lǎo mā yào mǎi “bǐ jì běn ”
老 妈 要 买“笔 记 本　”
Mum Wants to Buy a Laptop

wǒ chán zhe lǎo mā mǎi diàn nǎo ，chán le jǐ gè yuè ，lǎo mā
我 缠　着　老　妈 买　 电　脑　， 缠　了 几 个 月　，老　妈
yě bù sōng kǒu 。
也 不　松　口　。
zhè tiān ，lǎo mā tū rán shuō ：“wǒ men qù mǎi gè bǐ jìběn bɑ ！”
这　 天　，老　妈 突 然 说　：“我 们　去 买　个 笔 记 本　吧　！”
wǒ dùn shí xīn xǐ ruò kuáng ：“hǎo ā hǎo ā ，mǎi gè shén
我 顿　时　欣　喜 若　　狂　：“好　啊好　啊，买　个　什　
me yàng de hǎo ne ？”
么　样　的 好　呢 ？”
lǎo mā dàn dìng dì shuō ：“wú suǒ wèi ā ，jì zhàng yòng
老　妈 淡　 定　地　说　：“无 所　谓　啊，记 　账　 用　
de ，pǔ tōng de hǎo le 。”
的 ，普　通　的 好　了 。”
wǒ ：…………
我 ：…………


I have asked mum to buy a computer for several months. But mother didn’t agree.
One day, mother suddenly said to me: “ Let’s buy a notebook..”
I nearly jumped out of my skin and said :“Nice, nice. And what kind shall we buy?”
Mother said calmly: “Never mind, I just use it to keep accounts, a commen one is ok.”
I can say nothing.

Can you understand it? Do you know why it’s a little funny? That girl misunderstood that her mother wanted to buy a laptop. Do you know why the girl misunderstood her mother? Because of the word 笔记本(bǐ jì běn). It can mean notebook and laptop. So when her mother said she wanted to buy a 笔记本(bǐ jì běn), the girl thought it was a laptop. However her mother told her that it was just a notebook.