UNIT 22: EMERGENCIES
Part 4: The Accident
  1. How are you? Are you O.K.? Did you get hurt?
  2. I’m pretty much all right. But, take a look, a big hole got torn in my pants, and what has become of my bicycle? If I hadn’t dodged quickly, who knows how dangerous it could have been!
  3. Sorry, sorry, I’m really sorry! To tell the truth, this isn’t entirely my fault either. I, too, did this to avoid a person who was crossing the street, and it was only thus, as a result, that I hit you.
  4. What’s going on? What happened?
  5. He hit me!
  6. Should we go look for a traffic policeman?
  7. Or why not handle it like this. Just settle privately. You compensate him for a pair of pants, plus give him a little for repair costs. If you call the police, you’ll have to waste a lot of time; it’s just not worth it.
  8. Forget about the pants. Just give me 30 RMB in compensation to repair my bike.
  9. O.K. I guess both of us are out of luck.