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Elevator Emergency

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ID: 0299 Elementary
Despite most buildings here not having a 4th floor (whoooooooo), occasionally potential disaster still strikes (dum-Dum-DUM). So what would it sound like if two people were stuck in an elevator together? It’s all in the lesson, in Mandarin Chinese. So, if it happens, don’t panic—think ChinesePod.
Fri Oct 20 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
电梯 diàntī elevator
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
停 tíng to stop
按 àn to press
哎，怎么回事？
āi ，zěnme huí shì ？
Ah, what’s going on?
电梯好像停了。
diàntī hǎoxiàng tíng le 。
It seems the elevator is stuck.
不会吧？那怎么办？
bùhuì ba ？nà zěnme bàn ？
No way! Now what?
赶快按紧急按钮。
gǎnkuài àn jǐnjí ànniǔ 。
Quick! Press the emergency button.
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