Intermediate - Fleas and Lice (C2282)

A: 宝宝,你怎么一直抓头发?
bǎobao, nǐ zěnme yīzhí zhuā tóufa?
Sweetie, why do you keep scratching your head?
B: 妈妈,我的头好痒。
māma, wǒ de tóu hǎo yǎng.
Mom, my head is so itchy.
A: 过来,妈妈看看。
guòlai, māma kàn kan.
Come here. Let mom look at you.
B: 妈妈,我头发里有什么东西?
māma, wǒ tóufa lǐ yǒu shénme dōngxi?
Mom, what's in my hair?
A: 白白的,小小的,好像是虱子。
báibái de, xiǎoxiǎo de, hǎoxiàng shì shīzi.
White, tiny - it looks like lice.
B: 什么是虱子?
shénme shì shīzi?
What are lice?
A: 虱子啊,是一种虫子。它住在人或者动物身上,靠吸血生活。
shīzi a, shì yī zhǒng chóngzi. tā zhù zài rén huòzhě dòngwù shēnshàng, kào xī xiě shēnghuó.
Lice are a kind of bug. They live on people or on animals bodies and rely on sucking their blood to live.
B: 好可怕。那怎么办?
hǎo kěpà. nà zěnme bàn?
That's so scary. Then what do we do?
A: 没事,妈妈给你洗洗。洗干净就好了。
méishì, māma gěi nǐ xǐ xi. xǐ gānjìng jiù hǎo le.
It's no problem. Mom's gonna wash them out for you. Washing clean should be enough.
B: 妈妈,狗狗也在挠痒痒。它是不是也有虱子?
māma, gǒugou yě zài náo yǎngyang. tā shì bu shì yě yǒu shīzi?
Mom, the dog is also itching itself. Does it have lice too?
A: 妈妈看看。哎呀,狗狗身上有好多跳蚤。
māma kàn kan. āiyā, gǒugou shēnshàng yǒu hǎo duō tiàozao.
Let Mom take a look. Oh, there are fleas on the dog's body.
B: 什么是跳蚤?
shénme shì tiàozao?
What are fleas?
A: 跳蚤啊,也是一种虫子。走,妈妈先给你洗澡,再给狗狗洗。
tiàozao a, yě shì yī zhǒng chóngzi. zǒu, māma xiān gěi nǐ xǐzǎo, zài gěi gǒugou xǐ.
Fleas are also a kind of bug. Come on, Mom's gonna wash you first, then wash the dog.

Key Vocabulary

一直 yīzhí continuously
zhuā to grab
头发 tóufa hair
yǎng to itch
虱子 shīzi louse, lice
zhǒng kind, sort of
虫子 chóngzi insect
或者 huòzhě or
动物 dòngwù animal
kào to depend upon
to suck
xiě blood
生活 shēnghuó to live
可怕 kěpà scary, terrible
干净 gānjìng clean
挠痒痒 náo yǎngyang to scratch an itch
跳蚤 tiàozao flea
洗澡 xǐzǎo to take a shower

Supplementary Vocabulary

狮子 shīzi lion
情况 qíngkuàng situation, circumstance
描述 miáoshù to describe
结果 jiéguǒ result
长虱子 zhǎng shīzi to have lice

Online Review and Discussion .   ©2013 ChinesePod Ltd.