怎么办 What Should I Do in Chinese

今天jīntiān早上zǎoshang，我wǒ的de自行车zìxíngchē突然tūrán坏huài了le。

This morning, my bike suddenly broke.

我wǒ看kàn了le看kàn时间shíjiān，只有zhǐyǒu十shí分钟fēnzhōng就要jiùyào上课shàngkè了le，我wǒ很hěn着急zháojí。

I checked the time — only ten minutes until class, and I got anxious.

我wǒ给gěi同学tóngxué打电话dǎ diànhuà，说shuō：“我wǒ的de自行车zìxíngchē坏huài了le，怎么办zěnme bàn？”

I called a classmate and said: "My bike broke — what should I do?"

他tā说shuō：“别bié着急zháojí，车站chēzhàn离lí这里zhèlǐ不bù远yuǎn，你nǐ可以kěyǐ坐zuò公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē。”

He said: "Don't worry — the bus stop isn't far from here, you can take the bus."

我wǒ马上mǎshàng去qù车站chēzhàn，公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē很hěn快kuài就jiù来lái了le。

I hurried to the bus stop, and the bus came quickly.

上车shàngchē以后yǐhòu，还有háiyǒu座位zuòwèi，我wǒ坐下zuòxià，心里xīnli慢慢mànmàn不bú那么nàme紧张jǐnzhāng了le。

After getting on, there was still a seat — I sat down, and slowly felt less nervous.

到dào学校xuéxiào的时候de shíhou，还有háiyǒu两liǎng分钟fēnzhōng就要jiùyào上课shàngkè，我wǒ没有méiyǒu迟到chídào。

By the time I got to school, there were still two minutes before class — I wasn't late.

中午zhōngwǔ我wǒ请qǐng同学tóngxué吃饭chī fàn，谢谢xièxie他tā早上zǎoshang帮bāng了le我wǒ。

At lunch I treated my classmate to a meal, to thank him for the morning.

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Key words 生词

怎么办zěnme bànwhat should I do

办法bànfǎmethod; solution

着急zháojíanxious; worried

车站chēzhànbus stop; station

座位zuòwèiseat

迟到chídàoto be late

怎么办？(what should I do?)

怎么办 asks what to do when you're stuck and don't know the solution — often said out loud when something goes wrong.

我的自行车坏了，怎么办？— My bike broke, what should I do?

就要…了 (about to happen soon)

就要 + verb + 了 says something is going to happen very soon.

只有十分钟就要上课了。— Only ten minutes until class starts.

先…，别… (first..., don't...)

先 puts one action before another, often paired with 别 or 不要 to say what not to do instead.

要先想办法，别一直着急。— Think of a solution first, don't just keep worrying.

1. What suddenly happened to the narrator's bike?

2. What did the classmate suggest doing instead?

3. What did the narrator learn from this experience?

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