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ID: 2416 Intermediate
Someone's credit card has been stolen! Luckily, the bank alerted them via text message. But what to do? Find out in this lesson.
Tue Apr 08 2014 | Shanell, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
短信 duǎnxìn text message
厕所 cèsuǒ toilet
信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card
消费 xiāofèi to spend
老婆，你的手机响了，是短信。
lǎopó ，nǐde shǒujī xiǎng le ，shì duǎnxìn 。
Honey, your phone is ringing. It's a text message.
我在厕所呢。你帮我看一下吧！
wǒ zài cèsuǒ ne 。nǐ bāng wǒ kàn yīxià ba ！
I'm in the bathroom. Read it for me!
您尾号8899的信用卡15日11:08消费人民币35000元。啊？这是怎么回事儿？你现在在家，怎么会有信用卡消费短信通知？
nín wěihào bābājiǔjiǔ de xìnyòngkǎ shíwǔrì shíyīdiǎnlíngbāfēn xiāofèi rénmínbì sānwànwǔqiān yuán 。ā ？zhè shì zěnmehuíshìr ？nǐ xiànzài zàijiā ，zěnme huì yǒu xìnyòngkǎ xiāofèi duǎnxìn tōngzhī ？
On the 15th at 11:08, your bank card with the last four digits 8899 was charged 35,000 yuan renminbi. Huh? What do we do? You're at home. How can you receive a notice that your credit card has been charged?
什么？！快拿过来给我看看！天哪，我什么时候刷过这么多钱啊？
shénme ？！kuài ná guòlái gěi wǒ kànkan ！tiānna ，wǒ shénmeshíhou shuā guo zhème duō qián ā ？
What? Quick, let me see that! My god! When did I spend so much money?
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