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Learn Chinese: popular words – Lesson 142 买花 (mǎi huā)

2014-01-23 11:14:38

(china daily)

 

Buy flower

A:那个街角处有个花店,卖的花很不错的。

 (nà gè jiē jiǎo chù yǒu ge huā diàn, mài de huā hěn bú cuò de.)

There is a newly opened flower shop on the corner of the street. The flowers there are very good.

B:好啊,反正也很近,咱们就去那买花吧。

(hǎo a, fǎn zhèng yě hěn jìn, zán men jìu qù nàr mǎi huā ba.)

Good. It’s not far anyway. Let’s go there to buy some flowers.

A:你想买什么花?

(nǐ xiǎng mǎi shén me huā?)

What flowers do you want to buy?

B:我想买盆玫瑰花,开花的时候满屋子都是香气。

(wǒ xiǎng mǎi pén méi guì huā, kāi huā de shí hou mǎn wū zi dōu shì xiāng qì.)

I want to buy a potted rose plant. When in bloom, it makes the room very fragrant.

A:还有吗?

(hái yǒu ma?)

Anything else?

B:还想买盆芦荟。据说它能净化空气,还可以用来美容。

(hái xiǎng mǎi pén lú huì. jù shuō tā néng jìng huà kōng qì, hái kě yǐ yòng lái měi róng.)

I also want to buy a potted aloe plant. It’s said it helps to clean the air and can be used for facial care.

A:我们这儿卖观赏鱼,您需要吗?可以看看我们的鱼和鱼缸,还有水族箱,都很漂亮的。

(wǒ men zhèr mài guān shǎng yú, nín xū yào ma? kě yǐ kàn kan wǒ men de yú he yú gāng, hái yǒu shuǐ zú xiāng, dōu hěn piào liàng de.)

We sell ornamental fish. Do you need any? You can have a look at our fish and fishbowls, and the aquarium tanks are very beautiful, too.

B:好,不过水族箱就算了,我买个小鱼缸。

(hǎo, bú guò shuǐ zú xiāng jiù suàn le, wǒ mǎi gè xiǎo yú gāng.)

Yes. But forget about buying the aquarium tank. I can buy a small fishbowl.

A:买两条金鱼,放在桌子上,就挺好的。

(mǎi liǎng tiáo jīn yú, fàng zài zhuō zi shàng ,jiù tǐng hǎo de.)

Buy two golden fish and put it on the table. That would look good.

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