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Tumble Dry or Air Dry

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ID: 2598 Elementary
The age old question of whether to tumble or not tumble dry your clothes. What do you do? I guess it depends on where you live in the world but our suggestion here at ChinesePod would be to save the planet and let the sun do the work for you.
Jenny,Elliott
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
干衣机 gānyījī Tumble Dryer
烘干 hōnggān tumble dry or dry with heat
晾 liàng Air dry
直接 zhíjiē directly
妈您看这个给您买一台吧
mā 妈nín 您kàn 看zhè ge 这个gěi 给nín 您mǎi 买yī 一tái 台ba 吧
Mum, look at this. Let me buy one of these for you.
干衣机要这个做什么
gānyījī 干衣机yào 要zhè ge 这个zuò 做shénme 什么
A tumble dryer? What do you want this for?
能把洗好的衣服烘干
néng 能bǎ 把xǐ 洗hǎo 好de 的yīfu 衣服hōnggān 烘干
To properly dry our laundry.
直接晾衣服不就行了吗太阳光还杀菌呢
zhíjiē 直接liàng 晾yīfu 衣服bù 不jiù 就xíng le 行了ma 吗tàiyángguāng 太阳光hái 还shājūn 杀菌ne 呢
Isn't air drying enough? The sun also disinfects (the clothes)!
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