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Turn the Bloody Lights OFF!

Turn the Bloody Lights OFF!
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ID: 2667 Intermediate
We are all familiar with this situation. You come home to find the entire house lit up like a christmas tree. It's not fun when you're the one paying the bills. No matter how many times you tell people to switch the lights off, they always seem to forget...
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
Turn the Bloody Lights OFF!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
咦 yí huh
亮着 liàngzhe to be on (of a light)
电风扇 diànfēngshàn electric fan
搞什么 gǎoshénme what do you mean by this?
咦没人在家吗大姐爸
yí 咦méi 没rén 人zài jiā 在家ma 吗dàjiě 大姐bà 爸
Huh? Is nobody home? Sis? Dad?
没人奇怪灯都亮着怎么没人呢
méi 没rén 人qíguài 奇怪dēng 灯dōu 都liàng 亮zhe 着zěnme 怎么méi 没rén 人ne 呢
No one? That's strange? The lights are all on, why's is no one here?
又来了每次出门都不关灯实在是浪费电连电风扇都开着搞什么
yòuláile 又来了měicì 每次chūmén 出门dōu bù 都不guāndēng 关灯shízài shì 实在是làngfèi 浪费diàn 电lián 连diànfēngshàn 电风扇dōu 都kāi 开zhe 着gǎoshénme 搞什么
Again! Every time anyone leaves the house they leave the lights on, it's such a waste of electricity! Even the electric fan is on, what the hell!
关掉就好了生这么大的气干嘛他们可能只是出去一下子又想说我们快回来了所以就没关灯
guāndiào 关掉jiùhǎole 就好了shēng 生zhème dà 这么大de 的qì 气gànmá 干嘛tāmen 他们kěnéng 可能zhǐshì 只是chūqù 出去yīxiàzi 一下子yòu 又xiǎng 想shuō 说wǒmen 我们kuài 快huílai 回来le 了suǒyǐ 所以jiù 就méi 没guāndēng 关灯
Just turn them off, what's the point of getting so angry? Maybe they just went out for a minute, so they figured that they'd be back soon so didn't need to turn out the lights.
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