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Wang Guan's Busy Day

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ID: 1741 Intermediate
This Chinese lesson chronicles a day in the life of Wang Guan, a very busy network administrator. If you deal with routers or servers much, this is a good introductory lesson for you. But a word of advice: go into this lesson with your tone hat on; it's going to give you a workout!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
上不了网 shàngbuliǎo wǎng to be unable to go online
路由器 lùyóuqì router
服务器 fúwùqì server
掉线 diàoxiàn to lose internet connection
王冠,我上不了网了,快来帮我看看是什么问题。
Wáng Guàn ,wǒ shàngbuliǎo wǎng le ,kuài lái bāng wǒ kàn kan shì shénme wèntí 。
Wang Guan, I can't get on the internet. Come over here quick and help me find out what the problem is.
好的。是路由器的问题。
hǎo de 。shì lùyóuqì de wèntí 。
OK. There's a problem with the router.
王冠,服务器掉线了。
Wáng Guàn ,fúwùqì diàoxiàn le 。
Wang Guan, the server is down.
哦,我去重启一下。
ò ,wǒ qù chóngqǐ yīxià 。
Oh, I'll go restart it.
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