A Problem at Midnight (Part 2)

HSK 2 · 133 characters · At the Hotel

Survival Chinese — calling the front desk when the air conditioning breaks.

半夜bàn yè，王Wáng小姐xiǎo jie醒xǐng了le，房间fáng jiān里lǐ太tài冷lěng了le。In the middle of the night, Miss Wang woke up — the room was freezing.空调kōng tiáo坏了huài le，怎么zěn me也yě关guān不bù上shàng。The air conditioning was broken and just wouldn't turn off.

她tā给gěi前台qián tái打电话dǎ diàn huà：“你好nǐ hǎo，806房间fáng jiān的de空调kōng tiáo有yǒu问题wèn tí。”She called the front desk: "Hello, the air conditioning in room 806 has a problem."

前台qián tái说shuō：“真zhēn对不起duì bù qǐ！我们wǒ men马上mǎ shàng让ràng人rén过去guò qù看看kàn kan。”The front desk said, "We're so sorry! We'll send someone up right away."五wǔ分钟fēn zhōng后hòu，有人yǒu rén敲门qiāo mén。Five minutes later, there was a knock at the door.

工作人员gōng zuò rén yuán看了kàn le看kàn，说shuō：“今天jīn tiān晚上wǎn shang没办法méi bàn fǎ修xiū。”The staff member took a look and said, "There's no way to fix it tonight."

“我们wǒ men给gěi您nín换huàn一个yī ge房间fáng jiān，好吗hǎo ma？”"May we move you to another room?"新xīn房间fáng jiān在zài九jiǔ楼lóu，比bǐ原来yuán lái的de还hái大dà一点yī diǎn。The new room was on the ninth floor, even a little bigger than the old one.

过了guò le一会儿yī huìr，前台qián tái还hái送sòng来了lái le一yī盘pán水果shuǐ guǒ。A little while later, the front desk even sent up a plate of fruit.王Wáng小姐xiǎo jie笑了xiào le：“没关系méi guān xi，谢谢xiè xie你们nǐ men！”Miss Wang smiled: "It's alright — thank you!"