BANG! The first vase tumbles (摔落) and smashes (打碎) all over the floor and as I take another step back… bang! A second vase is knocked off the table at the hotel. Ladies and gentlemen, in just two and a half seconds I had cost my mother a whopping (巨大的) $6,000 (37,363 yuan) in damages, all because I had not respected the simple sign saying “Do not run”.