Intermediate - The Life of a Programmer 3: Heading Home (C2176)

A: 大齐,回来啦!你这个工作不行啊,老是加班。
Dàqí, huílai la! nǐ zhè gè gōngzuò bùxíng a, lǎoshi jiābān.
Daqi, you're back! This work of yours is no good. You always have to work overtime.
B: 今天跟几个同学去打台球了。
jīntiān gēn jǐ gè tóngxué qù dǎ táiqiú le.
Today I went to play pool with some classmates.
A: 吃饭了吗?桌上还有些菜。
chīfàn le ma? zhuō shàng hái yǒuxiē cài.
Have you eaten? There's some food on the table.
B: 我刚吃了兰州拉面。我去房间了。
wǒ gāng chī le Lánzhōu lāmiàn. wǒ qù fángjiān le.
I just ate some Lanzhou beef noodles. I'm going to my room.
A: 别一回来就打游戏。你的眼镜都600度了。
bié yī huílai jiù dǎ yóuxì. nǐ de yǎnjìng dōu liùbǎi dù le.
Don't start playing video games. Your eyeglasses prescription is already 6.00!
B: 不玩了不玩了。我看片子。
bù wán le bù wán le. wǒ kàn piānzi.
No, I won't play them. I'm going to watch a movie.
A: 你都多大了,还看这种动画片。
nǐ dōu duō dà le, hái kàn zhè zhǒng dònghuàpiān.
How old are you? You're still watching cartoons.
B: 这是动漫,大人也可以看的。
zhè shì dòngmàn, dàren yě kěyǐ kàn de.
It's anime. Adults can also watch it.
A: 你要多跟人交流。平时在公司多跟女孩子说说话。
nǐ yào duō gēn rén jiāoliú. píngshí zài gōngsī duō gēn nǚháizi shuō shuo huà.
You need to spend more time with people, and chat more often with the girls at your office.
B: 我们公司哪有女孩子。再说,女孩子都喜欢高富帅,谁看得上我这种男屌丝。
wǒmen gōngsī nǎyǒu nǚháizi. zàishuō, nǚháizi dōu xǐhuan gāofùshuài, shéi kàndeshàng wǒ zhè zhǒng nán diǎosī.
What girls at my office? Also, girls only like tall, rich, good looking guys. Who likes a loser like me?
A: 听说现在网上也可以找女朋友,你也看看呀。
tīngshuō xiànzài wǎngshàng yě kěyǐ zhǎo nǚpéngyou, nǐ yě kàn kan ya.
I've heard that you can also find a girlfriend on the internet. You can look there.
B: 知道了知道了。
zhīdào le zhīdào le.
I know. I know.

Key Vocabulary

老是 lǎoshi always
加班 jiābān to work overtime
台球 táiqiú pool
兰州拉面 Lánzhōu lāmiàn hand-pulled noodles
一......就...... yī ... jiù ... as soon as... then...
打游戏 dǎ yóuxì to play games
眼镜 yǎnjìng eyeglasses
degrees (in an eyeglasses prescription)
片子 piānzi movie
dōu already
动画片 dònghuàpiān cartoon
动漫 dòngmàn anime
交流 jiāoliú to interact
平时 píngshí ordinarily
再说 zàishuō furthermore
高富帅 gāofùshuài an attractive man, “tall, rich and handsome”
看得上 kàndeshàng to like
男屌丝 nán diǎosī male loser

Supplementary Vocabulary

程序员 chéngxùyuán programmer
抱怨 bàoyuàn to complain
眼睛 yǎnjing eye
典型 diǎnxíng model
反问句 fǎnwènjù rhetorical question
条件 tiáojiàn standard, characteristic
突出 tūchū outstanding

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