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
抓 zhuā to grab
头发 tóufa hair
痒 yǎng to itch
虱子 shīzi louse, lice
种 zhǒng kind, sort of
虫子 chóngzi insect
或者 huòzhě or
动物 dòngwù animal
靠 kào to depend upon
吸 xī to suck
血 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

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