Intermediate - You Smell Terrible! (C1977)

A:  什么味道?这么臭!
shénme wèidao? zhème chòu!
What's that smell? It's so stinky!
B:  我怎么没闻到?
wǒ zěnme méi wén dào?
Why don't I smell it?
A:  你鼻子是不是有问题?不对,好像就是从你身上来的。
nǐ bízi shì bu shì yǒu wèntí? bù duì, hǎoxiàng jiùshì cóng nǐ shēnshàng lái de.
Is there something wrong with your nose? Wait, it seems like it's coming from you.
B:  你别乱说,我天天换衣服的。
nǐ bié luànshuō, wǒ tiāntiān huàn yīfu de.
Don't be ridiculous. I change my clothes every day.
A:  那你多久没换袜子了?
nà nǐ duō jiǔ méi huàn wàzi le?
When's the last time you changed your socks?
B:  袜子也是天天换的。
wàzi yě shì tiāntiān huàn de.
I change my socks every day, too.
A:  那你多久没洗澡了?
nà nǐ duō jiǔ méi xǐzǎo le?
Then when's the last time you showered?
B:  洗澡的话,我想想看,好像是上上个礼拜洗过一次。
xǐzǎo dehuà, wǒ xiǎngxiang kàn, hǎoxiàng shì shàngshàng ge lǐbài xǐ guo yī cì.
Showered? Let me see. I think I showered once two weeks ago.
A:  啊?我的天啊!难怪这么臭!
ǎ? wǒ de tiān a! nánguài zhème chòu!
What? Oh my gosh! No wonder you're so smelly!
B:  天天洗,多麻烦!
tiāntiān xǐ, duō máfan!
It's such a pain to shower every day!
A:  那你多久没洗脚了?
nà nǐ duō jiǔ méi xǐ jiǎo le?
When's the last time you washed your feet?
B:  也是上上个礼拜洗的,洗澡洗脚一块儿的。
yě shì shàngshàng ge lǐbài xǐ de, xǐzǎo xǐ jiǎo yīkuàir de.
It was also two weeks ago. I shower and wash my feet together.
A:  真受不了你!你快离我远点儿!
zhēn shòubuliǎo nǐ! nǐ kuài lí wǒ yuǎn diǎnr!
This is really too much! Get away from me now!

Key Vocabulary

味道wèidaosmell
chòustinky
怎么zěnmehow
闻到wéndàoto smell
鼻子bízinose
有问题yǒu wèntíto have problems
好像hǎoxiàngto seem as if
就是jiùshìjust to be
cóngfrom
身上shēnshàngon the body
乱说luànshuōto speak nonsensically
天天tiāntiānevery day
huànto change
多久duō jiǔhow long
袜子wàzisock
洗澡xǐzǎoto take a shower
的话dehuàif
想想看xiǎngxiang kànto think about
上上个礼拜shàngshàng ge lǐbàitwo weeks ago
guo[indicates a prior experience]
天啊tiān agoodness
难怪nánguàino wonder
麻烦máfantroublesome
一块儿yīkuàiraltogether
受不了shòubuliǎoto be unable to bear
to be away from
yuǎnfar

Supplementary Vocabulary

wénto smell
脑子nǎozibrain
来源láiyuánorigin
解释jiěshìto explain
强调qiángdiàoto emphasize
省略shěnglǜeto omit
话题huàtítopic
完整wánzhěngto complete
走开zǒukāito leave
舌头shétoutongue

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