Intermediate - Flowers and Bugs (C0813)

A 哇,你养了这么多花!真漂亮!
wā, nǐ yǎng le zhème duō huā! zhēn piàoliang!
Wow, you have so many flowers! They're so beautiful!
B 等春天花都开的时候更漂亮!
děng chūntiān huā dōu kāi de shíhou gèng piàoliang!
Wait until the spring flowers bloom, and it will be even more beautiful!
A 养花一定很辛苦吧?
yǎng huā yīdìng hěn xīnkǔ ba?
Keeping a garden must be a lot of hard work.
B 还好,只要给它们浇水、晒太阳、施肥就行了。
hái hǎo, zhǐyào gěi tāmen jiāoshuǐ, shài tàiyáng, shīféi jiù xíng le.
It's all right, as long as you water it, have sunlight, and fertilize it's enough.
A 我以前也是这样,可是花都死了。
wǒ yǐqián yě shì zhèyàng, kěshì huā dōu sǐ le.
I did that before, but all the flowers died.
B 不会吧?养花挺简单的。
bùhuì ba? yǎng huā tǐng jiǎndān de.
No way? Growing flowers is quite easy.
A 我觉得有点儿麻烦,而且虫子特别多。脏死了!
wǒ juéde yǒudiǎnr máfan, érqiě chóngzi tèbié duō. zāng sǐ le!
I think it's a bit of a pain. Plus there are so many bugs. It's so dirty!
B 我的花园很干净,没有虫子。啊!毛毛虫!踩死你!踩死你!
wǒ de huāyuán hěn gānjìng, méiyǒu chóngzi. a! máomaochóng! cǎi sǐ nǐ! cǎi sǐ nǐ!
My garden is very clean, there are no bugs. Ah! A caterpillar! Squish it! Squish it!

Key Vocabulary

yǎng to raise
kāi to open
只要 zhǐyào so long as
浇水 jiāoshuǐ to add water
晒太阳 shài tàiyáng to bask in the sun
施肥 shīféi to fertilize
简单 jiǎndān simple
麻烦 máfan troublesome
虫子 chóngzi insect
特别 tèbié especially
zāng dirty
干净 gānjìng clean
花园 huāyuán flower garden
毛毛虫 máomaochóng caterpillar
cǎi to step on

Supplementary Vocabulary

植物 zhíwù plant
cǎo grass
shù tree
gān stem
修剪 xiūjiǎn to prune
照看 zhàokàn to look after