Intermediate - Discussing the Ayi (C2206)

A: 家里有零食吗?
jiālǐ yǒu língshí ma?
Are there any snacks in the house?
B: 怎么了你,没吃饱?
zěnmele nǐ, méi chī bǎo?
What's up? You aren't full?
A: 嗯,阿姨做的饭我不太喜欢。
ng, āyí zuò de fàn wǒ bùtài xǐhuan.
Yeah, I don't really like the food that the Ayi makes.
B: 哦。你看看这件衣服,也没洗干净。
ò. nǐ kàn kan zhè jiàn yīfu, yě méi xǐ gānjìng.
Oh. And look at this piece of clothing, she didn't get it clean either.
A: 这不是我的衬衫吗?
zhè bùshì wǒ de chènshān ma?
Isn't that my shirt?
B: 是啊。我也不敢说人家,说了怕人家不高兴。
shì a. wǒ yě bùgǎn shuō rénjiā, shuō le pà rénjiā bù gāoxìng.
Yeah! I didn't dare to say something to her. I was afraid if I told her, she'd be unhappy.
A: 那就换一个吧。
nà jiù huàn yī gè ba.
Maybe I'll get another one.
B: 你说得挺轻松的,现在阿姨很难找。
nǐ shuō de tǐng qīngsōng de, xiànzài āyí hěn nán zhǎo.
You talk about it so causally. An ayi is difficult to find nowadays.
A: 不过她带孩子还可以,孩子挺喜欢她的。
bùguò tā dài háizi hái kěyǐ, háizi tǐng xǐhuan tā de.
But she's pretty good at taking care of the kids. The kids really like her.
B: 如果她对孩子不好,我早就换人了!
rúguǒ tā duì háizi bù hǎo, wǒ zǎo jiù huàn rén le!
Yeah, if she wasn't good to the children, then I'd have replaced her long ago!

Key Vocabulary

零食 língshí snack
bǎo full
阿姨 āyí auntie
jiàn measure word for clothing worn above the waist
干净 gānjìng clean
衬衫 chènshān shirt
不敢 bùgǎn not to dare
人家 rénjiā person, he, she
to be afraid of
huàn to switch
轻松 qīngsōng easily
带孩子 dài háizi to take care of a child
如果 rúguǒ if
duì towards
早就 zǎo jiù early on

Supplementary Vocabulary

不满意 bù mǎnyì unsatisfied
打扫 dǎsǎo to clean
照顾 zhàogu to look after, take care of
一对夫妻 yī duì fūqī man and wife
故事 gùshì story
备课 bèikè to prepare a lesson

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