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@ 41267 Drunk Driving
A: 老公，叫你別喝那麼多的，你酒量又不行。
lǎogong, jiào nǐ bié hē nàme duō de, nǐ jiǔliàng yòu bùxíng.
Honey, I told you not to drink so much. You know you can't handle it.
B: 哎呀，沒事兒。才六兩。那麼多年沒見老戰友了，那一定要好好慶祝慶祝的嘛。
āiyā, méishìr. cái liù liǎng. nàme duō nián méi jiàn lǎo zhànyǒu le, nà yīdìng yào hǎohāo qìngzhù qìngzhù de ma.
Oh, I'm fine. Just a third of a liter. I hadn't seen my war buddies in all these years, so you know we had to properly celebrate.
A: 你看你，路都走不穩了。
nǐ kàn nǐ, lù dōu zǒu bu wěn le.
Look, you can't even walk steadily.
B: 唉？這車鑰匙怎麼插不進去。老婆你來幫我把車子扶穩了，它老在晃。
ài? zhè chē yàoshi zěnme chā bu jìnqù. lǎopó nǐ lái bāng wǒ bǎ chēzi fú wěn le, tā lǎo zài huàng.
Huh? Why won't the car key go in? Dear, help me hold the car steady. It keeps moving.
A: 是你的手在晃，再說這也不是咱的車啊。
shì nǐ de shǒu zài huàng, zài shuō zhè yě bùshì zán de chē a.
It's your hand that's moving, and this isn't even our car.
B: 哦，怪不得呢，還是老婆聰明。我也覺得不對勁，三廂怎麼變成兩廂了。
ò, guàibude ne, háishì lǎopó cōngming. wǒ yě juéde bù duìjìn, sānxiāng zěnme biànchéng liǎngxiāng le.
Oh, no wonder! You got me there. I knew there was something funny about it, changing from a sedan to a hatchback.
A: 老公，聽我一句。車子我來開吧，你已經醉了。
lǎogong, tīng wǒ yī jù. chēzi wǒ lái kāi ba, nǐ yǐjīng zuì le.
Honey, listen to me. Let me drive the car. You're drunk.
B: 沒事，別婆婆媽媽的，上車。
méishì, bié pópomāmā de, shàngchē.
I'm fine. Stop mothering me and get in the car.
A: 老公，你要知道，酒後駕車不僅要罰款，還要扣證的。像你這樣，醉酒後駕車罪加一等，不僅要罰款和扣證，還要拘留的。而且現在又是嚴打......
lǎogong, nǐ yào zhīdào, jiǔhòu jiàchē bùjǐn yào fákuǎn, hái yào kòu zhèng de. xiàng nǐ zhèyàng, zuìjiǔ hòu jiàchē zuì jiā yī děng, bùjǐn yào fákuǎn hé to deduct zhèng, hái yào jūliú de. érqiě xiànzài yòu shì yándǎ......
Honey, you know, drunk driving won't just get you a fine. You also lose your license. In your condition, a drunk driver gets charged with a double offense: not only do you get fined and lose your license, you get arrested too. Plus there's a crackdown underway...
B: 哎呀，真羅嗦！你看我這不是開得挺好的嘛。
āiyā, zhēn luōsuo! nǐ kàn wǒ zhè bùshì kāi de tǐng hǎo de ma.
Geez, what a worry-wart! Look at how well I'm driving.
A: 好你個頭啊。等出事了就麻煩了。
hǎo nǐ ge tóu a. děng chūshì le jiù máfan le.
You call this good driving? You'll be in for it if something happens.
B: 別擔心，我的駕駛技術你還不清楚嗎？上次，多虧我反應快，避免了一次追尾。還有那次......
bié dānxīn, wǒ de jiàshǐ jìshù nǐ hái bù qīngchu ma? shàngcì, duōkuī wǒ fǎnyìng kuài, bìmiǎn le yī cì zhuīwěi. háiyǒu nà cì......
Don't worry. Can't you see my driving skill? Last time, thanks to my lightning reflexes, we avoided rear-ending someone. And then there was that other time...
A: 老公，前面有警察！
lǎogong, qiánmiàn yǒu jǐngchá!
Honey, there are cops up ahead!
B: 快，老婆，咱倆換一下位置，快！
kuài, lǎopó, zánliǎ huàn yīxià wèizhi, kuài!
Quick, dear, let's switch places! Quick!
A: 來不及了，警察已經過來了。
láibují le, jǐngchá yǐjīng guòlai le.
It's too late. They're already here.
B: 啊，這下完了。
à, zhèxià wán le.
Oh no, this time I'm really in for it.
Key Vocabulary
酒量 jiǔliàng
兩 liǎng
戰友 zhànyǒu
走不穩 zǒu bu wěn
插不進去 chā bu jìnqù
扶 fú
晃 huàng
不對勁 bù duìjìn
三廂 sānxiāng
兩廂 liǎngxiāng
婆婆媽媽 pópomāmā
酒後駕車 jiǔhòu jiàchē
罰款 fákuǎn
扣證 kòu zhèng
醉酒後駕車 zuìjiǔ hòu jiàchē
罪加一等 zuì jiā yī děng
拘留 jūliú
嚴打 yándǎ
羅嗦 luōsuo
好你個頭 hǎo nǐ ge tóu
駕駛 jiàshǐ
反應 fǎnyìng
避免 bìmiǎn
追尾 zhuīwěi
Supplementary Vocabulary
搖晃 yáohuàng
果斷 guǒduàn
扣留 kòuliú
嚴厲打擊 yánlì dǎjī
飆車 biāochē
無證駕駛 wúzhèng jiàshǐ
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