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
tōu to steal
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
bèi (passive marker)
郁闷 yùmèn to be depressed
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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