Intermediate - Monthly Data Plan (C1699)

A:  对不起,您的电话已欠费停机。
duìbuqǐ, nín de diànhuà yǐ qiànfèi tíngjī.
I'm sorry. Your phone is out of money and service has been suspended.
B:  不可能啊,我昨天充了一百块,怎么这么快就停机了?
bù kěnéng a, wǒ zuótiān chōng le yībǎi kuài, zěnme zhème kuài jiù tíngjī le?
That's impossible. I charged 100 kuai to it yesterday. How could it be suspended so quickly?
C:  你有没有打什么奇怪的电话?
nǐ yǒumeiyǒu dǎ shénme qíguài de diànhuà?
Did you call any strange numbers?
B:  没有啊,我只打了几个电话给朋友,都是上海的号码。
méiyǒu a, wǒ zhǐ dǎ le jǐ ge diànhuà gěi péngyou, dōu shì Shànghǎi de hàomǎ.
No. I just called my friends - all Shanghai numbers.
C:  那你有没有用手机上网?
nà nǐ yǒuméiyǒu yòng shǒujī shàngwǎng?
Then did you use your phone to go online?
B:  上了一会儿。
shàng le yīhuǐr.
I went on for a little bit.
C:  你包月了吗?
nǐ bāoyuè le ma?
Did you set up a monthly plan?
B:  没有。
méiyǒu.
No.
C:  难怪!上网不包月的话,很贵的。特别是看图片,流量很大,一百块一会儿就用完了。
nánguài! shàngwǎng bù bāoyuè dehuà, hěn guì de. tèbié shì kàn túpiàn, liúliàng hěn dà, yībǎi kuài yīhuǐr jiù yòng wán le.
No wonder! If you don't have a plan, going online is really expensive. Especially browsing pictures - they use a lot of data. You'll go through 100 kuai in no time.
B:  啊?那怎么办?
ǎ? nà zěnme bàn?
Huh? Then what can I do?
C:  没办法,你还是包月吧。
méi bànfǎ, nǐ háishì bāoyuè ba.
All you can do now is just set up a monthly plan.
B:  包月多少钱?
bāoyuè duōshǎo qián?
How much are the plans?
C:  五块的,十块的,二十块的套餐都有。看你流量大不大。
wǔ kuài de, shí kuài de, èrshí kuài de tàocān dōu yǒu. kàn nǐ liúliàng dà bu dà.
5 kuai, 10 kuai, 20 kuai packages - they've got 'em all. It depends on how much data you want.
B:  那我要二十块的。要去营业厅办理吗?
nà wǒ yào èrshí kuài de. yào qù yíngyètīng bànlǐ ma?
Well then, I want the 20 kuai one. Do I need to go to the service center to set it up?
C:  不用,你打10086就行了。
bùyòng, nǐ dǎ yāo líng líng bā liù jiù xíng le.
No. Just call 10086 and you can do it.

Key Vocabulary

already
欠费qiànfèito owe money
停机tíngjīto be suspended (of telephone service)
chōngto add, to charge
奇怪qíguàistrange
zhǐonly
上网shàngwǎngto go online
包月bāoyuèto set up or use a monthly plan
难怪nánguài'no wonder'
的话dehuàif
特别是tèbié shìespecially, in particular
图片túpiànpicture, image
流量liúliàngamount of data flow
用完yòng wánto use up completely
还是háishìit would be better to
套餐tàocānset plan
kànto watch
营业厅yíngyètīngbusiness or service center
办理bànlǐto handle, to deal with

Supplementary Vocabulary

智能手机zhìnéng shǒujīsmart phone
怪不得guàibude'no wonder'
看情况kàn qíngkuàng'it depends on the situation'
中国联通Zhōngguó liántōngChina Unicom
中国移动Zhōngguó yídòngChina Mobile
比喻bǐyùmetaphor
服务中心fúwù zhōngxīnservice center

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