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ID: 1377 Upper Intermediate
Today ChinesePod has got a lesson for you! We're at the cell phone store and things are getting heated up! Find out how to demand your rights be respected in this upper-intermediate level podcast.
Mon Mar 15 2010 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
足足 zúzú fully, no less than
装 zhuāng to install
反 fǎn upside down
试机 shìjī to test a machine
小姐，昨天我在你这里买的手机，今天早上就不能开机了。
xiǎojie ，zuótiān wǒ zài nǐ zhèlǐ mǎi de shǒujī ，jīntiān zǎoshang jiù bùnéng kāijī le 。
Miss, I bought this cell phone here yesterday, and then since this morning I can't get it to turn on.
我看看。你有没有给手机充电？
wǒ kàn kan 。nǐ yǒu méi yǒu gěi shǒujī chōngdiàn ？
Let me take a look. Did you charge the cell phone?
那当然，而且我按你说的，第一次充电足足充了12个小时。
nà dāngrán ，érqiě wǒ àn nǐ shuō de ，dì yī cì chōngdiàn zúzú chōng le shíèr ge xiǎoshí 。
Yeah, of course! And I did what you said, charging it for a full 12 hours the first time.
那会不会电池装反了？
nà huì bu huì diànchí zhuāng fǎn le ？
Then could you have put the battery in upside backwards?
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