再短一点儿
How to get a haircut in Chinese
Name: ________________ Date: ________
明天，大卫要去新公司上班。今天晚上，他走进家旁边的一个小理发店。
老板问他：“你想怎么剪？”
“短一点儿。不要太短。”
大卫坐下以后，就拿出手机玩。老板一边剪，一边和他说话。大卫也一边玩，一边说“好”。
过了一会儿，老板问他：“这样可以吗？”
大卫没有看，说：“再短一点儿。”
又过了一会儿，老板问他：“这样呢？”
大卫快要赢了。“好，好，再短一点儿。”
老板又剪了很长时间。“好了，你看看吧。”
大卫放下手机，看了看镜子里的自己。他没有头发了！
“我……我说的是短一点儿啊！”
“对啊，”老板说，“你一共说了三次。”
第二天，大卫很不想去上班。可是新公司的同事看见他，都说：“你的头发很好看啊！”经理也笑着说：“不错，看起来年轻了十岁。”
一个月以后，大卫又来到了这个理发店。
老板问他：“这次也短一点儿？”
大卫把手机放在桌子上：“跟上次一样。这次，我看着你剪。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旁边 | pángbiān | beside; next to; nearby |
| 一会儿 | yíhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 这样 | zhèyàng | like this; this way |
| 长 | cháng | long; length |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 短 | duǎn | short; brief |
| 以后 | yǐhòu | later; afterwards; in the future |
| 一边 | yìbiān | at the same time; while (as in 一边吃一边说) (as in pairs) |
| 头发 | tóufa | hair (on the head) |
| 一共 | yígòng | altogether; in total |
| 同事 | tóngshì | colleague; coworker |
| 经理 | jīnglǐ | manager; director |
English (for the teacher)
Tomorrow David starts at a new company. This evening he walks into the little barber’s next to his flat.
The barber asks him, “How would you like it?”
“A little shorter. Not too short.”
Once he sits down, David gets out his phone to play. The barber chats with him as he cuts. David keeps playing and keeps saying “OK”.
After a while, the barber asks him, “Is this all right?”
David doesn’t look up: “A little shorter.”
A while later, the barber asks him, “How about now?”
David is about to win. “Yeah, yeah, a bit shorter.”
The barber keeps cutting for a long time. “Done. Have a look.”
David puts down his phone and looks at himself in the mirror. His hair is gone!
“I… I said a little shorter!”
“That’s right,” says the barber. “You said it three times.”
The next day, David really doesn’t want to go to work. But when his new colleagues see him, they all say, “Your hair looks great!” The manager smiles too: “Not bad. You look ten years younger.”
A month later, David comes back to the same barber’s.
The barber asks him, “A little shorter again?”
David puts his phone on the table: “Same as last time. This time, I’m watching.”