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ID: 2745 Intermediate
Ever experienced a blackout during a stormy night? They can be super scary especially if you are not prepared. Listen to two friends scramble to get all their things together during this blackout.
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
停电 tíngdiàn power outage; to lose (electric) power
小心 xiǎoxīn be careful
摸 mō to touch; to feel for
蜡烛 làzhú candle
停电了怎么办我什么都看不见
tíngdiàn 停电le 了zěnme bàn 怎么办wǒ 我shénme 什么dōu 都kàn 看bùjiàn 不见
There is a power outage! What do we do? I can't see anything!
别着急你小心摸着墙走到客厅坐着我去厨房的柜子里拿蜡烛
bié 别zháojí 着急nǐ 你xiǎoxīn 小心mō 摸zhe 着qiáng 墙zǒu 走dào 到kètīng 客厅zuò 坐zhe 着wǒ 我qù 去chúfáng 厨房de 的guìzi 柜子lǐ 里ná 拿làzhú 蜡烛
Don't panic. Just carefully feel your way along the wall, then sit down in the living room, I'll go to the kitchen cabinet to get some candles.
蜡烛为什么不用手电筒
làzhú 蜡烛wèishénme 为什么bùyòng 不用shǒudiàntǒng 手电筒
Candles? Why don't you use a torch?
手电筒没电了我一直忘了换电池
shǒudiàntǒng 手电筒méidiàn 没电le 了wǒ 我yīzhí 一直wàng 忘le 了huàn 换diànchí 电池
The torch doesn't have any battery, I keep forgetting to replace the batteries.
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