Upper-Intermediate - A Visit by the Police (D0945)

A进来,门没锁!
jìnlai, mén méi suǒ!
Come in, it's not locked!
B喂,你过来一下。
wèi, nǐ guòlai yīxià.
Hey, come here for a second.
A哦,是警察同志啊,什么事?
ō, shì jǐngchá tóngzhì a, shénme shì?
Oh, it's a police officer. What is it?
B我们接到居民报警,投诉你们噪音太大。
wǒmen jiēdào jūmín bàojǐng, tóusù nǐmen zàoyīn tài dà.
We've received a complaint from your neighbor about loud noise.
A对对对,音乐是开得太响了些,我现在就去关小点儿。
duì duì duì, yīnyuè shì kāi de tài xiǎng le xiē, wǒ xiànzài jiù qù guān xiǎo diǎnr.
Yeah, yeah, yeah... the music is a bit loud. I'll go and turn it down a bit right now.
B已经很晚了,你们注意点儿,不要影响邻居的休息。
yǐjīng hěn wǎn le, nǐmen zhùyì diǎnr, bùyào yǐngxiǎng línjū de xiūxi.
It is very late in the evening, you need to pay a little more attention and not disturb your neighbors' rest.
A是是是,马上就结束。唉,音乐关小一点儿!
shì shì shì, mǎshàng jiù jiéshù. āi, yīnyuè guān xiǎo yīdiǎnr!
Yes, yes, yes, we're about to wind things up. Hey, turn down the music!
C什么?
shénme?
What?
A音乐小声一点儿!
yīnyuè xiǎoshēng yīdiǎnr!
Turn down the music!
B你看看,开得那么大声,连话都听不见。你自己去关吧。
nǐ kàn kan, kāi de nàme dàshēng, lián huà dōu tīngbujiàn. nǐ zìjǐ qù guān ba.
You see, the music is so loud no one can hear a word. Go and turn it off yourself.
C怎么了?干吗关音乐啊?
zěnme le? gànmá guān yīnyuè a?
What's the deal? Why did you turn off the music?
A还说呢,警察都来了!邻居投诉我们。
hái shuō ne, jǐngchá dōu lái le! línjū tóusù wǒmen.
You need to ask? The police came! The neighbor made a complaint about us.
C这些邻居真烦,今天是周末。而且还不到12点呢。
zhèxiē línjū zhēn fán, jīntiān shì zhōumò. érqiě hái bù dào shí èr diǎn ne.
These neighbors are pretty irritating. Today is the weekend, and it's not even midnight yet.
A你少说几句,警察还在门口呢。
nǐ shǎo shuō jǐ jù, jǐngchá hái zài ménkǒu ne.
Quit talking so much, the police are still at the door.
C唉,真扫兴!
āi, zhēn sǎoxìng!
Oh, what spoilsports!
B好了,早点儿结束。虽然是周末,也不能影响大家休息!
hǎo le, zǎo diǎnr jiéshù. suīrán shì zhōumò, yě bùnéng yǐngxiǎng dàjiā xiūxi!
All right, wrap this up quickly. Just because it's the weekend, doesn't mean you can disturb everyone's rest.
A说的是。我会注意的。你看,这么晚了还让你跑一趟,真是过意不去。辛苦你了。
shuō de shì. wǒ huì zhùyì de. nǐ kàn, zhème wǎn le hái ràng nǐ pǎo yī tàng, zhēn shì guòyì bu qù. xīnkǔ nǐ le.
You are right. I'll be more careful. Look, I'm so sorry that you had to come out here so late. You work so hard.
C耶!我们继续狂欢!喔......
yē! wǒmen jìxù kuánghuān! ō......
Yeah! Let's keep partying! Oh...
B你们怎么回事?邻居又报警了,是不是想跟我走一趟?
nǐmen zěnme huíshì? línjū yòu bàojǐng le, shì bu shì xiǎng gēn wǒ zǒu yī tàng?
What is with you? The neighbors have made another report. Are you wanting us to take you away?
A不是,我们已经很小声了。
bù shì, wǒmen yǐjīng hěn xiǎoshēng le.
No, we are already being very quiet.
B我大老远就听见了,都吵翻天了。你们不睡,别人还要睡呢。
wǒ dàlǎoyuǎn jiù tīngjiàn le, dōu chǎo fāntiān le. nǐmen bù shuì, biérén hái yào shuì ne.
I could hear it from far away, you are making a ruckus. You are up, but others are trying to sleep.
C警察同志好!来,干杯!
jǐngchá tóngzhì hǎo! lái, gānbēi!
Officer! Here, cheers!
A进去!进去!对不起,他喝多了。
jìnqu! jìnqu! duìbuqǐ, tā hēduō le.
Go inside, go inside! Sorry, he is drunk.
B你们这些人啊,就是吃饱了没事干。赶快给我弄完睡觉。再接到电话,可别怪我没提醒你们。
nǐmen zhèxiē rén a, jiùshì chībǎo le méishì gàn. gǎnkuài gěi wǒ nòng wán shuìjiào. zài jiēdào diànhuà, kě bié guài wǒ méi tíxǐng nǐmen.
You people here, you have nothing better to do. Hurry up and close this down for me and get to bed. If I receive another phone call, don't say I didn't warn you.
A哪儿敢啊,保证不会有下次。
nǎr gǎn a, bǎozhèng bùhuì yǒu xiàcì.
We wouldn't dare. I guarantee there won't be a next time.

Key Vocabulary

接到jiēdàoto receive
居民jūmínresident
报警bàojǐngto report to police
投诉tóusùto make a complaint
噪音zàoyīnnoise
注意zhùyìto pay attention
影响yǐngxiǎngto affect
扫兴sǎoxìngto put a damper on
过意不去guòyì bu qùto feel sorry
狂欢kuánghuānto party
大老远dàlǎoyuǎna long way away
吵翻天chǎo fāntiānto make a ruckus
吃饱了没事干chībǎo le méishì gànnothing better to do
guàito blame
提醒tíxǐngto remind
保证bǎozhèngto guarantee

Supplementary Vocabulary

公务员gōngwùyuánpublic servant
开派对kāipàiduìto hold a party
顺从shùncóngto submit to
吃饱了撑着chībǎo le chēngzhenothing better to do
警告jǐnggàoto warn
威胁wēixiéto threaten