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Calling a Moving Company

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ID: 2148 Intermediate
Moving into a new place can be fun, but getting all your stuff from one place to another can be quite an ordeal. In this lesson, someone calls a moving company and asks them how much it'll cost.
John,Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
预订 yùdìng to reserve
搬家 bānjiā to move house
衣柜 yīguì wardrobe
张 zhāng [measure word for flat items]
你好我要搬家想预订车子和工人
nǐhǎo 你好wǒ 我yào 要bānjiā 搬家xiǎng 想yùdìng 预订chēzi 车子hé 和gōngrén 工人
Hello, I'm going to be moving house and I want to book a truck and some movers.
可以呀有些什么东西
kěyǐ 可以ya 呀yǒu 有xiē 些shénme 什么dōngxi 东西
Okay. What things do you have?
我东西不多有一个衣柜一张床一个沙发还有一个冰箱和一台空调
wǒ 我dōngxi 东西bu 不duō 多yǒu 有yī 一gè 个yīguì 衣柜yī 一zhāng 张chuáng 床yī 一gè 个shāfā 沙发hái 还yǒu 有yī 一gè 个bīngxiāng 冰箱hé 和yī 一tái 台kōngtiáo 空调
I don't have a lot of things. I have a wardrobe, a bed and a sofa. I also have a refrigerator and an air conditioner.
那还挺多的衣柜和床都需要拆装这个要另外收费新家和旧家都有电梯吗
nà 那hái 还tǐng 挺duō 多de 的yīguì 衣柜hé 和chuáng 床dōu 都xūyào 需要chāizhuāng 拆装zhè gè 这个yào 要lìngwài 另外shōufèi 收费xīn 新jiā 家hé 和jiù 旧jiā 家dōu 都yǒu 有diàntī 电梯ma 吗
That's quite a lot. The wardrobe and the bed need to be disassembled. There's an additional charge for that. Do both the new house and the old house have elevators?
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