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Buying a Custom-Built Computer

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ID: 0682 Upper Intermediate
The true computer geeks amongst us will come bounding out of the woodwork for this Mandarin lesson, gleefully igniting flurries of discussion over bits, megs, CPU, RAM, GB, XYZ in Chinese... (post-traumatic flashbacks to many a lunch hour conversation here at ChinesePod). For the rest of us Cpoddies--though you may not feel like a techy, you're here, so you are. Listen in to this podcast, and learn the lingo.
Sun Oct 28 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
组装 zǔzhuāng custom-built
配 pèi to match
配置 pèizhì components
英特尔 Yīngtéěr Intel
小姐，买电脑吗？组装机还是品牌机？
xiǎojie ，mǎi diànnǎo ma ？zǔzhuāng jī háishi pǐnpái jī ？
Miss, would you like to buy a computer? Brand name or custom-built?
组装机。
zǔzhuāng jī 。
Custom-built.
我们做组装机很有经验的。你进来看看吧。可以根据你的要求来配。你有什么要求？
wǒmen zuò zǔzhuāng jī hěn yǒu jīngyàn de 。nǐ jìnlái kànkan ba 。kěyǐ gēnjù nǐ de yāoqiú lái pèi 。nǐ yǒu shénme yāoqiú ？
We have a lot of experience building computers. Come in and take a look. We can match the parts according to your requirements. What requirements do you have?
我自己用。要配置好一点的。
wǒ zìjǐ yòng 。yào pèizhì hǎo yīdiǎn de 。
I'll use it for myself. I want high-end components.
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