Intermediate - Considering an iPad (C1539)

A: 那边新开了一家苹果专卖店，我们去看看吧。
nàbiān xı̄n kāi le yı̄ jiā Pı́ngguǒ zhuānmàidiàn, wǒmen qù
kàn kan ba.
A new official Apple store opened over there. How about we
go check it out?

B: 你还想看什么，不是刚买了iPhone4吗?
nı̌ hái xiǎng kàn shénme, bùshı̀ gāng mǎi le iPhone sı̀ ma?
What else do you want to check out? Didn’t you just buy an
iPhone 4?

A: 我想看看iPad。
wǒ xiǎng kàn kan iPad.
I want to check out the iPad.

B: 我劝你别买iPad。
wǒ quàn nı̌ bié mǎi iPad.
I really don’t think you should buy an iPad.

A: 怎么这么说呢？
zěnme zhème shuō ne?
What makes you say that?

B: 我看iPad就是大号的iPhone。

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 wǒ kàn iPad jiùshı̀ dàhào de iPhone.
I think the iPad is just a large-sized iPhone.

A: 那不一样，iPhone是手机，iPad是平板电脑。
nà bù yı̄yàng, iPhone shı̀ shǒujı̄, iPad shı̀ pı́ngbǎn diànnǎo.
They’re not the same. The iPhone is a cell phone. The iPad
is a tablet computer.

B: 要上网，发邮件，看视频什么的，你用笔记本不
就行了？
yào shàngwǎng, fā yóujiàn, kàn shı̀pı́n shénme de, nı̌ yòng
bı̌jı̀běn bù jiù xı́ng le?
If you want to go online, send emails, watch videos isn’t a
laptop good enough?

A: 我 喜 欢 触 摸 屏 。 而 且 听 说 用iPad看 电 子 书 特 别
爽。
wǒ xı̌huan chùmōpı́ng. érqiě tı̄ngshuō yòng iPad kàn diàn-
zı̌shū tèbié shuǎng.
I like touchscreens. Also, I heard that reading e-books on
the iPad is really nice.

B: 就为了看电子书买iPad？
jiù wèile kàn diànzı̌shū mǎi iPad?
You’d buy an iPad just to read e-books?

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 A: 我就是去看看，不一定买。
wǒ jiùshı̀ qù kàn kan, bù yı̄dı̀ng mǎi.
I’m just going to go check it out. I’m not necessarily going
to buy it.

B: 我不想去。要不你去看iPad，我去逛商场。
wǒ bù xiǎng qù. yàobù nı̌ qù kàn iPad, wǒ qù guàng shāng-
chǎng.
I don’t want to go. How about you go check out the iPad and
I’ll go hang out at the mall?

A: 那算了，改天我自己去看吧！
nà suàn le, gǎitiān wǒ zı̀jı̌ qù kàn ba!
Nah, forget it. I’ll check it out myself some other day!

Key Vocabulary

开 kāi to open

家 jiā [measure word for

stores]

苹果 Pı́ngguǒ Apple

专卖店 zhuānmàidiàn official store

劝 quàn to advise

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 大号 dàhào large-size

平板电脑 pı́ngbǎn diànnǎo tablet computer

邮件 yóujiàn mail

发 fā to send

视频 shı̀pı́n video

什么的 shénme de and so on, etc.

笔记本 bı̌jı̀běn laptop

触摸屏 chùmōpı́ng touchscreen

而且 érqiě moreover

电子书 diànzı̌shū ebook

爽 shuǎng great

就 jiù just

为了 wèile in order to, for the sake

of

不一定 bù yı̄dı̀ng not necessarily

要不 yàobù how about

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 逛 guàng to stroll, to wander

商场 shāngchǎng shopping mall

改天 gǎitiān someday soon

Supplementary Vocabulary

红 hóng popular

专门 zhuānmén specially

建议 jiànyı̀ to recommend

强烈 qiángliè intense

理由 lı̌yóu reason

平板电视 pı́ngbǎn diàn- flatscreen TV

shı̀

时髦 shı́máo fashionable

代表 dàibiǎo to represent

外观 wàiguān outward appearance

传统 chuántǒng tradition

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 受欢迎 shòu huān- well-received
yı́ng

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