2. STORYTELLING
Xiǎoqū Lái Le Yì Qún Xiǎotōu
《小区来了一群小偷》
(There Have Been) One Group (Of) Thieves Coming (To The) Residential-Community
In this part of the lesson, we will be practicing the vocabulary and grammar that we've learned in Lesson 26.1 and Lesson 26.2. There are two separate conversational practice:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Dōngxi Bèi Xiǎotōu Tōu Zǒu Le
《东西被小偷偷走了》
(My) Stuff (Have Been) By (The) Thief Stolen
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
小段 Little Duan 警官 Police Officer
小段:Police-officer hello!
警官:What thing happened?
小段:(The) stuff (in) my school-bag-inside (-) “by” (the) thief (-) (has been) stolen-away.
警官:Is (it) just/exactly this “ge” (of) bag? Where was (it that it) (was) stolen?
小段:Right, (it) exactly is this “ge” (of) bag, (it) was at Wenhua Park (that it was) stolen.
警官:What (things) existed (in the) bag-inside? (Have they been) all stolen?
小段:(The) inside existed cellphone, wallet, passport. (The) wallet-inside existed 500-“kuai”-(of)-money cash, additionally existed two “zhang” (of) bank-cards.
警官:When was (it that) you found-out (that the) stuff (had been) stolen?
小段:Today afternoon two o’clock.
警官:(Was) thief found-out (by) you (at the) time (when) they were stealing (the) stuff?
小段:No, (at the) time (that) I found-out, (the) stuff (in the) bag-inside already (did) not exist (there) (anymore).
警官:Okay, you first return home. We will work-hard to help you seek that “ge” (of) thief. You give us one “ge” (of) phone number, “once immediately after” finding (the) thief we soon-will to you make (a) phone-call.
小段:Okay, here, (it) just/exactly is this “ge” (of) number. Thanks police-office! You have worked hard!
警官:(It is) not painstaking, this is (what) we should do. You slowly leave!
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Xiǎoqū Lái Le Yì Qún Xiǎotōu
《小区来了一群小偷》
(There Have Been) One Group (Of) Thieves Coming (To The) Residential-Community
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
(There Have Been) One Group (Of) Thieves Coming (To The) Residential-community
Today morning “once immediately after” going-to-work, Manager Zhang (of the) residential-community sent one “feng” (of) email to (the) neighbors. (The) email-inside said, yesterday night, (there have been) one group (of) thieves coming to our residential-community.
This group (of) thieves first arrived (the) Zhang Family (and) stole 4000-“kuai”-(of)-money cash, then arrived (the) Guan Family (and) stole two “bu” (of the) newest Apple cellphones, after-that they arrived (the) Gao Family (and) stole one “tai” (of) computer, (in) the-end, they again arrived (the) Ma Family (and) stole four “zhang” (of) bank-cards. My home lived especially high (in the building), (it is) on (the) 27(th) Floor, so (the) thief (was) not able to come-in.
(The) email-inside additionally said, today morning, Manager Zhang (of the) residential-community first received (the) phone-call (of the) Guan Family, after-that again received (the) phone-calls (of the) Zhang Family, (the) Ma Family and (the) Gao Family. Manager Zhang right-away made (a) phone-call (-) “ba”{indicating the handling of} this “jian” (of) thing (-) told (the) police.
(In the) time (that is) after receiving (the) phone-call, two “ming” (of) police-officers very quick(ly,) driving (the) police-car(,) came-arriving our residential-community. They arrived (the) houses (of) these four families (of) people to look-at “really quick”, after-that towards them asked some questions, (in) the-end (they) wrote-down their phone numbers. (The) two “ming” (of) police-officers said (that) they would work-hard to find this group (of) thieves, “once immediately after” finding them (they) would make (a) phone call to tell everyone.
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