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Cleaning the Air Conditioning

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ID: 2607 Intermediate
If you live in a hot country during the height of summer, you know how important an aircon unit is to your life. In this episode, we learn how to explain to a technician that your AC is broken (and smelly), and how best to clean it.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
制热 zhì rè heating function
效果 xiàoguǒ result
classifier for smells
guài strange
师傅这个空调现在制热效果不太好而且一开就有股怪味
shīfu 师傅zhè 这ge 个kōngtiáo 空调xiànzài 现在zhì rè 制热xiàoguǒ 效果bùtài hǎo 不太好érqiě 而且yī 一kāi 开jiù 就yǒu 有gǔ 股guài 怪wèi 味
Sir, this aircon's heating function isn't working well. Furthermore, as soon as you switch it on, there is a strange odor.
你的空调需要清洗一下
nǐ 你de 的kōngtiáo 空调xūyào 需要qīngxǐ 清洗yīxià 一下
Your AC needs cleaning.
我在换季的时候自己清洁过滤网的
wǒ 我zài 在huànjì 换季de 的shíhou 时候zìjǐ 自己qīngjié 清洁guò 过lǜwǎng 滤网de 的
When the season changed, I cleaned the filter mesh myself.
单单清洁滤网是不够的很多灰尘积在散热片上所以散热片也要清洗和消毒
dāndān 单单qīngjié 清洁lǜwǎng 滤网shì 是bùgòu 不够de 的hěn 很duō 多huīchén 灰尘jī 积zài 在sànrèpiàn 散热片shàng 上suǒyǐ 所以sànrèpiàn 散热片yě 也yào 要qīngxǐ 清洗hé 和xiāodú 消毒
Merely cleaning the filter mesh isn't enough. A lot of dust can accumulate on the heat sink so the heat sink also needs to be cleaned and disinfected.
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