Intermediate - Duty-free Products (C1612)

A:  林伟,听说你要去美国出差。
Lín Wěi, tīngshuō nǐ yào qù Měiguó chūchāi.
Lin Wei, I heard you're going to America on business.
B:  嗯,我要去总公司培训两周。
ng4, wǒ yào qù zǒnggōngsī péixùn liǎng zhōu.
Yeah. I'm going to the head office for two weeks of training.
A:  那你能不能帮我代购一些东西?
nà nǐ néng bu néng bāng wǒ dàigòu yīxiē dōngxi?
Would you be able to buy a few things for me?
B:  你要代购什么?
nǐ yào dàigòu shénme?
What do you want me to buy?
A:  这是清单,我都写在上面了。
zhè shì qīngdān, wǒ dōu xiě zài shàngmian le.
Here's a list. I wrote everything on here.
B:  哇!这么多!我的行李会超重的。
wā! zhème duō! wǒ de xíngli huì chāozhòng de.
Whoa! That's so much! My luggage will go over the weight limit.
A:  有些化妆品可以在机场的免税店买,这样就不会超重了。
yǒuxiē huàzhuāngpǐn kěyǐ zài jīchǎng de miǎnshuì diàn mǎi, zhèyàng jiù bùhuì chāozhòng le.
You can buy some of the cosmetics at the duty-free store in the airport. This way you won't go over.
B:  哦!还有什么东西在免税店买比较划算?我也给家人带点儿礼物。
ò! hái yǒu shénme dōngxi zài miǎnshuì diàn mǎi bǐjiào huásuàn? wǒ yě gěi jiārén dài diǎnr lǐwù.
Oh! What else is worth buying in the duty-free shop? I'm also getting some gifts for my family members.
A:  买香烟吧!很多人都在机场买中华香烟。
mǎi xiāngyān ba! hěn duō rén dōu zài jīchǎng mǎi Zhōnghuá xiāngyān.
Cigarettes! A lot of people buy Chunghwa cigarettes at the airport.
B:  行!我也给老爸买一条。
xíng! wǒ yě gěi lǎobà mǎi yī tiáo.
OK! I'll buy a carton for my old man.

Key Vocabulary

听说tīngshuōto have heard
出差chūchāito go on a business trip
总公司zǒnggōngsīhead office
培训péixùnto have training
代购dàigòuto buy on someone's behalf
清单qīngdānlist of items
dōuall
行李xíngliluggage
超重chāozhòngto go over a weight limit
化妆品huàzhuāngpǐncosmetics, make-up
免税miǎnshuìduty-free, tax-free
免税店miǎnshuì diànduty-free shop
划算huásuànto be worth the price
家人jiārénfamily members
香烟xiāngyāncigarette
中华ZhōnghuáChunghwa
老爸lǎobàfather, 'old man'
tiáo[measure word for cartons of cigarettes]

Supplementary Vocabulary

代替dàitìto substitute
购物gòuwùshopping
价格jiàgéprice
品牌pǐnpáibrand
xìngsurname, family name
Li (surname)
心里xīnlǐin one's heart, on one's mind
心理学xīnlǐ xuépsychology

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