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Adjusting the Screen

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ID: 2426 Intermediate
For some, adjusting the settings on a computer monitor is a piece of cake. For others, it might as well be brain surgery. In this lesson, listen in as two roommates attempt to dim a monitor and prove how bright they really are.
Jenny,Shanell
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
屏幕 píngmù screen
难受 nánshòu troubled
无所谓 wúsuǒwèi to be indifferent
抓紧 zhuājǐn to grasp firmly
哎你的电脑屏幕那么亮你看着不难受吗
āi 哎nǐde 你的diànnǎo 电脑píngmù 屏幕nàme 那么liàng 亮nǐ 你kànzhe 看着bù 不nánshòu 难受ma 吗
Hey, your computer screen is so bright. Don't you find it hard to look at?
哎无所谓了我要抓紧时间
āi 哎wúsuǒwèi 无所谓le 了wǒ 我yào 要zhuājǐn 抓紧shíjiān 时间
Hey, I don't care. I need to hurry up.
你是无所谓我有所谓啊太亮了影响我睡觉
nǐ 你shì 是wúsuǒwèi 无所谓wǒ 我yǒusuǒwèi 有所谓ā 啊tài 太liàng 亮le 了yǐngxiǎng 影响wǒ 我shuìjiào 睡觉
You don't care, but I care. If it's too bright I won't be able to sleep.
是吗那真不好意思啊我调调屏幕亮度怎么调啊真真你知道吗
shì 是ma 吗nà 那zhēn 真bùhǎoyìsi 不好意思ā 啊wǒ 我tiáotiáo 调调píngmù 屏幕liàngdù 亮度zěnme 怎么tiáo 调ā 啊zhēnzhēn 真真nǐ 你zhīdào 知道ma 吗
Really? Then I'm sorry. I'll change it. How do you change the screen's brightness? Zhenzhen, do you know?
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