Intermediate - Lost Cell Phone (C0757)

A 谢谢师傅,不要发票了。
xièxie shīfu, bùyào fāpiào le.
Thanks driver. I don't need a receipt.
B 哦。走好,再见。
ō. zǒuhǎo, zàijiàn.
Oh. Take care, good bye.
A 再见。
zàijiàn.
Good bye.
C 你来了。
nǐ lái le.
You made it.
A 哎!手机呢,怎么不见了?糟了!肯定是忘在出租车上了!我真没脑子!
ái, shǒujī ne, zěnme bùjiàn le? zāo le! kěndìng shì wàng zài chūzūchē shàng le! wǒ zhēn méi nǎozi!
Ah! My phone. How could it be gone? Oh no! I must have forgotten it in the taxi! I've really lost my mind.
C 你确定吗?用我的手机打打看。
nǐ quèdìng ma? yòng wǒ de shǒujī dǎda kàn.
Are you sure? Use my cell to call it and see.
A 哦。
ō.
Oh.
D 铃铃铃,铃铃铃。
līnglīnglīng, līnglīnglīng.
Ring, ring, ring. Ring, ring, ring.
C 怎么样?
zěnmeyàng?
What is it?
A 没人接。
méirén jiē.
No one is answering.
C 那你赶快把发票找出来,打电话找那辆车。
nà nǐ gǎnkuài bǎ fāpiào zhǎo chūlai, dǎ diànhuà zhǎo nà liàng chē.
Then quickly, find your receipt. Call and find that taxi.
A 你说得对。啊呀,我没拿发票。真倒霉!我每次都拿的,就今天没拿。
nǐ shuō de duì. āyā, wǒ méi ná fāpiào. zhēn dǎoméi! wǒ měicì dōu ná de, jiù jīntiān méi ná.
You're right. Yikes, I didn't take the receipt. What luck! I take it every time, today is the one time I didn't take it.
C 那你再打打看。
nà nǐ zài dǎda kàn.
Then try calling again.
D 您好。您所拨打的电话已关机。
nínhǎo. nín suǒ bōdǎ de diànhuà yǐ guānjī.
Hello. The phone you are calling is switched off.
A 哎,看样子没戏了。
āi, kànyàngzi méixì le.
Ah, it looks like it's hopeless.
C 关机了?
guānjī le?
It's still switched off?
A 嗯。又要破财了!
ng4. yòu yào pòcái le!
Uh-huh. Another financial setback!

Key Vocabulary

师傅 shīfu driver
发票 fāpiào receipt
没脑子 méi nǎozi lost ones mind
确定 quèdìng certain
接 jiē to answer
赶快 gǎnkuài at once
倒霉 dǎoméi unlucky
拨打 bōdǎ to dial
关机 guānjī to turn off a machine
看样子 kànyàngzi to look as if
没戏 méixì hopeless
破财 pòcái financial setback

Supplementary Vocabulary

有戏 yǒuxì hopeful
记性 jìxing memory
健忘 jiànwàng forgetful
偷 tōu to steal
报警 bàojǐng to report an incident to police