough.
A: 那你帮我下载一个。
nà nǐ bāng wǒ xiàzǎi yī gè.
Then help me download it.
B: 好了。
hǎo le.
Okay.
A: 我试试。你打一下我的电话。
wǒ shì shi. nǐ dǎ yīxià wǒ de diànhuà.
I'm trying. Give my phone a call.
B: 打不通。怎么,你先把我加进去了?
dǎbutōng. zěnme, nǐ xiān bǎ wǒ jiā jìnqù le?
I can't reach you. What? You've put me on the list first?!

Key Vocabulary

烦死了 fán sǐ le so annoying
yòu again
追求者 zhuīqiú zhě pursuer
追求 zhuīqiú to pursue
销售 xiāoshòu salesperson
jiē to answer the phone
就算 jiùsuàn even if
打来 dǎ lái to call
to take
加入 jiārù to add to
黑名单 hēimíngdān black list
名单 míngdān list (of names)
设置 shèzhì to set up
bèn stupid
拿来 nálái to pick up
功能 gōngnéng function
小意思 xiǎoyìsi trifle, nothing special
下载 xiàzǎi to download
防火墙 fánghuǒqiáng firewall
软件 ruǎnjiàn software
打不通 dǎbutōng to not be able to reach (on the phone)

Supplementary Vocabulary

恭喜发财 gōngxǐfācái wishing you happiness and prosperity
反问句 fǎnwènjù rhetorical question
典型 diǎnxíng model, ideal
把字句 bǎzìjù a sentence using the 把 construction
安卓 ānzhuó Android
微博 wēibó Weibo (the Chinese twitter)
拉黑 lāhēi to put someone on a black list

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