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Dialing a Nonlocal Phone Number

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ID: 1582 Intermediate
If you're like us, you know a lot of people, and you make a fair amount of calls with your cell phone. But every once in a while, you'll get this annoying recording telling you the call won't go through because it's a "nonlocal number." Fortunately there's an easy solution. Learn about it in this Chinese lesson.
Mon Jan 10 2011 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
糟了 zāo le 'oh crap'
快......了 kuài ... le soon
没电 méidiàn to be out of power
把 bǎ to take
糟了，我的手机快没电了。
zāo le ，wǒ de shǒujī kuài méidiàn le 。
Oh, crap. My phone is almost out of power.
你要打电话吗？可以用办公室的电话打。
nǐ yào dǎ diànhuà ma ？kěyǐ yòng bàngōngshì de diànhuà dǎ 。
Do you want to make a call? You can call from the office phone.
嗯。好的。我把号码找出来。135......
ng4 。hǎo de 。wǒ bǎ hàomǎ zhǎo chūlai 。yāo sān wǔ ......
Yeah, OK. I'll get the number out. 135...
对不起，您拨的是外地移动用户。请在号码前加拨"0"。
duìbuqǐ ，nín bō de shì wàidì Yídòng yònghù 。qǐng zài hàomǎ qián jiā bō "líng "。
I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is a nonlocal China Mobile number. Please add an additional '0' before the number.
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