第五课 理发 Lesson Five Going to the Barbers (3)

Dominic: Let’s see some other phrases that can be useful when you are getting your haircut.

GRAPHIC FLASH: 请把头顶多剪点儿。 头顶 the top of head, the second tone and the third tone, 多剪点儿 means a little more off, 请把头顶多剪点儿。 A little more off the top. You may also say 请把前面（后面/旁边）多剪点儿。A little more off the front (back/sides).

(Barber finishes.)

Barber: 好了，您觉得怎么样？

(Dominic examines hair in mirror.)

Dominic: 不错，不错，谢谢你！In fact, I think I might come here again. 可以给我张名片吗？
Barber: 好的。

GRAPHIC FLASH: 可以给我张名片吗？可以 a very useful Chinese phrase, which means Can I, May I or OK, 给我 to give me, 张 a measure word, 名片 business card, the second tone and the fourth tone, altogether 可以给我张名片吗？Can you give me a business card?

(Barber goes to pick a card at the cash desk. Comic scene: Ludo in the background is sitting reading a magazine with his head under a hair drying hood machine.)

Barber: 给您。
Dominic: 谢谢你。

GRAPHIC FLASH:

我想理发。I want a haircut.

我不需要洗头。I don’t want my hair washed.

我想修剪一下。I want my hair trimmed slightly.

请别剪太短。Please don’t cut too short.

请把头顶多剪点儿。A little more off the top.

可以给我张名片吗？Can you give me a business card?

(Dominic now enjoys massage in the barber’s chair.)

Dominic: If you’re lucky, after your haircut, you may get treated to a Chinese specialty, what’s known as an 按摩. Literally that means “push rub” and can be translated as, you guessed it, a massage. This is Dominic Swire being massaged for CRI. The things I do for this job.  (End)