Intermediate - After a Car Accident (C2510)

A: 你怎么开车的啊?你看,我的车被刮成这样了!
nǐ zěnme kāichē de a? nǐ kàn, wǒ de chē bèi guā chéng zhèyàng le!
What kind of driver are you? Look at how my car is scraped up!
B: 哎呀,对不起。我负全责。你看要赔多少,咱们私了吧。
āiyā, duìbuqǐ. wǒ fùquánzé. nǐ kàn yào péi duōshao, zánmen sīliǎo ba.
Oh my, I am sorry. I take full responsibility. You decide how much I pay and let's handle it privately.
A: 私了不靠谱,咱得走保险流程。
sīliǎo bù kàopǔ, zán děi zǒu bǎoxiǎn liúchéng.
Settling it privately is not reliable. Let's follow the insurance process.
B: 没问题!
méiwèntí!
No problem!
A: 我先打110,找交警来开事故认定书。
wǒ xiān dǎ yāoyāolíng, zhǎo jiāojǐng lái kāi shìgùrèndìngshū.
I'll call 110 first, to get the traffic police to file an accident report.
B: 可以。
kěyǐ.
Ok.
A: 你联系保险公司,让他们派人来定损!
nǐ liánxì bǎoxiǎn gōngsī, ràng tāmen pài rén lái dìngsǔn!
You contact the insurance company and let them send someone to determine the damages!
B: 你放心,我投保了三者险,保险公司会认赔的。
nǐ fàngxīn, wǒ tóubǎo le sānzhěxiǎn, bǎoxiǎn gōngsī huì rènpéi de.
Don't worry. I have third-party insurance, so the insurance company will agree to pay compensation.
B: (B打电话2分钟后)
( B dǎ diànhuà liǎng fēnzhōng hòu)
( 2 minutes after B makes a call )
B: 保险公司说现在没有定损员可以派过来,让我们自己去理赔中心。
bǎoxiǎn gōngsī shuō xiànzài méiyǒu dìngsǔnyuán kěyǐ pài guòlai, ràng wǒmen zìjǐ qù lǐpéi zhōngxīn.
The insurance company says they don't have an assessor to send over, so they want us to go ourselves to the claims settlement centre.
A: 行,那咱们约个时间吧。
xíng, nà zánmen yuē gè shíjiān ba.
Fine. Then let's set a time.

Key Vocabulary

guā to scrape
负全责 fùquánzé to take full responsibility
péi to compensate
私了 sīliǎo to settle privately
靠谱 kàopǔ dependable
事故认定书 shìgùrèndìngshū accident report
定损 dìngsǔn to determine the damages
投保 tóubǎo to take out insurance
三者险 sānzhěxiǎn third-party insurance
认赔 rènpéi to agree to pay compensation
定损员 dìngsǔnyuán assessor
理赔中心 lǐpéizhōngxīn claims settlement centre

Supplementary Vocabulary

可靠 kěkào reliable
开罚单 kāifádān to give a ticket
报关 bàoguān customs declaration
报名 bàomíng to sign up
认输 rènshū to admit defeat
购物中心 gòuwùzhōngxīn shopping center
服务中心 fúwùzhōngxīn service center

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