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Pricey Parking

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ID: 2613 Upper Intermediate
Living in a big city with a car can be both a blessing and a curse at times. Yes you have the convenience of packing your car full of shopping, or taking your kids to school, but finding reasonably priced parking can be a nightmare.
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
Pricey Parking
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
车位 chē wèi parking space
难求 nánqiú hard to come by
又 yòu adds emphasis
绕 rào to go round
怎么这么慢啊
zěnme 怎么zhème 这么màn 慢ā 啊
What took you so long?
找不到车位呀现在停车位真是一位难求
zhǎobudào 找不到chēwèi 车位ya 呀xiànzài 现在tíngchēwèi 停车位zhēn 真shì 是yī 一wèi 位nánqiú 难求
Couldn't find a parking space. These days parking spaces are extremely hard to come by.
附近不是有很多停车场
fùjìn 附近bùshì 不是yǒu 有hěn 很duō 多tíngchē chǎng 停车场
Aren't there loads of parking lots around?
公有停车场都停满了私人呢你又不是不知道贵死了我就满街绕啊绕绕了十几圈总算找到了一个路边的停车位
gōngyǒu 公有tíngchē chǎng 停车场dōu 都tíng 停mǎn le 满了sīrén 私人ne 呢nǐ 你yòu 又bùshì 不是bù 不zhīdào 知道guì sǐ le 贵死了wǒ 我jiù 就mǎn 满jiē 街rào 绕ā 啊rào 绕rào 绕le 了shíjǐ 十几quān 圈zǒngsuàn 总算zhǎodào le 找到了yī 一gè 个lùbiān 路边de 的tíngchēwèi 停车位
All the public parking spaces were full. The private ones, well, it's not like you don't know, they're extortionate! I had to go round and round the block. After around ten laps, I finally found a parking space by the side of the road.
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