Intermediate - My Bank Card Was Eaten! (C2072)

A: 你好,我的银行卡被ATM机吞了,怎么办?
nǐhǎo, wǒ de yínhángkǎ bèi ATM jī tūn le, zěnme bàn?
Hello. My bank card was eaten by the ATM. What should I do?
B: 怎么吞的?
zěnme tūn de?
How did it get eaten?
A: 我输错了几次密码,卡就被吞了。
wǒ shū cuò le jǐ cì mìmǎ, kǎ jiù bèi tūn le.
I entered in my pin number incorrectly several times, and then my card got eaten.
B: 那你明天带证件去柜台领取。
nà nǐ míngtiān dài zhèngjiàn qù guìtái lǐngqǔ.
Then tomorrow bring your identification to the counter to claim it.
A: 哪个柜台?
nǎ gè guìtái?
What counter?
B: 离ATM机最近的那个银行的柜台。
lí ATM jī zuì jìn de nà gè yínháng de guìtái.
The counter in the bank closest to the ATM.
A: 我马上就要出差了,急需现金。
wǒ mǎshàng jiùyào chūchāi le, jíxū xiànjīn.
I'm about to go on a business trip. I urgently need some cash.
B: 最早明天可以领取。
zuì zǎo míngtiān kěyǐ lǐngqǔ.
The earliest you can get it is tomorrow morning.
A: 我马上要赶飞机,麻烦你现在处理一下,好吗?
wǒ mǎshàng yào gǎn fēijī, máfan nǐ xiànzài chǔlǐ yīxià, hǎo ma?
I'm about to catch my plane. Could I trouble you to please help me with this?
B: 不好意思,我们也没有办法。
bùhǎoyìsi, wǒmen yě méiyǒu bànfǎ.
I'm sorry, but there's no way.
A: 麻烦你帮帮我,我来不及去借钱。
máfan nǐ bāng bang wǒ, wǒ láibují qù jièqián.
Can you please help me? I don't have enough time to go borrow some money.
B: 你在哪个网点?我们派工作人员去看看。
nǐ zài nǎ gè wǎngdiǎn? wǒmen pài gōngzuò rényuán qù kàn kan.
What branch are you at? We can send an employee to come take a look.
A: 谢谢!我在徐家汇。
xièxie! wǒ zài Xújiāhuì.
Thank you. I'm in Xujiahui.
B: 徐家汇什么地方?
Xújiāhuì shénme dìfang?
Where in Xujiahui?
A: 徐家汇的ATM……
Xújiāhuì de ATM……
An ATM in Xujiahui...

Key Vocabulary

银行卡 yínhángkǎ bank card
bèi by
machine
tūn to swallow
shū to enter
密码 mìmǎ password
dài to bring
证件 zhèngjiàn ID
柜台 guìtái counter
领取 lǐngqǔ to claim
to be away from
就要 jiùyào to be about to
出差 chūchāi to go on a business trip
急需 jíxū urgently need to
现金 xiànjīn cash
赶飞机 gǎn fēijī to catch a plane
处理 chǔlǐ to handle
没有办法 méiyǒu bànfǎ to not be a way to do something
来不及 láibují not enough time
借钱 jièqián to borrow money
网点 wǎngdiǎn branch
pài to dispatch
工作人员 gōngzuò rényuán employee
徐家汇 Xújiāhuì Xujiahui

Supplementary Vocabulary

自动取款机 zìdòng qǔkuǎn jī ATM
自动售货机 zìdòng shòuhuò jī vending machine
吞下去 tūn xiàqù to swallow something down
身份证 shēnfènzhèng ID card
护照 hùzhào passport
输入 shūrù to input

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