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Shopping for Glasses

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ID: 2463 Intermediate
Whether you live in China and want to buy glasses or you want to impress your local Chinese optometrist with your amazing grasp of eye-care lingo, this lesson will help you! Be equipped to select the perfect glasses and at the same time keep focused on your Mandarin.
Wed Jun 11 2014 | Vera, Shanell
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
配 pèi to prescribe or to dispense a prescription, to go well together
副 fù pair ( measure word for a set of something)
眼镜 yǎnjìng eyeglasses
近视 jìnshì nearsightedness
您好，请问有什么需要吗？
nínhǎo ，qǐngwèn yǒu shénme xūyào ma ？
Hello, may I help you with something?
我想配一副眼镜。
wǒ xiǎng pèi yī fù yǎnjìng 。
I would like to have a pair of glasses made for me.
近视、平光还是老花眼镜？
jìnshì 、píngguāng háishì lǎohuā yǎnjìng ？
Glasses for nearsightedness, plain lens glasses or reading glasses?
近视带散光。
jìnshì dài sǎnguāng 。
Glasses for nearsightedness with astigmatism.
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