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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.
Wed Dec 17 2014 | 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 ，nín kàn zhè ge ，gěi nín mǎi yī tái ba ？
Mum, look at this. Let me buy one of these for you.
干衣机？要这个做什么？
gānyījī ？yào zhè ge zuò shénme ？
A tumble dryer? What do you want this for?
能把洗好的衣服烘干。
néng bǎ xǐ hǎo de yīfu hōnggān 。
To properly dry our laundry.
直接晾衣服不就行了吗？太阳光还杀菌呢。
zhíjiē liàng yīfu bù jiù xíng le ma ？tàiyángguāng hái shājūn ne 。
Isn't air drying enough? The sun also disinfects (the clothes)!
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