Intermediate - Iron Your Clothes (C0787)

A 你干吗老看着我?
nǐ gànmá lǎo kàn zhe wǒ?
Why are you looking at me?
B 你的衬衫真特别。
nǐ de chènshān zhēn tèbié.
Your shirt is very interesting.
A 怎么了?
zěnme le?
What's the matter?
B 这么皱。现在很流行吗?
zhème zhòu. xiànzài hěn liúxíng ma?
Its so wrinkled. Is this what is popular now?
A 不是,我没烫。我没买电熨斗。
bù shì, wǒ méi tàng. wǒ méi mǎi diànyùndǒu.
No...I haven't ironed it. I haven't bought an iron.
B 为什么不买?
wèishénme bù mǎi?
Why don't you buy one?
A 你想,买了以后,就要烫衣服,多麻烦!
nǐ xiǎng, mǎi le yǐhòu, jiùyào tàng yīfu, duō máfan!
I was thinking that after I buy one, then I will have to iron my clothes. It's such a pain!
B 哎!真是服了你。
āi! zhēnshì fú le nǐ.
Yikes! I can't believe you.
A 不过那天老板也说我的衬衫太皱了。看来我应该买个电熨斗。大概多少钱?
bùguò nàtiān lǎobǎn yě shuō wǒ de chènshān tài zhòu le. kànlai wǒ yīnggāi mǎi ge diànyùndǒu. dàgài duōshao qián?
Mind you, the other day the boss also said my shirt was too wrinkled. It looks like i need to buy an iron. How much do they cost, approximately?
B 好的也才两三百。
hǎo de yě cái liǎng sān bǎi.
A decent one is only about two or three hundred RMB.
A 这么便宜?那我下班就去买。
zhème piányi? nà wǒ xiàbān jiù qù mǎi.
That cheap? Then I'll go and get one after work.
B 别忘了买烫衣板。
bié wàng le mǎi tàngyībǎn.
Don't forget to get an ironing board.
A 什么东西?
shénme dōngxi?
What's that?
B 烫衣服的时候用的板。
tàng yīfu de shíhou yòng de bǎn.
You iron your clothes on it.
A 还好你提醒我。否则我还以为要在床上烫呢。
háihǎo nǐ tíxǐng wǒ. fǒuzé wǒ hái yǐwéi yào zài chuáng shàng tàng ne.
Good thing you reminded me. Otherwise I would have thought I could just iron them on my bed.
B 不会吧!
bùhuì ba!
No way!

Key Vocabulary

lǎo always
衬衫 chènshān shirt
特别 tèbié special
zhòu wrinkled
流行 liúxíng popular
tàng to iron
电熨斗 diànyùndǒu iron
麻烦 máfan trouble
那天 nàtiān that day
看来 kànlai to look as if
大概 dàgài roughly
烫衣板 tàngyībǎn ironing board
提醒 tíxǐng to remind
还好 háihǎo fortunately
否则 fǒuzé otherwise

Supplementary Vocabulary

píng level
zhí straight
故意 gùyì intentionally
本来 běnlái oringinally
领子 lǐngzi collar
袖子 xiùzi sleeve