Intermediate - Borrowing Money (C1047)

A喂,张宇,我是李家强。
wéi, Zhāng Yǔ, wǒ shì Lǐ Jiāqiáng.
Hi, Zhang Yu. This is Li Jiaqiang.
B家强啊,好久没联系了。你最近怎么样?
Jiāqiáng a, hǎojiǔ méi liánxì le. nǐ zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?
Hi, Jiaqiang. It's been a long time. How've you been lately?
A我......我,遇到点儿麻烦。
wǒ...... wǒ, yùdào diǎnr máfan.
I...I 've got a bit of a problem.
B怎么了?
zěnme le?
What's the matter?
A唉,不说了。你能借我点儿钱吗?
āi, bù shuō le. nǐ néng jiè wǒ diǎnr qián ma?
Ah, I don't want to talk about it. Can you lend me a little money?
B你没事吧?
nǐ méishì ba?
Are you OK?
A没事,就是需要点儿钱。
méishì, jiùshì xūyào diǎnr qián.
I'm OK, I just need a little money.
B多少?
duōshǎo?
How much?
A两万。我很快就还给你。
liǎng wàn. wǒ hěn kuài jiù huán gěi nǐ.
Twenty thousand. I can get it back to you very quickly.
B嗯......
ng......
Hmm...
A那,你有多少?一万,有吗?我有急用。
nà, nǐ yǒu duōshǎo? yī wàn, yǒu ma? wǒ yǒu jíyòng.
Well, do you have ten thousand? I need it really soon.
B五千,怎么样?我只有五千。
wǔ qiān, zěnmeyàng? wǒ zhǐ yǒu wǔ qiān.
How about five thousand? I only have five thousand.
A好啊。今天赢了,我明天就还给你。
hǎo a. jīntiān yíng le, wǒ míngtiān jiù huán gěi nǐ.
OK. After I win today, I'll get it back to you tomorrow.
B你说什么?
nǐ shuō shénme?
What'd you say?

Key Vocabulary

联系liánxìto contact
遇到yùdàoto encounter
麻烦máfantrouble
jièto lend
没事méishìno problem
需要xūyàoto need
huánto return
急用jíyòngan urgent need
yíngto win

Supplementary Vocabulary

尴尬gāngàawkward
碰见pèngjiànto run into unexpectedly
通常tōngchángoften
讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjiàto haggle
答应dāyìngto respond to
曾经céngjīngever
留学liúxuéto study abroad
直接zhíjiēdirectly
经历jīnglìexperience
赌博dǔbóto gamble
欠钱qiànqiánto owe money
信用xìnyòngcredit