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My computer froze!

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ID: 0278 Pre Intermediate
Situation: You’re working on a document at your office and your computer suddenly freezes up. What do you do? 1. Flail arms around until someone notices, make the “bbbrrrrrrrrr” sound, rub arms and then stand in a “frozen” position. 2. Listen to a lesson on telling someone your computer froze up. …never thought we’d say this, but we’re kind of hoping you opt for the first (we archive these lessons anyway). In this podcast, learn how to cry for tech help in Mandarin Chinese.
Tue Oct 03 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
糟糕 zāogāo darn
电脑 diànnǎo computer
死机 sǐjī to freeze
怎么会 zěnme huì how can it be
糟糕，我的电脑死机了。
zāogāo ，wǒ de diànnǎo sǐjī le 。
Darn, my computer is frozen!
怎么会？
zěnme huì ？
How could that happen?
不知道。我一直都在打文件，电脑突然就死机了。
bù zhīdào 。wǒ yīzhí dōu zài dǎ wénjiàn ，diànnǎo tūrán jiù sǐjī le 。
I don’t know. I was typing a document then suddenly it just froze.
还是请人看看比较好。
hái shì qǐng rén kànkan bǐjiào hǎo 。
You’d better ask someone to take a look at it.
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