Intermediate - Dream Girls (C2212)

A: 哟,今天来得这么早!在看什么呢?
yō, jīntiān lái de zhème zǎo! zài kàn shénme ne?
Whoa! You've come early today! What are you looking at?
B: 新闻。
xīnwén.
The news.
A: 切,看新闻能笑成这样?肯定是看美女!
qiē, kàn xīnwén néng xiào chéng zhèyàng? kěndìng shì kàn měinǚ!
No way. Looking at the news can you smile like that? You're definitely looking at girls.
B: 喜欢看美女的是你。一看到美女就流鼻血,哈哈!
xǐhuan kàn měinǚ de shì nǐ. yī kàndào měinǚ jiù liú bíxiě, hāhā!
You're the one that likes to look at girls. As soon as you see a pretty girl you get a nose bleed, haha!
A: 喂,这事不准提了。对了,这两天在办车展,听说车模个个都很火辣。要不要去看?
wèi, zhè shì bùzhǔn tí le. duì le, zhè liǎng tiān zài bàn chēzhǎn, tīngshuō chēmó gègè dōu hěn huǒlà. yào bu yào qù kàn?
Hey, you're not allowed to bring that up. By the way, recently the car show's been going on, I've heard that all of the car models are super hot. Do you want to go take a look?
B: 我不喜欢那种类型的女人。
wǒ bù xǐhuan nà zhǒng lèixíng de nǚrén.
I don't like those kinds of girls.
A: 那你喜欢什么类型的?林志玲那种的?
nà nǐ xǐhuan shénme lèixíng de? Lín Zhìlíng nà zhǒng de?
Then what kind do you like? Someone like Lin Zhiling?
B: 那是老王的女神。
nà shì Lǎo Wáng de nǚshén.
That's Old Wang's dream girl.
A: 那,范冰冰?
nà, Fàn Bīngbīng?
How about Fan Bingbing?
B: 太妖了。
tài yāo le.
Too seductive.
A: Angelababy?
Angelababy?
Angelababy?
B: 太假了。
tài jiǎ le.
Too fake.
A: 那是谁啊?宅男女神就这些,你不会对女人没兴趣吧?
nà shì shéi a? zháinán nǚshén jiù zhèxiē, nǐ bùhuì duì nǚrén méi xìngqù ba?
Then who? Those are the dream girls for us stay-at-home guys. Are you not interested in girls?
B: 别猜了,快去写代码吧!
bié cāi le, kuài qù xiě dàimǎ ba!
Stop all the questioning. Let's write some code!

Key Vocabulary

新闻 xīnwén news
chéng to become
美女 měinǚ beautiful woman
一......就...... yī ... jiù ... as soon as... then...
liú to flow
鼻血 bíxiě nosebleed
不准 bùzhǔn to not be allowed, forbidden
to mention
bàn to do
车展 chēzhǎn car show
车模 chēmó car model
个个 gègè all
火辣 huǒlà hot and sexy
类型 lèixíng type
林志玲 Lín Zhìlíng Lin Zhiling
女神 nǚshén dream girl, goddess
范冰冰 Fàn Bīngbīng Fan Bingbing
yāo seductive
jiǎ fake
宅男 zháinán stay-at-home guy, homebody
jiù just
duì towards
兴趣 xìngqù interest
cāi to guess
代码 dàimǎ computer code

Supplementary Vocabulary

宅女 zháinǚ stay-at-home girl, homebody
漫画 mànhuà manga
展览 zhǎnlǎn expo, exposition
模特儿 mótèr model
妖精 yāojing demon, seductress
勾引 gōuyǐn to entice
安全感 ānquángǎn a feeling of safety
混血 hùnxiě mixed-blood
整容 zhěngróng cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery

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