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We Were Burgled

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ID: 2767 Upper Intermediate
You've just arrived at home and it's just chaos. It starts to dawn on you that you've been burgled. Tune in to see how this couple deals with the fact that they have been burgled and learn lots of useful phrases that relate to bad luck.
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
乱成一团 luàn chéng yītuán to be a complete mess
散 sàn to scatter
遭小偷 zāo xiǎotōu to be robbed
报警 bàojǐng to report to the police
天啊屋子里怎么乱成一团东西散了一地
tiān a 天啊wūzi 屋子lǐ 里zěnme 怎么luàn chéng yītuán 乱成一团dōngxi 东西sàn 散le 了yīdì 一地
Gosh! Why is the room such a mess? There is stuff all over the place!
该不会是遭小偷了吧快看看少了什么没有
gāi 该búhuì 不会shì 是zāo xiǎotōu 遭小偷le 了ba 吧kuài 快kàn kan 看看shǎo 少le 了shénme 什么méiyǒu 没有
It's not a bulgalry is it? Quickly go look to see if anything is missing!
我先报警尽量不要动到地上的东西也许警察来可以查到什么蛛丝马迹
wǒ 我xiān 先bàojǐng 报警jǐnliàng 尽量bú yào 不要dòng 动dào 到dìshang 地上de 的dōngxi 东西yěxǔ 也许jǐngchá 警察lái 来kěyǐ 可以chá 查dào 到shénme 什么zhūsīmǎjì 蛛丝马迹
I'll call the police first, try your best not to touch anything on the ground. Maybe the police will be able to find some clues.
好啊我藏在衣柜里的金项链都不见了完蛋了
hǎo 好ā 啊wǒ 我cáng 藏zài 在yīguì 衣柜lǐ 里de 的jīn 金xiàngliàn 项链dōu 都bújiàn 不见le 了wándàn 完蛋le 了
OK... Ah! The gold necklace I hid in the closet is missing, we're done for!
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