Intermediate - Charge My Samsung, Yo! (C2255)

A: 娇娇,你用的是三星手机吧?
Jiāojiāo, nǐ yòng de shì Sānxīng shǒujī ba?
Jiaojiao, do you use a Samsung cell phone?
B: 对啊。怎么了?
duì a. zěnmele?
Yeah. What's up?
A: 我昨晚忘了充电,手机没电了。你带充电器了吗?
wǒ zuówǎn wàng le chōngdiàn, shǒujī méidiàn le. nǐ dài chōngdiànqì le ma?
Last night I forgot to charge it and my cell phone is out of power. Did you bring your charger?
B: 带了。不过我们俩的型号不一样。能充吗?
dài le. bùguò wǒmen liǎ de xínghào bù yīyàng. néng chōng ma?
I brought it. However, our models are different. Can you charge it?
A: 我试试看。应该只要接口一样就行了。
wǒ shìshi kàn. yīnggāi zhǐyào jiēkǒu yīyàng jiù xíng le.
I'll take a look. As long as the outlets are same it should be okay.
B: 怎么样?
zěnmeyàng?
How is it?
A: 没问题,可以充。哎,现在的智能机好是好,就是太费电了。
méiwèntí, kěyǐ chōng. āi, xiàn zài de zhìnéngjī hǎo shì hǎo, jiùshì tài fèidiàn le.
No problem, it can charge. Hey, smartphones nowadays are great and all, but they waste so much power.
B: 是啊,一下子就用完了,得天天充。不像以前的手机,充一次能用好几天呢。
shì a, yīxiàzi jiù yòng wán le, děi tiāntiān chōng. bù xiàng yǐqián de shǒujī, chōng yīcì néngyòng hǎo jǐ tiān ne.
Yeah. They use it up so quickly that you have to charge them every day. They're not like cell phones before that you could charge once and use for days.
A: 看来这充电器得随身带。
kànlái zhè chōngdiànqì děi suíshēn dài.
It seems like you have carry a charger with you.
B: 或者你买个充电宝,没有电源的时候也可以用。
huò zhě nǐ mǎi gè chōngdiànbǎo, méiyǒu diànyuán de shíhou yě kěyǐ yòng.
Or you can buy an external power supply. When you don't have power, you can use it.
A: 嗯,很有必要,我下了班就去买。
ng4, hěn yǒu bìyào, wǒ xià le bān jiù qù mǎi.
Yeah, that's a must. When I get off of work, I'm going to go buy one.

Key Vocabulary

三星 Sānxīng Samsung
充电 chōngdiàn to charge (with power)
充电器 chōngdiànqì charger
型号 xínghào model
chōng to charge
接口 jiēkǒu outlet
智能机 zhìnéngjī smartphone
费电 fèidiàn to waste electricity
fèi to waste
随身 suíshēn beside one's body
充电宝 chōngdiànbǎo portable power supply
电源 diànyuán power, electricity
必要 bìyào obligation, requirement

Supplementary Vocabulary

电池 diànchí battery
智能 zhìnéng intelligence
浪费 làngfèi to waste
源头 yuántóu source

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