忙碌的早上

mánglù de zǎoshàng · A Busy Morning · HSK 2

Pinyin English

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Wang Fang gets up at seven every morning.
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But today she didn't get up until eight, because she went to bed too late last night.
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She had no time for breakfast, so she got dressed and ran out the door.
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The bus was crowded; she stood for thirty minutes.
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When she got to the company, she found her phone was not in her bag.
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The phone was still on the table at home!
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She called a colleague and asked her for help.
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The colleague laughed and said: no problem, I'll call for you with my phone.
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Wang Fang thought: tomorrow I must go to bed earlier.
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And so a busy day began.

Vocabulary

起床 qǐchuáng · to get up
她七点起床。 — She gets up at seven.
才 cái · only then; not until
她八点才起床。 — She didn't get up until eight.
公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē · bus
公共汽车上人很多。 — The bus is crowded.
发现 fāxiàn · to discover, to find
她发现手机不在包里。 — She found her phone wasn't in the bag.
帮忙 bāngmáng · to help
请你帮忙。 — Please help.
忙碌 mánglù · busy
忙碌的早上。 — A busy morning.

因为 A，所以 B / A，因为 B
因为 introduces the reason. In spoken Chinese the reason clause can follow the result, as in this article: 她八点才起床，因为…
她八点才起床，因为她睡得太晚了。 — She got up at eight because she slept too late.
才 (cái) — later than expected
才 before a verb marks that something happened late or only after a condition. Compare 就 (earlier than expected).
今天她八点才起床。 — Today she didn't get up until eight.
V + 了 — completed action
了 after a verb marks completion. With a duration, 了 goes between verb and duration: 站了三十分钟.
她站了三十分钟。 — She stood for thirty minutes.