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Lost and Found 失而复得

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ID: 4107 Upper Intermediate
In this lesson we learn the Chinese phrase 失而复得，which literally means you lose someone/something at first but regain back in the end. The meaning is explained through the real life story of 12 boys and their football coach who went exploring in Thailand's Chiang Rai province on 23 June 2018 - but ended up trapped deep inside a cave underneath a mountain. For 2 weeks, news of their rescue efforts gripped the world. Finally on 10 July 2018, the boys and their coach were rescued and all of them were reunited with their families (失而复得).
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
严肃 yánsù solemn; grave; serious
浏览 liúlǎn to skim over
探险 tànxiǎn to explore; to go on an expedition; adventure
情况 qíngkuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation
小嘉你在看什么表情那么严肃
xiǎojiā 小嘉nǐ 你zài 在kàn 看shénme 什么biǎoqíng 表情nàme 那么yánsù 严肃
Xiaojia, what are you looking at with such a solemn expression?
我在网上浏览新闻看有没有关于泰国一位足球教练带领十二个小运动员探险失踪的报道这段时间我一直关注着
wǒ 我zài 在wǎngshàng 网上liúlǎn 浏览xīnwén 新闻kàn 看yǒuméiyǒu 有没有guānyú 关于Tàiguó 泰国yī 一wèi 位zúqiú 足球jiàoliàn 教练dàilǐng 带领shíèr 十二ge 个xiǎo 小yùndòngyuán 运动员tànxiǎn 探险shīzōng 失踪de 的bàodào 报道zhè 这duàn 段shíjiān 时间wǒ 我yīzhí 一直guānzhù 关注zhe 着
I’m browsing the internet for news on the latest developments of a group of 12 boys and their football coach who had gone missing while on a training excursion to the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. I’ve been following closely this news recently.
这个我知道已经十天了现在情况怎么样
zhège 这个wǒ 我zhīdào 知道yǐjīng 已经shí 十tiān 天le 了xiànzài 现在qíngkuàng 情况zěnmeyàng 怎么样
Oh yes, I’ve heard this news too. It has been 10 days since they were reported missing. What is the latest situation?
今天传来了好消息经过救援人员的搜救十三位失踪者都找到了而且都生还
jīntiān 今天chuánlái 传来le 了hǎo 好xiāoxi 消息jīngguò 经过jiùyuán 救援rényuán 人员de 的sōujiù 搜救shísān 十三wèi 位shīzōngzhě 失踪者dōu 都zhǎodào 找到le 了érqiě 而且dōu 都shēnghuán 生还
Well there is good news today. After an intensive search and rescue operation, all 13 persons have been found alive!
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