手机丢了又找回 Losing and Finding My Phone

昨天zuótiān晚上wǎnshang，我wǒ从cóng餐厅cāntīng出来chūlái以后yǐhòu，发现fāxiàn手机shǒujī不见bú jiàn了le。

Last night, after I came out of the restaurant, I discovered my phone was gone.

其实qíshí我wǒ也yě不bù知道zhīdào手机shǒujī是shì什么shénme时候shíhou掉diào的de，因为yīnwèi我wǒ一直yìzhí没méi用yòng它tā。

Actually I didn't even know when the phone fell out, because I hadn't used it the whole time.

我wǒ把bǎ包bāo里lǐ的de东西dōngxi都dōu找zhǎo了le一遍yí biàn，可是kěshì还是háishi没méi找到zhǎodào。

I searched through everything in my bag once, but I still couldn't find it.

虽然suīrán我wǒ很hěn着急zháojí，但是dànshì朋友péngyou安慰ānwèi我wǒ说shuō：“别bié担心dānxīn，我们wǒmen可以kěyǐ用yòng地图dìtú功能gōngnéng找zhǎo手机shǒujī的de位置wèizhi。”

Although I was very anxious, my friend comforted me, saying: "Don't worry, we can use the map function to find the phone's location."

我们wǒmen按照ànzhào地图dìtú上shang的de位置wèizhi，回huí到dào餐厅cāntīng门口ménkǒu，发现fāxiàn手机shǒujī就jiù在zài椅子yǐzi下面xiàmiàn。

According to the location on the map, we went back to the restaurant entrance and found the phone was right under a chair.

服务员fúwùyuán说shuō，她tā刚才gāngcái打扫dǎsǎo的de时候shíhou也yě没méi看见kànjiàn它tā。

The waitress said that when she was cleaning up just now, she hadn't noticed it either.

找到zhǎodào手机shǒujī以后yǐhòu，我wǒ高兴gāoxìng得de差点儿chàdiǎnr哭kū出来chūlái。

After finding the phone, I was so happy that I almost cried.

从cóng那nà以后yǐhòu，我wǒ养成yǎngchéng了le一个yí ge好hǎo习惯xíguàn：出门chūmén前qián一定yídìng要yào检查jiǎnchá东西dōngxi带dài齐qí了le没有méiyǒu。

From then on, I developed a good habit: before going out, I always make sure to check whether I've brought everything.

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Key words 生词

不见了bú jiàn legone missing

其实qíshíactually

安慰ānwèito comfort

位置wèizhilocation

差点儿chàdiǎnralmost

养成yǎngchéngto develop (a habit)

把 + object + verb — disposal construction

把 moves the object before the verb to emphasize what happens to it.

我把包里的东西都找了一遍。 — I searched through everything in my bag.

adj/verb + 得 + degree — describing the extent of a result

得 links an action or feeling to how extreme it was.

我高兴得差点儿哭出来。 — I was so happy I almost cried.

1. When did the narrator discover the phone was missing?

2. How did the friend help find the phone?

3. Where was the phone finally found?

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