Intermediate - Protect Your Screen! (C2165)

A: 你的iPad迷你到了?
nǐ de iPad mínǐ dào le?
Has your iPad mini arrived?
B: 嗯。可爱吧?
ng4. kě ài ba?
Yeah. Cute, right?
A: 挺好的,比iPhone大,比iPad小,很适合女孩子玩儿。
tǐng hǎo de, bǐ iPhone dà, bǐ iPad xiǎo, hěn shìhé nǚháizi wánr.
It's great. Bigger than an iPhone and smaller than an iPad, it's suitable for a girl to use.
B: 有了它我上下班路上就不无聊了。
yǒu le tā wǒ shàngxiàbān lùshang jiù bù wúliáo le.
Now that I have this, I won't be bored on the road to and from work.
A: 我试试看好用吗?
wǒ shìshi kàn hǎoyòng ma?
Can I try it out and see if it works well?
B: 哎,别摸!
āi, bié mō!
Hey, don't touch it!
A: 怎么了?
zěnmele?
What is it?
B: 我还没贴保护膜,弄脏了就不好贴了。
wǒ hái méi tiē bǎohùmó, nòng zāng le jiù bù hǎo tiē le.
I still haven't applied the protective film. If you make it dirty, I can't stick it on.
A: 没事儿,不用贴膜,我的iPhone 5也没贴。
méishìr, bùyòng tiē mó, wǒ de iPhone wǔ yě méi tiē.
Don't worry about it. There's no need to apply a film. I didn't apply one on my iPhone 5.
B: 那不会划伤屏幕吗?
nà bù huì huáshāng píngmù ma?
Then won't the screen get scratched?
A: 不会。我的手机用了好几个月了,你看,跟新的一样。
bùhuì. wǒ de shǒujī yòng le hǎo jǐ ge yuè le, nǐ kàn, gēn xīn de yīyàng.
No. I've used my phone for several months already. Look, it still looks like new.
B: 哦,我还是想贴膜。另外还要买个保护套。
ò, wǒ háishì xiǎng tiē mó. lìngwài hái yào mǎi gè bǎohùtào.
Oh. I still want to apply the film. I also need to buy a protective case.
A: 保护套挺需要的,这么薄,摔下去就完了。
bǎohùtào tǐng xūyào de, zhème báo, shuāixiàqu jiù wán le.
A protective case is really necessary. It's so thin that if you drop it then that's it.
B: 嗯,我在淘宝上选了几种,你觉得买哪种好呢?
ng4, wǒ zài Táobǎo shàng xuǎn le jǐzhǒng, nǐ juéde mǎi nǎ zhǒng hǎo ne?
Yeah. I picked out a few kinds on Taobao. What kind do you think I should buy?

Key Vocabulary

迷你 mínǐ mini
适合 shìhé to be suitable
路上 lùshang on the road
无聊 wúliáo bored
好用 hǎoyòng useful, good to use
摸 mō to touch
贴 tiē to stick
保护膜 bǎohùmó protective film
划伤 huáshāng to scratch
屏幕 píngmù screen
保护套 bǎohùtào protective case
需要 xūyào to need
薄 báo thin
摔 shuāi to drop to the ground
完了 wán le to be finished
选 xuǎn to pick
种 zhǒng types of

Supplementary Vocabulary

光滑 guānghuá smooth
表面 biǎomiàn surface
眼镜 yǎnjìng eyeglasses
如果 rúguǒ if
糟糕 zāogāo all a mess, messed up
套子 tàozi cover
安全套 ānquántào condom
厚 hòu thick

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