Level 5 · Lesson 20

有什么办法？
What can we do?

看你的样子，事情很麻烦。有什么办法？问题就解决了！

Level 5 review: retell what happened, then propose a way out using 把, 得 and 比.

听 · Listen

有什么办法？
 安娜 —  李明，看你的样子，你今天很不高兴。 
Li Ming, from the look of you, you're not happy today.  
 李明 —  我的自行车让人撞坏了。修车比买新的更贵。 
My bike got hit by someone. Repairing it costs even more than buying a new one.  
 安娜 —  那你把车放在家里，坐车去学校吧。 
Then leave the bike at home and take the bus to school.  
 李明 —  坐车比骑车麻烦，也慢得多。 
The bus is more of a nuisance than cycling, and much slower.  
 安娜 —  你早一点儿起来，就不会迟到了。 
Get up a bit earlier and you won't be late.  
 李明 —  这个办法不错。谢谢你，你说得对。 
That's not a bad idea. Thanks — you're right.  
 安娜 —  问题就解决了！ 
Problem solved!  

讲解 · Explanation

看你的样子，你很累。这辆自行车的样子很新。

样子 is the look of a person or a thing. 看你的样子… is the everyday way to open with what you can see: 'from the look of you, …'. It reports appearance, so it pairs naturally with a guess — you are saying what seems to be true, not what you know.

有什么办法？这个办法不错。我把问题解决了。这件事情很麻烦。麻烦你帮我一下。

有什么办法？ asks what can be done — 办法 is a way of doing something, an idea that works. 问题 covers both a question you ask and a problem you have. 解决 is what you do to a 问题, and it fits a 把 sentence neatly, because 解决 already carries its own result: 把问题解决了. 麻烦 works two ways: as an adjective, 很麻烦 'a nuisance', and as a verb, 麻烦你… 'may I trouble you to …', which is one of the politest things you can say.

我的车让人撞坏了。我把车放在家里，坐车去学校。坐车比骑车慢得多。

This is the whole level in one breath, and it is what you should be able to do now. Report what happened to something of yours with 让 or 被 plus a verb and a result. Say what you will do with the thing itself, fronting it with 把 and giving the verb somewhere to land (放在家里). Then weigh the choices with 比 and a bare adjective, adding 得多 or 一点儿 for the size of the gap. Three sentences, three constructions, one connected turn.

生词 · Vocabulary

词	Meaning	注 · Note
办法	way, method, idea	一个办法; 有什么办法？
问题	question; problem	一个问题; 问题解决了
样子	appearance, look	看你的样子…
解决	to solve, to settle	把问题解决了
麻烦	troublesome; to trouble	很麻烦; 麻烦你帮我一下

练习 · Practice

你把车 ______ 。 Leave the bike at home.

他跑得 ______ 。 He runs much faster than I do.

我们想了一个办法，问题就 ______ 了。 Fill in the verb: the problem was solved.

排一排。 Arrange the words: 'Taking the bus is much slower than cycling.'

办法、问题、样子、解决、麻烦 Match each word to its meaning.

用一用 · Use it

我的书让人拿走了。我想把这个问题解决了。有什么办法？

Take one real small problem of yours and speak for four sentences without stopping. First, what happened, with 让 or 被 and a result. Second, how bad it is, with a 得-complement or 很麻烦. Third, two ways out compared with 比 and 得多. Fourth, choose one with 我想把… and close by asking 有什么办法？ Then listen to a friend's problem and retell it back to them in one sentence before you answer.