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Broken Pipe

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ID: 1697 Elementary
  If you're staying in a Chinese apartment, sooner or later something is going to go wrong, and you'll need to find the right person to fix the problem. In this Chinese lesson, our fearless tenant contacts the building management about a broken pipe.
Sun Jun 19 2011 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
物业 wùyè building management
位 wèi [measure word for a person]
哪 nǎ which
水管 shuǐguǎn pipe
你好，是物业吗？
nǐhǎo ， shì wùyè ma ？
Hello, is this building management?
是。你哪位？
shì 。 nǐ nǎ wèi ？
Yes. Who's calling?
我家水管坏了，可以叫人来修吗？
wǒ jiā shuǐguǎn huài le ， kěyǐ jiào rén lái xiū ma ？
A pipe in my apartment is broken. Could you have someone come fix it?
好。你什么时候在家？
hǎo 。 nǐ shénme shíhou zài jiā ？
OK. When are you at home?
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