Intermediate - Shaven Dog (C2285)

A: 啊,这是什么呀?!
à, zhè shì shénme ya?!
Hey, what is this?
B: 露露呀。你不是见过它的吗?
Lùlu ya. nǐ bùshì jiàn guo tā de ma?
Lulu! You've seen her before, right?
A: 胡说,露露是古牧。它很大,毛很长的!这肯定不是露露。
húshuō, Lùlu shì gǔmù. tā hěn dà, máo hěn cháng de! zhè kěndìng bùshì Lùlu.
That's crazy. Lulu is a sheepdog. She's big and her hair is very long. This definitely isn't Lulu.
B: 夏天太热,我给它剃毛了。
xiàtiān tài rè, wǒ gěi tā tì máo le.
It's so hot in the summer. I shaved off her hair.
A: 狗毛和热不热没关系。狗是用舌头的。
gǒu máo hé rè bu rè méiguānxi. gǒu shì yòng shétou de.
For dogs, whether they are hot or not has nothing to do with their hair. Dogs just use their tongues.
B: 哎呀,短毛肯定比长毛凉快。而且,家里到处都是它的毛,打扫起来也很麻烦。
āiyā, duǎn máo kěndìng bǐ cháng máo liángkuài. érqiě, jiālǐ dàochù dōu shì tā de máo, dǎsǎoqǐlái yě hěn máfan.
Jeez, short hair is definitely cooler than long hair. Also, at home her hair is all over the place. Cleaning it up is really annoying.
A: 可是现在好难看啊。
kěshì xiànzài hǎo nánkàn a.
But now it looks so bad.
B: 的确不好看。自从剃了毛,它都不太愿意出门了。
díquè bù hǎokàn. zìcóng tì le máo, tā dōu bùtài yuànyì chūmén le.
It's true. It doesn't look good. Since I shaved off her hair, she doesn't want to go outside.
A: 我看它性格也变了。本来它很活泼,我每次来它都会跑过来。现在都趴在那里不动了。
wǒ kàn tā xìnggé yě biàn le. běnlái tā hěn huópo, wǒ měicì lái tā dōu huì pǎo guòlái. xiànzài dōu pā zài nàlǐ bù dòng le.
I think her personality has also changed. She was very lively before and every time I came by she would run up to me. Now she's just lying there and not moving.
B: 算了,这也是为它好。毛会慢慢地长出来,到时候又是漂亮的露露了!
suàn le, zhè yě shì wèi tā hǎo. máo huì mànmàn de zhǎngchūlái, dào shíhou yòu shì piàoliang de Lùlu le!
Whatever, this is better for her too. Her hair will slowly grow back and then Lulu will be beautiful again!

Key Vocabulary

胡说 húshuō to talk nonsense
古牧 gǔmù sheepdog
肯定 kěndìng certainly
to shave
máo fur
舌头 shétou tongue
凉快 liángkuài cool
到处 dàochù in all places, everywhere
打扫 dǎsǎo to clean
难看 nánkàn ugly
的确 díquè really, truly
好看 hǎokàn good-looking
自从 zìcóng ever since
愿意 yuànyì to be willing
出门 chūmén to go out
性格 xìnggé personality
活泼 huópo lively
to lie (face down)
wèi to take as

Supplementary Vocabulary

乱说 luànshuō nonsense
强调 qiángdiào emphasis
肯定 kěndìng definitely
语气 yǔqì tone (of voice, language)
方式 fāngshì method, way
出汗 chūhàn to sweat
变化 biànhuà change
tǎng to lie down (on one's back)
长长 zhǎngcháng to grow long, to grow out

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