A Visit to the Dry Cleaners:
Dating a fashion designer, or just want your shirt starched? Consider yourself in luck: our lesson for
today takes place in a dry cleaning store and goes over all the vocab you'll need to start scintillating
conversations about pants with anyone who will listen. Designed for early elementary students, this
podcast will teach you how to get your dry cleaning done in mandarin, and share a critical trick you can
use to avoid being given someone else's clothing.
Text :
小姐，你好，我來取衣服。給你我的票。
xiǎojie ， nǐhǎo ， wǒ lái qǔ yīfu 。 gěi nǐ wǒ de piào 。
Hello Miss. I'm here to pick up my clothes. Here is my ticket.
這是您的衣服。
zhè shì nín de yīfu 。
Here are your clothes.
嗯？這是我的衣服嗎？
en ？ zhè shì wǒ de yīfu ma ？
Huh? These are my clothes?
不是嗎？
bùshì ma ？
Aren't they?
顏色不對，大小也不對，款式都不對！我是女人。
yánsè bù duì ， dàxiǎo yě bù duì ， kuǎnshì dōu bù duì ！ wǒ shì nǚrén 。
The colors are wrong. The size is wrong. The style is also wrong! I'm a woman.
那，這是誰的衣服？
nà ， zhè shì shéi de yīfu ？
Then whose clothes are these?
啊，我的衣服。謝謝。
ā ， wǒ de yīfu 。 xièxie 。
These are my clothes. Thank you.
Vocabulary :
乾洗店
gānxǐdiàn
取
衣服
票
不是嗎
顏色
大小
款式
號
褲子
襯衫
裙子
連衣裙
襪子
qǔ
yīfu
piào
bùshì ma
yánsè
dàxiǎo
kuǎnshì
hào
kùzi
chènshān
qúnzi
liányīqún
wàzi
dry-cleaning
store
to take
clothing
ticket
aren't they
color
size
style
fit-size
pants
shirt
skirt
dress
socks
noun
verb
noun
noun
phrase
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun