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ID: 1699 Intermediate
If you're from a place like the United States, you might be used to paying exorbitant monthly fees for your cellular phone service. In China, the fees can be very low indeed even including data, but there's a secret: you need to sign up for a monthly service plan. In this Chinese lesson, learn how to abandon pay-as-you-go and get on a data plan.
Wed Jun 22 2011 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
已 yǐ already
欠费 qiànfèi to owe money
停机 tíngjī to be suspended (of telephone service)
充 chōng to add, to charge
对不起，您的电话已欠费停机。
duìbuqǐ ，nín de diànhuà yǐ qiànfèi tíngjī 。
I'm sorry. Your phone is out of money and service has been suspended.
不可能啊，我昨天充了一百块，怎么这么快就停机了？
bù kěnéng a ，wǒ zuótiān chōng le yībǎi kuài ，zěnme zhème kuài jiù tíngjī le ？
That's impossible. I charged 100 kuai to it yesterday. How could it be suspended so quickly?
你有没有打什么奇怪的电话？
nǐ yǒumeiyǒu dǎ shénme qíguài de diànhuà ？
Did you call any strange numbers?
没有啊，我只打了几个电话给朋友，都是上海的号码。
méiyǒu a ，wǒ zhǐ dǎ le jǐ ge diànhuà gěi péngyou ，dōu shì Shànghǎi de hàomǎ 。
No. I just called my friends - all Shanghai numbers.
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