Intermediate - Construction (C1507)

A: 吵死了,又在修路!
chǎo sǐ le, yòu zài xiūlù!
That noise is killing me! They're repairing the road again?
B: 这条路不是刚刚修过吗?怎么又要修?
zhè tiáo lù bùshì gānggāng xiū guò ma? zěnme yòu yào xiū?
Wasn't this road just recently repaired? Why does it have to be repaired again?
A: 谁知道呢!一大早就开始施工。周末想睡个懒觉都不行。
shéi zhīdào ne! yīdàzǎo jiù kāishǐ shīgōng. zhōumò xiǎng shuì ge lǎnjiào dōu bùxíng.
Who knows? They start working so early in the morning. I can't even sleep in on the weekends.
B: 是啊!那个大机器是起重机吗?
shì a! nà ge dà jīqì shì qǐzhòngjī ma?
Exactly! That big machine is a crane, right?
A: 不是起重机,是挖掘机。
bùshì qǐzhòngjī, shì wājuéjī.
It's not a crane, it's an excavator.
B: 哦,那个是搅拌机吧?
ò, nà ge shì jiǎobànjī ba?
Oh. Is that a mixer?
A: 对。搅拌水泥的。就它声音最大。
duì. jiǎobàn shuǐní de. jiù tā shēngyīn zuì dà.
That's right. It mixes cement. That one is the loudest.
B: 快躲开,土方车来了。
kuài duǒkāi, tǔfāngchē lái le.
Quick, get out of the way. A dump truck is coming.
A: 这么大的车,还开得这么快!
zhème dà de chē, hái kāi de zhème kuài!
Such a big car and it's driving so fast!
B: 所以说土方车是“马路杀手”啊!
suǒyǐ shuō tǔfāngchē shì" mǎlù shāshǒu” a!
That's why people call dump trucks the, 'killers of the streets'!
A: 没办法。再忍几天吧!
méi bànfǎ. zài rěn jǐ tiān ba!
Well, there's nothing we can do. We'll have to put up with it for a few more days!

Key Vocabulary

chǎo noisy
修路 xiūlù to repair a road
xiū to repair
施工 shīgōng to do construction
睡懒觉 shuìlǎnjiào to sleep in
机器 jīqì machine
起重机 qǐzhòngjī crane
挖掘机 wājuéjī excavator
搅拌机 jiǎobànjī cement mixer, mixer
搅拌 jiǎobàn to stir
水泥 shuǐní cement
躲开 duǒkāi to get out of the way, to avoid
土方车 tǔfāngchē dump truck
马路 mǎlù street
杀手 shāshǒu killer
rěn to endure, to bear

Supplementary Vocabulary

挖掘 wājué to excavate
省略 shěnglǜe to leave out
躲避 duǒbì to hide (oneself)
忍者 Rěnzhě ninja
工地 gōngdì construction site

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