Intermediate - Internet Upgrades (C2493)

A: 爸,吃饭了!
bà, chīfàn le!
Dad, it's time to eat!
B: 来了!
lái le!
Coming!
A: 你天天打这个游戏,不觉得无聊啊?
nǐ tiāntiān dǎ zhè ge yóuxì, bù juéde wúliáo ā?
You play this game everyday. Don't you feel it's boing?
B: 没办法,看视频网速太慢,总是卡。
méibànfǎ, kàn shìpín wǎngsù tài màn, zǒngshì kǎ.
I can't do anything about it. When I watch videos the internet speed is too slow. It always stops up.
A: 谁让你只装了10兆的宽带?
shéi ràng nǐ zhǐ zhuāng le shí zhào de kuāndài?
Why did you just install 10 mbps of broadband?
B: 我又不懂,你家装的是哪种?
wǒ yòu bù dǒng, nǐ jiā zhuāng de shì nǎ zhǒng?
I don't understand. Which kind did you install at your home?
A: 我们早就换成光纤了,宽带什么的弱爆了。
wǒmen zǎo jiù huànchéng guāngxiān le, kuāndài shénmede ruòbào le.
We switched to fibre optics a long time ago; broadband and what not, sucks.
B: 那我们家能装这个吗?
nà wǒmen jiā néng zhuāng zhège ma?
So can I install that at our home?
A: 那得看你们小区有没有光纤入户。
nà děi kàn nǐmen xiǎoqū yǒumeiyǒu guāngxiān rùhù.
That depends on whether your neighbourhood has access to fibre optics.
B: 如果没有怎么办?
rúguǒ méiyǒu zěnme bàn?
What should I do if it doesn't?
A: 那你就只能网速升级到20兆先试试呗。
nà nǐ jiù zhǐnéng wǎngsù shēngjí dào èrshí zhào xiān shìshi bēi.
Then you could only upgrade your internet speed to 20 mbps and try it.
B: 我好像看到楼道里贴着小广告说光网50兆,1080元一年。
wǒ hǎoxiàng kàndào lóudào lǐ tiē zhe xiǎo guǎnggào shuō guāngwǎng wǔshí zhào, yīqiānlíngbāshí yuán yīnián.
In the hallway it seems like I saw a little advertisement that said fibre optic internet at 50 mbps for 1080 RMB per year.
A: 是吗?那宽带的合同到期后就换这个吧。
shì ma? nà kuāndài de hétong dàoqī hòu jiù huàn zhège ba.
Really? Then after your contract for the broadband expires, you can switch to that.

Key Vocabulary

视频 shìpín video
网速 wǎngsù internet speed
to stop up, to get stuck
zhuāng to install, to pretend, to pack, to load
宽带 kuāndài broadband
换成 huànchéng to replace with, to switch to
光纤 guāngxiān fibre optic
弱爆 ruòbào sucks
小区 xiǎoqū neighbourhood
入户 rùhù to go to sb.'s place
升级 shēngjí to upgrade
楼道 lóudào corridor, hallway
tiē to stick, to stay close to
广告 guǎnggào advertisement
合同 hétong contract
到期 dàoqī to come due, to expire

Supplementary Vocabulary

区域 qūyù district, region
地区 dìqū area
公寓 gōngyù apartment
房地产开发商 fángdìchǎnkāifāshāng real estate developer
进入 jìnrù to enter
复杂 fùzá complex, complicated
情况 qíngkuàng situation
服务器 fúwùqì server
爆炸 bàozhà to explode

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