Chen Hao is pulled over for crossing a line. He has three points left, and one way of earning some back.
The traffic officer
师傅，请在前面的路口靠边停一下车。
Shī fu, qǐng zài qiánmiàn de lù kǒu kào bian tíng yīxià chē.
Shifu, please pull over at the junction ahead.
Chen Hao
好的。请问我是哪儿做错了？我一直开得很慢。
Hǎo de. Qǐngwèn wǒ shì nǎr zuò cuò le ? Wǒ yīzhí kāi de hěn màn.
Certainly. May I ask what I did wrong? I have been driving slowly the whole way.
The traffic officer
前面那个路口，你的车压了线。
Qiánmiàn nà gè lù kǒu, nǐ de chē yā le xiàn.
At the junction back there, your car crossed the line.
Chen Hao
我真没看见。那儿的线太浅了。
Wǒ zhēn méi kànjiàn. Nàr de xiàn tài qiǎn le.
I honestly did not see it. The markings there are very faint.
The traffic officer
请把驾照给我。
Qǐng bǎ jià zhào gěi wǒ.
Let me have your licence.
Chen Hao
给您。这个要扣分吗？
Gěi nín. Zhè gè yào kòu fēn ma ?
Here you are. Does this take points off?
The traffic officer
扣三分，罚两百。这是规定，谁压线都一样。
Kòu sān fēn, fá liǎngbǎi. Zhè shì guīdìng, shéi yā xiàn dōu yīyàng.
Three points and a two hundred yuan fine. Those are the rules, they are the same for anyone who crosses a line.
Chen Hao
我今年已经被扣过六分了。
Wǒ jīnnián yǐjīng bèi kòu guò liù fēn le.
I have already had six points taken off this year.
The traffic officer
那你还剩三分。再被扣完，就要重新考。
Nà nǐ hái shèng sān fēn. Zài bèi kòu wán, jiù yào chóngxīn kǎo.
Then you have three left. Lose those and you will have to sit the test again.
Chen Hao
那我得小心了。有办法把分补回来吗？
Nà wǒ de xiǎoxīn le. Yǒu bànfǎ bǎ fēn bǔ huílai ma ?
I had better be careful then. Is there any way of earning points back?
The traffic officer
有。网上有学习的课，学完考过，一年最多加六分。
Yǒu. Wǎngshàng yǒu xuéxí de kè, xué wán kǎo guò, yī nián zuìduō jiā liù fēn.
There is. There is a course online: complete it, pass the test, and you can add up to six points a year.
Chen Hao
好，我今天晚上就把课学完，明天考。
Hǎo, wǒ jīntiān wǎnshang jiù bǎ kè xué wán, míngtiān kǎo.
Right, I will finish the course tonight and sit the test tomorrow.
The traffic officer
罚款在手机上交就可以，十五天以内交完。
Fákuǎn zài shǒujī shàng jiāo jiù kěyǐ, shíwǔ tiān yǐnèi jiāo wán.
The fine can be paid on your phone, within fifteen days.
已经被扣过六分了: I have already had six points taken off. The 过 marks an experience undergone at least once, and it combines with the passive without difficulty. The sentence says neither when nor by whom, only that it happened and that its effect remains, which the final 了 confirms.
把分补回来: to get the points back. 补 means to make good a shortfall, and 回来 says the thing comes back from where it went. The same pair serves for making up a day's work, a missed lesson, lost money. Here only the complement separates "to add" from "to recover".
A Chinese licence carries twelve points, restored each year. At zero, the driver retakes the theory test before getting the licence back. For some years now an online course followed by a test has allowed drivers to recover up to six points a year, which explains Chen Hao's question and the officer's answer.
