bù kāi kōng tiáo
不开空调
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xià tiān
夏天
A Summer Without Air Conditioning
xiǎo gāng小刚gào sù告诉xiǎo bǎo小宝nán jīng南京yǒuxiě zì lóu写字楼xià tiān夏天bù kāi kōng tiáo不开空调dexīn wén新闻

Xiao Gang tells Xiao Bao about a news story in Nanjing where an office building decided not to use central air conditioning in summer.

小刚
xiǎo bǎo小宝nán jīng南京yǒudònglóuxià tiān夏天dà jiā大家tóu piào投票jué dìng决定kāizhōng yāng kōng tiáo中央空调jué de觉得zěn me yàng怎么样

Xiao Bao, in Nanjing, there's a building where people voted not to turn on the central air conditioning in the summer. What do you think?

小宝
xià tiān夏天hěnakāikōng tiáo空调huì bú huì会不会hěnnán shòu难受

Summer is so hot! Won’t it be uncomfortable without air conditioning?

小刚
duìyakě shì可是yīn wèi因为hěnduōrénjué de觉得kōng tiáo空调tàiguìleyǒuderénfáng jiān房间yòuméirénsuǒ yǐ所以dà duō shù大多数réntóu piào投票kāikōng tiáo空调

Yeah, but many people thought the air conditioning was too expensive, and some rooms were empty, so most people voted not to turn it on.

小宝
derénzěn me bàn怎么办ya

Then what about the people who feel hot?

小刚
tā men他们kě yǐ可以zì jǐ自己mǎifēng shàn风扇huò zhě或者zhuāngxiǎokōng tiáo空调zhè yàng这样néngliáng kuài凉快yì diǎn一点

They can buy fans or install small air conditioners themselves to stay cool.

小宝
ózhè yàng这样adà jiā大家yì qǐ一起jué dìng决定deshì qíng事情háitǐngyǒu yì sī有意思de

Oh, I see. It's kind of interesting that everyone made the decision together!

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