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
to touch
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
báo thin
shuāi to drop to the ground
完了 wán le to be finished
xuǎn to pick
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
hòu thick

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