Intermediate - Noisy Renovations (C2162)

A: 喂喂喂,你们停一下,别敲了。
wèi wèi wèi, nǐmen tíng yīxià, bié qiāo le.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Stop for a second. Stop the banging!
B: 你是谁啊?
nǐ shì shéi a?
Who are you?
A: 我是住在你们楼下的。你们这么吵,让我们怎么睡觉?
wǒ shì zhù zài nǐmen lóuxià de. nǐmen zhème chǎo, ràng wǒmen zěnme shuìjiào?
I live in the floor below you. You all are so noisy. How are we supposed to sleep?
B: 不好意思哦。我们在装修房子。
bùhǎoyìsi o. wǒmen zài zhuāngxiū fángzi.
I'm sorry. We are renovating the apartment.
A: 你看看现在几点,还不到六点呢。再说,今天是周末。
nǐ kàn kan xiànzài jǐ diǎn, hái bù dào liù diǎn ne. zài shuō, jīntiān shì zhōumò.
Look at what time it is. It's not even 6 o'clock. Furthermore, it's the weekend.
B: 那我们等会儿再敲。
nà wǒmen děng huǐr zài qiāo.
Then we'll wait a bit before banging again.
A: 还有,晚上七点以后也不准再敲了。我儿子都没办法学习了。
háiyǒu, wǎnshang qī diǎn yǐhòu yě bùzhǔn zài qiāo le. wǒ érzi dōu méi bànfǎ xuéxí le.
Also, after 7pm you can't start banging again either. My son can't get any studying done.
B: 知道了,我们一定注意。
zhīdao le, wǒmen yīdìng zhùyì.
Got it. We'll definitely pay attention to it.
A: 我现在一听到榔头,电钻的声音就紧张。都快被你们吵死了。
wǒ xiànzài yī tīngdào lángtou, diànzuàn de shēngyīn jiù jǐnzhāng. dōu kuài bèi nǐmen chǎo sǐ le.
Now as soon as I hear the sound of a hammer and an electric drill I get tense. You guys are going to annoy us to death with the racket.
B: 不好意思,以后尽量轻点儿。
bùhǎoyìsi, yǐhòu jǐnliàng qīng diǎnr.
I'm sorry. From now on we'll do our best to be more quiet.

Key Vocabulary

tíng to stop
qiāo to tap, knock
楼下 lóuxià downstairs
chǎo noisy
ràng to make
装修 zhuāngxiū to renovate
dào to
再说 zài shuō furthermore
zài again
不准 bùzhǔn to not allow
以后 yǐhòu after
dōu all
没办法 méi bànfǎ to have no way to do something
一定 yīdìng definitely
注意 zhùyì to pay attention
一......就...... yī ... jiù ... as soon as... then...
榔头 lángtou hammer
电钻 diànzuàn electric drill
紧张 jǐnzhāng tense
kuài soon
bèi by
尽量 jǐnliàng as much as possible
qīng quiet

Supplementary Vocabulary

敲门 qiāomén to knock on the door
邻居 línjū neighbor
规定 guīdìng regulation
另外 lìngwài another
工人 gōngrén worker

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