最近，南京的一个二十岁的年轻人不小心落水，在湖里漂流了两天被发现,警察才把他救上来。
警察问他为什么不及时求救，他的回答让人哭笑不得：因为人太多，不好意思…
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这个年轻人去年十一月来南京打工，在湖边散步拍照的时候不小心落水，他吐了两口水，又喝了两口水之后，发现自己突然漂浮了起来，但是因为湖边人太多，他觉得很不好意思，就在水里漂浮了两天才终于求救。
警察提醒大家，如果有危险，不能因为不好意思而放弃求救！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 南京 | Nán jīng | Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 小心 | xiǎo xīn | to be careful / to take care |
| 落 | luò | to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 湖 | hú | lake |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 漂流 | piāo liú | to float on the current / to drift along or about |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 救 | jiù | to save / to assist / to rescue |
| 上来 | shàng lái | (verb complement indicating success) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 及时 | jí shí | promptly; without delay |
| 求 | qiú | to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 哭笑不得 | kū xiào bù dé | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 多 | duō | too many; in excess |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 十一月 | Shí yī yuè | November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 打工 | dǎ gōng | to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation |
| 边 | biān | side / edge / margin / border / boundary |
| 散步 | sàn bù | to take a walk; to go for a walk |
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take a picture |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 吐 | tǔ | to spit / to send out / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) |
| 口 | kǒu | classifier for things with mouths / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 漂浮 | piāo fú | to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 提醒 | tí xǐng | to remind / to call attention to / to warn of |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 危险 | wēi xiǎn | danger |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 放弃 | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |