Intermediate - Hurry Up and Clean Your Room (C2383)

A: 贝贝,你的房间这么乱,快去整理一下。
Bèibei, nǐde fángjiān zhème luàn, kuài qù zhěnglǐ yīxià.
Beibei, your room is so messy. Go clean it up a bit.
B: 我没空,我要玩玩具。
wǒ méikòng, wǒ yào wán wánjù.
I don't have time. I want to play with my toys.
A: 先别玩儿了,下午有客人来。
xiān bié wánr le, xiàwǔ yǒu kèrén lái.
Don't play now. We have guests coming this afternoon.
B: 妈妈帮我嘛。
māma bāng wǒ ma.
Help me, Mom.
A: 乖,自己的事情自己做!把书和玩具收起来。
guāi, zìjǐ de shìqing zìjǐ zuò! bǎ shū hé wánjù shōu qǐlái.
Be good. It's your task so you do it. Pick up your books and your toys.
B: 好吧。
hǎo ba.
Okay.
B: 妈妈,我收好了。
māma, wǒ shōuhǎo le.
Mom, I picked everything up.
A: 啊呀,床上这么多脏衣服,快放到洗衣机里去。
āyā, chuángshàng zhème duō zāng yīfu, kuài fàngdào xǐyījī lǐ qù.
Huh? There are so many dirty clothes on your bed. Go put them in the washing machine.
B: 妈妈,我放好了。
māma, wǒ fànghǎo le.
Mom, I've put them in it.
A: 嗯,不错。你先去客厅,我要擦一下地。
ng4, bùcuò. nǐ xiān qù kètīng, wǒ yào cā yīxià dì.
Okay, not bad. Go to the living room and wipe up the floor.
A: 赵贝贝!你怎么把脏衣服都塞到床底下了?
zhàobèibei! nǐ zěnme bǎ zāng yīfu dōu sāi dào chuáng dǐxià le?
Zhao Beibei. Why did you stuff all of your clothes under your bed?

Key Vocabulary

房间 fángjiān room
luàn messy
整理 zhěnglǐ to arrange
一下 yīxià briefly
玩具 wánjù toy
guāi well-behaved
shōu to accept
起来 qǐlái to begin, start
洗衣机 xǐyījī washing machine
客厅 kètīng living room
to wipe
sāi to stuff
底下 dǐxià under

Supplementary Vocabulary

撒娇 sājiāo to have a tantrum
分开 fēnkāi to separate, separately
方向 fāngxiàng direction
擦地 cādì to wipe up the floor

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