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ID: 2613 Upper Intermediate
Living in a big city with a car can be both a blessing and a curse at times. Yes you have the convenience of packing your car full of shopping, or taking your kids to school, but finding reasonably priced parking can be a nightmare.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
车位 chē wèi parking space
难求 nánqiú hard to come by
yòu adds emphasis
rào to go round
怎么这么慢啊?
zěnme zhème màn ā ?
What took you so long?
找不到车位呀,现在停车位真是“一位难求”!
zhǎobudào chēwèi ya ,xiànzài tíngchēwèi zhēn shì “yī wèi nánqiú ”!
Couldn't find a parking space. These days parking spaces are extremely hard to come by.
附近不是有很多停车场?
fùjìn bùshì yǒu hěn duō tíngchē chǎng ?
Aren't there loads of parking lots around?
公有停车场都停满了,私人呢,你又不是不知道,贵死了!我就满街绕啊绕,绕了十几圈,总算找到了一个路边的停车位。
gōngyǒu tíngchē chǎng dōu tíng mǎn le ,sīrén ne ,nǐ yòu bùshì bù zhīdào ,guì sǐ le !wǒ jiù mǎn jiē rào ā rào ,rào le shíjǐ quān ,zǒngsuàn zhǎodào le yī gè lùbiān de tíngchēwèi 。
All the public parking spaces were full. The private ones, well, it's not like you don't know, they're extortionate! I had to go round and round the block. After around ten laps, I finally found a parking space by the side of the road.
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