♦A：你听说广东和湖南发大水了吗？ Nǐ tīng shuō guǎngdōng hé húnán fā dà shuǐ le ma? Do you know a severe flood has hit Guangdong and Hunan provinces? ♦B：听说了，我是在互联网上看到的，太可怕了。 Tīng shuō le, wǒ shì zài hùliánwǎng shàng kàn dào de, tài kě pà le. Yes. I read the news from Internet. It was terrible. ♦A：你曾经经历过吗？ Nǐ céngjīng jīnglì guò ma? Have you ever been in a flood? ♦B：经历过一次。 Jīnglì guò yīcì. Yes, I have. ♦A：什么时候？ Shénme shíhou? When was that? ♦B：两年前。 Liǎng nián qián. It was two years ago. ♦A：是什么样子的？ Shì shénme yàngzi de? What happened? ♦B：当时下了一个多星期的雨，然后河水上涨……. Dāngshí xià le yīgè duō xīngqí de yǔ, ránhòu héshuǐ shàngzhǎng……. It rained heavily for more than a week and the river overflowed…… ♦A：在那种情况下人们能居住在那儿吗？ Zài nà zhǒng qíngkuàng xià rénmen néng jūzhù zài nàer ma? In that case can people stay there? ♦B：不能，人们必须转移。 Bùnéng, rénmen bìxū zhuǎnyí. No. In that case people would have to be evacuated.
