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Calling a Moving Company

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ID: 2148 Intermediate
Moving into a new place can be fun, but getting all your stuff from one place to another can be quite an ordeal. In this lesson, someone calls a moving company and asks them how much it'll cost.
Wed Mar 20 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
预订 yùdìng to reserve
搬家 bānjiā to move house
衣柜 yīguì wardrobe
张 zhāng [measure word for flat items]
你好，我要搬家，想预订车子和工人。
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yào bānjiā ，xiǎng yùdìng chēzi hé gōngrén 。
Hello, I'm going to be moving house and I want to book a truck and some movers.
可以呀。有些什么东西？
kěyǐ ya 。yǒu xiē shénme dōngxi ？
Okay. What things do you have?
我东西不多，有一个衣柜，一张床，一个沙发，还有一个冰箱和一台空调。
wǒ dōngxi bu duō ，yǒu yī gè yīguì ，yī zhāng chuáng ，yī gè shāfā ，hái yǒu yī gè bīngxiāng hé yī tái kōngtiáo 。
I don't have a lot of things. I have a wardrobe, a bed and a sofa. I also have a refrigerator and an air conditioner.
那还挺多的。衣柜和床都需要拆装。这个要另外收费。新家和旧家都有电梯吗？
nà hái tǐng duō de 。yīguì hé chuáng dōu xūyào chāizhuāng 。zhè gè yào lìngwài shōufèi 。xīn jiā hé jiù jiā dōu yǒu diàntī ma ？
That's quite a lot. The wardrobe and the bed need to be disassembled. There's an additional charge for that. Do both the new house and the old house have elevators?
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