Intermediate - Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves (C1276)

A: 啊,气死我了。
à, qì sǐ wǒ le.
Agh, that makes me so mad.
B: 怎么了?
zěnmele?
What's up?
A: 我的菜被偷光了。
wǒ de cài bèi tōu guāng le.
All of my vegetables were stolen.
B: 哪个小偷这么坏?
nǎge xiǎotōu zhème huài?
Which thief could be so bad?
A: 我的一个大学同学,天啊,他早上六点就起床偷菜了。
wǒ de yī ge dàxué tóngxué, tiān a, tā zǎoshang liù diǎn jiù qǐchuáng tōu cài le.
My university classmate. Oh my gosh, he got up at 6am and started stealing vegetables.
B: 这么早?我也赶紧去我的农场看看。
zhème zǎo? wǒ yě gǎnjǐn qù wǒ de nóngchǎng kàn kan.
That early? I'd better hurry over to my farm and take a look.
A: 怎么样?
zěnmeyàng?
How is it?
B: 哎!只剩下一点牛奶了。
ài! zhī shèngxià yīdiǎn niúnǎi le.
Ah! The only thing left is a little milk.
A: 别郁闷了!快去偷别人的吧。
bié yùmèn le! kuài qù tōu biérén de ba.
Don't be sad! Quick, go steal someone else's.
B: 说的对!哈哈,偷到了一只猪。
shuō de duì! hāhā, tōudào le yī zhī zhū.
That's right! Haha, I stole a pig.
C: 你们在说什么?什么偷菜,种菜的?
nǐmen zài shuō shénme? shénme tōu cài, zhòng cài de?
What are you guys talking about? Stealing and planting vegetables?
B: 连这个都不知道,你太落伍了。
lián zhè ge dōu bù zhīdào, nǐ tài luòwǔ le.
You don't even know about this! You are way behind the times.
A: 我们在开心网上种菜,现在大家都在玩这个!
wǒmen zài Kāixīnwǎng shàng zhòng cài, xiànzài dàjiā dōu zài wán zhè ge!
We're on 'Kaixin Wang' planting vegetables. Everyone is playing this now!

Key Vocabulary

气死 qì sǐ furious
偷 tōu to steal
光 guāng every last one
小偷 xiǎotōu thief
大学 dàxué university
起床 qǐchuáng to get out of bed
赶紧 gǎnjǐn hurriedly
农场 nóngchǎng farm
剩下 shèngxià to be left over
被 bèi (passive marker)
郁闷 yùmèn to be depressed
种 zhòng to plant
连......都 lián...dōu even...
落伍 luòwǔ behind the times
开心网 Kāixīnwǎng Kaixin

Supplementary Vocabulary

奶牛 nǎiniú milk cow
赶快 gǎnkuài quickly
收获 shōuhuò to bring in a harvest
社交网站 shèjiāo wǎngzhàn social-networkin site
除草 chúcǎo weeds
浇水 jiāoshuǐ to water plants

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