Intermediate - One-Way Street Scuffle (C1536)

A: 你们两个怎么回事?
nǐmen liǎng ge zěnme huí shì?
What's going on here, you two?
B: 他乱开车,差点儿撞死我!
tā luàn kāichē, chàdiǎnr zhuàng sǐ wǒ!
He was driving recklessly. He almost hit me and killed me!
C: 我没撞到你。
wǒ méi zhuàng dào nǐ.
I didn't hit you.
B: 当时吓死我了!有车就了不起吗?开车不长眼睛!
dāngshí xià sǐ wǒ le! yǒu chē jiù liǎobuqǐ ma? kāichē bù zhǎng yǎnjing!
You scared me to death! You're so great because you have a car, huh? You weren't even watching the road!
C: 你说话怎么那么难听呢?你过马路怎么不走斑马线?
nǐ shuōhuà zěnme nàme nántīng ne? nǐ guò mǎlù zěnme bù zǒu bānmǎxiàn?
Why are you speaking so crudely? Why didn't you cross at the crosswalk?
B: 你差点儿撞死人,你还有理了?
nǐ chàdiǎnr zhuàng sǐ rén, nǐ hái yǒulǐ le?
You almost killed someone, and yet you're still in the right?
A: 你们别吵!一个一个说,我要做记录。
nǐmen bié chǎo! yī ge yī ge shuō, wǒ yào zuò jìlù.
Don't argue, you two! Speak one at a time. I have to make a record.
B: 这是单行道,他从这边就开过来了。
zhè shì dānxíngdào, tā cóng zhèbiān jiù kāi guòlai le.
This is a one-way street. He drove this way from over there.
C: 又不是我一个人这么开。
yòu bù shì wǒ yī ge rén zhème kāi.
I wasn't the only one driving that way.
A: 好了,好了,过马路要走斑马线。
hǎo le, hǎo le, guò mǎlù yào zǒu bānmǎxiàn.
OK, enough. When crossing the street, you need to use the crosswalk.
B: 哦,知道了。
ò, zhīdào le.
OK, I understand.
A: 这条单行道上只能从东往西开。驾照拿出来!
zhè tiáo dānxíngdào shàng zhǐnéng cóng dōng wǎng xī kāi. jiàzhào ná chūlai!
On this oneway street you can only drive from east to west. Get your driver's license out!

Key Vocabulary

怎么回事 zěnme huí shì what happened
luàn careslessly
差点儿 chàdiǎnr nearly
zhuàng to crash into and kill
当时 dāngshí at that time
吓死 xià sǐ to scare to death
了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing, incredible
zhǎng to grow
难听 nántīng unpleasant sounding
过马路 guò mǎlù to cross the street
斑马线 bānmǎxiàn crosswalk
有理 yǒulǐ to be in the right, justified
记录 jìlù record
单行道 dānxíngdào one-way street
yòu [adds emphasis]
wǎng in the direction of
驾照 jiàzhào drivers license
开过来 kāi guòlai to drive over here
拿出来 ná chūlai to take out

Supplementary Vocabulary

发生 fāshēng to happen
真理 zhēnlǐ truth
道理 dàolǐ reason
斑马 bānmǎ zebra
吵架 chǎojià to argue
北美 BěiMěi North America
突出 tūchū to stress
严重 yánzhòng serious, severe
方向 fāngxiàng direction

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