找东西

zuó tiān昨天zǎo shang早上，wǒ我zhǎo找bù不dào到wǒ我de的shǒu jī手机le了。

Yesterday morning I could not find my phone.

wǒ我bǎ把fáng jiān房间dōu都zhǎo找le了yī一biàn遍，hái shi还是méi yǒu没有。

I searched the whole room, but it was not there.

wǒ我xiǎng想le了xiǎng想，zuó tiān昨天wǎn shang晚上wǒ我zài在tú shū guǎn图书馆kàn看shū书。

I thought about it: last night I was reading in the library.

wǒ我gěi给tú shū guǎn图书馆dǎ diàn huà打电话，tā men他们shuō说méi yǒu没有rén人kàn jiàn看见shǒu jī手机。

I called the library, and they said nobody had seen a phone.

xià wǔ下午，wǒ我zài在shū bāo书包lǐ里zhǎo dào找到le了tā它。

In the afternoon I found it in my school bag.

yuán lái原来tā它yī zhí一直zài在lǐ miàn里面，wǒ我méi yǒu没有zhǎo dào找到。

It had been in there all along; I simply had not found it.

yǐ hòu以后wǒ我yào要bǎ把dōng xi东西fàng放hǎo好。

From now on I will put my things away properly.