Intermediate - Snoring Again (C1639)

A:  老张,老张!快醒醒。
Lǎo Zhāng, Lǎo Zhāng! kuài xǐng xing.
Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang! Hurry and wake up.
B:  怎么了?
zěnmele?
What's wrong?
A:  你打呼噜了。
nǐ dǎ hūlu le.
You're snoring.
B:  哦。我平时不打呼噜吧?
ò. wǒ píngshí bù dǎ hūlu ba?
Oh. I don't usually snore, do I?
A:  嗯,以前不打。可能今天玩得太累了。
ng4, yǐqián bù dǎ. kěnéng jīntiān wán de tài lèi le.
Yeah. You didn't use to. Maybe you're just too tired from hanging out today.
B:  影响你睡觉了吧?
yǐngxiǎng nǐ shuìjiào le ba?
Did it affect your sleep?
A:  嗯,你打呼噜声音太大了,我睡不着。
ng4, nǐ dǎ hūlu shēngyīn tài dà le, wǒ shuìbuzháo.
Yeah. You were snoring too loudly. I couldn't sleep.
B:  那你先睡吧。等你睡着了我再睡。
nà nǐ xiān shuì ba. děng nǐ shuìzháo le wǒ zài shuì.
You go off to bed then. I'll wait for you to fall asleep and then I'll come.
A:  老张,老张!
Lǎo Zhāng, Lǎo Zhāng!
Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang!
B:  怎么了,我又打呼噜了?
zěnmele, wǒ yòu dǎ hūlu le?
What's wrong? Was I snoring again?

Key Vocabulary

xǐngto wake up
打呼噜dǎ hūluto snore
平时píngshíusually
以前yǐqiánin the past, before
影响yǐngxiǎngto affect
声音shēngyīnsound
睡不着shuìbuzháoto be unable to fall asleep
děngonce
睡着shuìzháoto fall sleep
yòuagain

Supplementary Vocabulary

一对老夫妻yī duì lǎo fūqīan old married couple
体贴tǐtiēconsiderate, kind
彼此bǐcǐeach other, one another
睡得着shuìdezháoto be able to fall asleep
反义词fǎnyìcíantonym
磨牙móyáto grind one's teeth in one's sleep

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