Where's my phone? - HSK 2 Chinese Story

Story

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zǎoshang, Gāo Fēi zhǎo bú dào tā de shǒujī le.
In the morning Gao Fei can't find his phone.
Words in this sentence
早上 zǎoshang
morning Dictionary
高飞 Gāo Fēi
Gao Fei (name) Dictionary
找 zhǎo
to look for Dictionary
不 bú
not Dictionary
到 dào
to arrive Dictionary
他 tā
he, him Dictionary
的 de
(possessive or describing particle) Dictionary
手机 shǒujī
mobile phone Dictionary
了 le
(marks a completed action or a change) Dictionary
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tā kàn le zhuōzi shàng, chuáng shàng, hái kàn le shūbāo lǐ, dōu méiyǒu.
He looks on the table, on the bed and in his bag; it isn't anywhere.
Words in this sentence
他 tā
he, him Dictionary
看 kàn
to look, to watch, to read Dictionary
了 le
(marks a completed action or a change) Dictionary
桌子 zhuōzi
table Dictionary
上 shàng
on, above Dictionary
床 chuáng
bed Dictionary
上 shàng
on, above Dictionary
还 hái
also, in addition Dictionary
看 kàn
to look, to watch, to read Dictionary
了 le
(marks a completed action or a change) Dictionary
书包 shūbāo
school bag Dictionary
里 lǐ
in, inside Dictionary
都 dōu
all, both Dictionary
没有 méiyǒu
there is not; does not have Dictionary
：。
tā hěn zháojí: jiǔ diǎn tā yào kāihuì.
He is worried: he has a meeting at nine.
Words in this sentence
他 tā
he, him Dictionary
很 hěn
very Dictionary
着急 zháojí
worried, anxious Dictionary
九 jiǔ
nine Dictionary
点 diǎn
o'clock Dictionary
他 tā
he, him Dictionary
要 yào
to need to, to be going to; to want Dictionary
开会 kāihuì
to have a meeting Dictionary
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tā yòng qīzi de shǒujī gěi zìjǐ dǎ diànhuà.
He uses his wife's phone to call his own number.
Words in this sentence
他 tā
he, him Dictionary
用 yòng
to use Dictionary
妻子 qīzi
wife Dictionary
的 de
(possessive or describing particle) Dictionary
手机 shǒujī
mobile phone Dictionary
给 gěi
to give; for Dictionary
自己 zìjǐ
oneself Dictionary
打 dǎ
to make (a phone call); to hit Dictionary
电话 diànhuà
phone call, telephone Dictionary
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tāmen tīng dào le shǒujī de shēngyīn, kěshì shēngyīn hěn xiǎo.
They hear his phone ring, but very faintly.
Words in this sentence
他们 tāmen
they, them Dictionary
听 tīng
to listen, to hear Dictionary
到 dào
to arrive Dictionary
了 le
(marks a completed action or a change) Dictionary
手机 shǒujī
mobile phone Dictionary
的 de
(possessive or describing particle) Dictionary
声音 shēngyīn
sound, noise Dictionary
可是 kěshì
but Dictionary
声音 shēngyīn
sound, noise Dictionary
很 hěn
very Dictionary
小 xiǎo
small, little, young Dictionary
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qīzi dǎkāi bīngxiāng, shǒujī jiù zài niúnǎi pángbiān!
His wife opens the fridge: the phone is right next to the milk!
Words in this sentence
妻子 qīzi
wife Dictionary
打开 dǎkāi
to open Dictionary
冰箱 bīngxiāng
fridge Dictionary
手机 shǒujī
mobile phone Dictionary
就 jiù
then, right away Dictionary
在 zài
at, in; to be at Dictionary
牛奶 niúnǎi
milk Dictionary
旁边 pángbiān
next to, beside Dictionary
：。
Gāo Fēi xiǎng qilai le: zǎoshang tā yìbiān kàn shǒujī yìbiān ná niúnǎi.
Gao Fei remembers: that morning he was looking at his phone while he took out the milk.
Words in this sentence
高飞 Gāo Fēi
Gao Fei (name) Dictionary
想起来 xiǎng qilai
to remember Dictionary
了 le
(marks a completed action or a change) Dictionary
早上 zǎoshang
morning Dictionary
他 tā
he, him Dictionary
一边 yìbiān
(一边……一边……: while) Dictionary
看 kàn
to look, to watch, to read Dictionary
手机 shǒujī
mobile phone Dictionary
一边 yìbiān
(一边……一边……: while) Dictionary
拿 ná
to take, to pick up Dictionary
牛奶 niúnǎi
milk Dictionary

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你找不到东西的时候，会怎么做？

Nǐ zhǎo bú dào dōngxi de shíhou, huì zěnme zuò?

What do you do when you can't find something?

Tips

会 + verb can describe what you usually do.

Try it yourself first, then show the model answer

我会先想一想，我最后在哪儿用了它。

Wǒ huì xiān xiǎng yì xiǎng, wǒ zuìhòu zài nǎr yòng le tā.

First I think about where I last used it.

Where’s my phone?

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