A Scratch on a Borrowed Camera

lǐ李xuě雪，hái还xiàngjī相机zhīqián之前，wǒ我xiǎng想gēn跟nǐ你shuō说yī一jiàn件shì事。

Li Xue, before I return your camera, I want to tell you something.

zěnme怎么le了？pāizhào拍照de的shíhou时候chū出wèntí问题le了ma吗？

What happened? Did something go wrong while you were taking photos?

zhàopiàn照片dōu都zhèngcháng正常，dànshì但是xiàngjī相机dǐxia底下yǒu有yīdào一道huà划hén痕，wǒ我bùzhī不知dào道shìbùshì是不是wǒ我nòng弄de的。

The photos are fine, but there is a scratch underneath the camera. I am not sure whether I caused it.

nǐ你gěi给wǒ我kàn看kàn看。zhè这gè个wèizhi位置wǒ我yǐqián以前hǎoxiàng好像yě也zhùyì注意guò过。

Let me see. I think I noticed something in that spot before.

wǒ我chūmén出门qián前méi没zǐxì仔细jiǎnchá检查，suǒyǐ所以bù不gǎn敢quèdìng确定。

I did not check carefully before taking it out, so I cannot be sure.

wǒ我shǒujī手机lǐ里yǒu有yǐqián以前de的zhàopiàn照片。nǐ你kàn看，shànggèyuè上个月yǐjīng已经yǒu有zhè这dào道huà划hén痕le了。

I have an old photo on my phone. Look, the scratch was already there last month.

yuánlái原来shì是zhèyàng这样。bùguò不过xiàcì下次jiè借dōngxi东西，wǒ我huì会xiān先hé和duìfāng对方quèrèn确认yī一xià下qíngkuàng情况。

Oh, I see. Next time I borrow something, I will check its condition with the owner first.

zhèyàng这样shuāngfāng双方dōu都fàngxīn放心。xièxie谢谢nǐ你zhǔdòng主动gàosu告诉wǒ我。

That gives both people peace of mind. Thanks for bringing it up.