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@ 30757 Lost Cell Phone
A: 謝謝師傅，不要發票了。
xie`xie sh¯ıfu, bu`ya`o fa¯ pia`o le.
Thanks driver. I don’t need a receipt.
B: 哦。走好，再見。
o. zoˇuhaˇo , za`ijia`n.
Oh. Take care, good bye.
A: 再見。
za`ijia`n.
Good bye.
C: 你來了。
nˇı la´i le.
You made it.
A: 哎！手機呢，怎麼不見了？糟了！肯定是忘在出
租車上了！我真沒腦子！
a´i, shoˇuj¯ı ne, zeˇnme bu`jia`n le? za¯ o le ! keˇnd`ıng sh`ı wa`ng
za`i chu¯ zu¯ che¯
sha`ng le! woˇ
zhe¯ n me´i naˇozi!
Ah! My phone. How could it be gone? Oh no! I must have forgotten it in the taxi! I’ve really lost my mind.
C: 你確定嗎？用我的手機打打看。
nˇı que`d`ıng ma? yo`ng woˇ de shoˇuj¯ı daˇda ka`n.
Are you sure? Use my cell to call it and see.
A: 哦。
o.
Oh.
D: 鈴鈴鈴，鈴鈴鈴。
l¯ıngl¯ıngl¯ıng, l¯ıngl¯ıngl¯ıng.
Ring, ring, ring. Ring, ring, ring.
C: 怎麼樣？
zeˇnmeya`ng?
What is it?
A: 沒入接。
me´ire´n jie¯ .
No one is answering.
C: 那你趕快把發票找出來，打電話找那輛車。
na`
nˇı gaˇnkua`i baˇ
fa¯ pia`o zhaˇo chu¯ lai, daˇ
dia`nhua`
zhaˇo na`
lia`ng che¯ .
Then quickly, find your receipt. Call and find that taxi.
A: 你說得對。啊呀，我沒拿發票。真倒黴！我每次
都拿的，就今天沒拿。
nˇı shuo¯
de du`ı.
a¯ ya¯ , woˇ
me´i na´
fa¯ pia`o. zhe¯ n daˇome´i! woˇ
meˇic`ı do¯ u na´
de, jiu`
j¯ıntia¯ n me´i na´.
You’re right. Yikes, I didn’t take the receipt. What luck! I take it every time, today is the one time I didn’t take it.
C: 那你再打打看。
na` nˇı za`i daˇda ka`n.
Then try calling again.
D: 您好。您所撥打的電話己關機。
n´ınhaˇo. n´ın suoˇ
bo¯ daˇ
de dia`nhua`
yˇı gua¯ nj¯ı .
Hello. The phone you are calling is switched off.
A: 哎，看樣子沒戲了。
a¯ i, ka`nya`ngzi me´ix`ı le.
Ah, it looks like it’s hopeless.
C: 關機了？
gua¯ nj¯ı le?
It’s still switched off?
A: 嗯。又要破財了！
ng. yo`u ya`o po`ca´i le!
Uh-huh. Another financial setback!
---Key Vocabulary---
師傅 sh¯ıfu driver
發票 fa¯ pia`o receipt
沒腦子 me´i naˇozi lost ones mind
確定 que`d`ıng certain
接 jie¯ to answer
趕快 gaˇnkua`i at once
倒黴 daˇome´i unlucky
撥打 bo¯ daˇ to dial
關機 gua¯ nj¯ı to turn off a machine
看樣子 ka`nya`ngzi to look as if
沒戲 me´ix`ı hopeless
破財 po`ca´i financial setback
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
有戲 yoˇux`ı hopeful
記性 j`ıxing memory
健忘 jia`nwa`ng forgetful
偷 to¯ u to steal
報警 ba`ojˇıng to report an incident to police
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