| A | 哎，怎么回事？插不进去。 |
| ái, zěnmehuíshì? chā bu jìnqù. |
| Agh, what's the matter? I can't get it in. |
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| B | 哦？ |
| ó? |
| Huh? |
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| A | 哎，哎！ |
| ài, ài! |
| Agh, agh. |
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| B | 我看看你的插头。外国插头啊。 |
| wǒ kàn kan nǐ de chātóu. wàiguó chātóu a. |
| Let me see your plug. It's a foreign plug! |
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| A | 怎么，不一样吗？ |
| zěnme, bù yīyàng ma? |
| What-- are they different? |
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| B | 当然咯，我的插座是斜的。 |
| dāngrán lo, wǒ de chāzuò shì xié de. |
| Of course! My outlet is diagonal. |
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| A | 你这是什么破插座？ |
| nǐ zhè shì shénme pò chāzuò? |
| What kind of crappy outlet do you have here? |
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| B | 中国都是这样的。 |
| Zhōngguó dōu shì zhèyàng de. |
| Chinese outlets are all like this. |
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| A | 啊？我的美国电脑不是白买了？ |
| ǎ? wǒ de Měiguó diànnǎo bùshì báimǎi le? |
| Huh? Doesn't that mean I wasted my money buying an American computer? |
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| B | 你傻啊，买个转换插头就好了。 |
| nǐ shǎ a, mǎi ge zhuǎnhuàn chātóu jiù hǎo le. |
| You knucklehead, just buy a converter and you'll be fine! |
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| A | 噢，你真聪明！ |
| ō, nǐ zhēn cōngming! |
| Oh, you're so smart! |
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