Intermediate - A Cell Phone Ad on TV (C1356)

A:  老婆,快来看电视!
lǎopó, kuài lái kàn diànshì!
Honey, quick. Come look at the TV.
B:  哎哟,我忙死了。
āiyōu, wǒ máng sǐ le.
Agh, I'm super busy.
A:  电视上在卖手机。
diànshì shàng zài mài shǒujī.
They're selling a cellphone on TV.
B:  我没兴趣。
wǒ méi xìngqù.
I'm not interested.
C:  朋友们,您想买手机吗?
péngyǒu men, nín xiǎng mǎi shǒujī ma?
Friends, do you want to buy a cellphone?
C:  请看我手上的这个手机。
qǐng kàn wǒ shǒushang de zhè ge shǒujī.
Please take a look at the phone in my hands.
C:  它是很小,可是您别小看它。
tā shì hěn xiǎo, kěshì nín bié xiǎokàn tā.
It's very small, but don't think less of it.
C:  它既能听歌、拍照,又能上网。
tā jì néng tīng gē、 pāizhào, yòu néng shàngwǎng.
It can play music, take photos and it can also go online.
D:  有了它,您的相机、游戏机、MP3等等,都可以不要了。
yǒu le tā, nín de xiàngjī、 yóuxìjī、 mp sān děngdeng, dōu kěyǐ bù yào le.
Once you have it, your camera, your game system, your MP3 player, etc, you can get rid of all of them.
D:  这样一个高级手机,一定很贵吧?
zhèyàng yī ge gāojí shǒujī, yīdìng hěn guì ba?
This kind of high quality cellphone must be very expensive, right?
C:  是的。它是很贵。原来您要花3888元。
shì de. tā shì hěn guì. yuánlái nín yào huā sānqiān bābǎi bāshí bā yuán.
That's right. It is expensive. Originally, you would have to spend 3888 yuan.
C:  可是今天,在我们这儿,您只要花999元。
kěshì jīntiān, zài wǒmen zhèr, nín zhǐ yào huā jiǔbǎi jiǔshí jiǔ yuán.
But today, with us, you only have to spend 999 yuan.
D:  对,999元,您没听错。只要999元。
duì, jiǔbǎi jiǔshí jiǔ yuán, nín méi tīng cuò. zhǐ yào jiǔbǎi jiǔshí jiǔ yuán.
That's right, 999 yuan. You didn't hear that wrong. Only 999 yuan.
C:  您还在等什么呢?快拿起电话,订购吧。
nín hái zài děng shénme ne? kuài náqǐ diànhuà, dìnggòu ba.
What are you still waiting for? Hurry, pick up the phone and order one.
A:  老婆,我们买吧。这么便宜。
lǎopó, wǒmen mǎi ba. zhème piányi.
Honey, let's buy it. It's so cheap.
B:  还买?你已经有三个了。
hái mǎi? nǐ yǐjīng yǒu sān ge le.
Buy another? You already have 3.

Key Vocabulary

兴趣xìngqùinterest
小看xiǎokànto look down upon, to belittle
既......又......jì ... yòu ...both...and...
拍照pāizhàoto take a picture
相机xiàngjīcamera
游戏机yóuxìjīvideo game machine
高级gāojíhigh level
原来yuánláioriginally
huāto spend
拿起náqǐto pick up
订购dìnggòuto order goods

Supplementary Vocabulary

真实zhēnshíauthentic, real
购买gòumǎito purchase
有兴趣yǒu xìngqùto be interested
电视购物diànshì gòuwùTV shopping
疯狂fēngkuángcrazy

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