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Mandarin mini story 短信 – The Messages [Elementary]


短信 duănxìn [1] The Messages
女朋友发来短信,
”宝贝,昨晚为什么不接电话?”
Girlfriend sent in text message,
“Honey, why didn’t you pick up my call last night?”
nǚpéngyou fā lái duănxìn,
”băobèi, zuówăn wèishénme bù jiē diànhuà?”
 
回短信,”忘记开机了,对不起啊!” Messaging back, “I forgot to power on my cell phone, sorry!”
huí duănxìn,” wàngjì kāijī le, duìbuqĭ ā!”  
女朋友,”没关系,宝贝。
不过,请记住,以后请半个小时查看一次手机是否关机,能做到吗?”
Girlfriend, “That’s OK, honey.
But please remember, from now on you need to check whether your cell phone is turned on every half an hour. Could you do that?”
nǚpéngyou,” méiguānxi, băobèi。
bùguò, qĭng jìzhu, yĭhòu qĭng bànge xiăoshí chákàn yīcì shŏujī shìfŏu guānjī, néng zuòdào ma?”
 
回短信,”半小时?! 为难了点儿吧?” Messaging back, “Half an hour?! Isn’t it too frequent?”
huí duănxìn,” bànxiăoshí?! wéinán le diănr ba?”  
女朋友, “这点要求都做不到?
我问你, 昨晚我给你打完电话又打给小英,怎么她也不接电话? “
Girlfriend, “You even can’t do that for me?
Let me ask you, I called Xiao Ying after I called you, why didn’t she pick up my call either?”
nǚpéngyou, ” zhè diăn yāoqiú dōu zuòbùdào?
wŏ wèn nĭ, zuówăn wŏ gěi nĭ dă wán diànhuà yòu dă gěi xiăo yīng, zěnme tā yě bù jiē diànhuà? “
 
回短信,”你这话问的,小英是你的好朋友,她不接你的电话,你该问她啊!” Messaging back, “You call that a question?! Xiao Ying is a close friend of yours. If she didn’t pick up your call, you really should ask her!”
huí duănxìn,” nĭ zhè huà wèn de, xiăo yīng shì nĭ de hăopéngyou, tā bù jiē nĭ de diànhuà, nĭ gāi wèn tā ā!”  
女朋友, “你认为这是巧合?” Girlfriend, “You think it’s a coincidence?”
nǚpéngyou, ” nĭ rènwéi zhè shì qiăohé?”  
回短信,”不是巧合是什么? 神经过敏!” Messaging back, “If it’s not coincidence, what else it could be? you’re way too sensitive!”
huí duănxìn,” bùshì qiăohé shì shénme? shénjīngguòmĭn!”  
女朋友, “那如果这种巧合在一个月里发生了十次,
你觉得还是巧合吗?”
Girlfriend, “What if the coincidence happened ten times in a month,
you still think it’s coincidence?”
nǚpéngyou, ” nà rúguŏ zhèzhŏng qiăohé zài yī gè yuè lĭ fāshēng le shí cì,
nĭ juéde háishi qiăohé ma?”
 
回短信, “你监视我们?!” Messaging back, “You watched us?!”
huí duănxìn, ” nĭ jiānshì wŏmen?!”  
女朋友, “我们????” Girlfriend, “Us????”
nǚpéngyou, ” wŏmen????”  
回短信, “好吧,既然你已经知道了,我们就摊牌吧。” Messaging back, “Fine, since you already know it, we can talk it out.”
huí duănxìn, ” hăo ba, jìrán nĭ yĭjīng zhīdàole, wŏmen jiù tānpái ba。”  
女朋友, “原来我没猜错,你已经和她好上了。小英哪里比我好?” Girlfriend, “So I guessed it right, you’ve already got hooked with her! What advantage does she have over me?”
nǚpéngyou, ” yuánlái wŏ méi cāi cuò, nĭ yĭjīng hé tā hăo shàng le。 xiăo yīng nălĭ bĭ wŏ hăo?”  
回短信, “她从来不限制我,我喝酒她不说什么,我抽烟她也不多话。” Messaging back, ”She never gave me rules, she didn’t say anything when I drank, she didn’t complaint when I smoke.”
huí duănxìn, ” tā cóngláibù xiànzhì wŏ, wŏ hējiŭ tā bù shuō shénme, wŏ chōuyān tā yě bù duō huà。”  
女朋友, “那是因为她没有我关心你。” Girlfriend, “That’s because she didn’t care about you as much as I do.”
nǚpéngyou, ” nàshi yīnwèi tā méiyŏu wŏ guānxīn nĭ。”  
回短信, “你关心我的方式我接受不了。” Messaging back, “The way you care about me does not make me feel comfortable.”
huí duănxìn, ” nĭ guānxīn wŏ de fāngshì wŏ jiē shòubùliăo。”  
女朋友, “那为什么不直接告诉我?
你别忘了,就在半年前,你还说过,我们会一辈子在一起。”
Girlfriend, “Why didn’t you let me know directly?
Please don’t forget, just half years ago, you said that we would be together forever.”
nǚpéngyou, ” nà wèishénme bù zhíjiē gàosu wŏ?
nĭ bié wàng le, jiù zài bànnián qián, nĭ hái shuō guò, wŏmen huì yībèizi zàiyīqĭ。”
 
回短信, “当时是这样想的,但小英让我改变了想法。我发现小英更适合我。” Messaging back, “I meant it at that time. However Xiao Ying changed my mind. I realized that Xiao Ying and me made a better couple.”
huí duănxìn, ” dāngshí shì zhèyàng xiăng de, dàn xiăo yīng ràng wŏ găibiàn le xiăngfă。 wŏ fāxiàn xiăo yīng gèng shìhé wŏ。”  
女朋友,”就是说,你对她是认真的?” Girlfriend, “That means, you’re serious about her?”
nǚpéngyou,” jiùshìshuō, nĭ duì tā shì rènzhēn de?”  
回短信, “是的。别恨我。” Messaging back, “Yes. Don’t hate me.”
huí duănxìn, ” shìde。 bié hèn wŏ。”  

短信 duănxìn [2] The Messages
[一段长长的间隔后…] [After a long break…]
[ yī duàn cháng cháng de jiàngé hòu…]  
女朋友,”不恨你,恨自己,为你付出那么多感情。。。
如果你现在离开她,我不会怪你。
我们可以走得远远的,有个新的开始。”
Girlfriend, “I don’t hate you, I hate myself for being so devoted to you.
If you leave her now, I won’t blame you.
We can go together to somewhere far, to start a new life.”
nǚpéngyou,” bù hèn nĭ, hèn zìjĭ, wéi nĭ fùchū nàme duō gănqíng。。。
rúguŏ nĭ xiànzài líkāi tā, wŏ bùhuì guài nĭ。
wŏmen kěyĭ zŏu dé yuănyuăn de, yŏu gè xīn de kāishĭ。”
 
回短信, “感情的事,没法回头了,对不起。” Messaging back, “The thing about love, there’s no chance to go back. I’m sorry.”
huí duănxìn, ” gănqíng de shì, méifă huítóu le, duìbuqĭ。”  
女朋友,”你了解小英吗?
我本来不想说,你既然是认真的,还是知道为好 – 你并不是小英现在唯一交往的男友, 你懂我意思吗?”
Girlfriend, “How much do you know about Xiao Ying?
I didn’t want to say it. Since you’re serious about her, it’s better that you know. You’re not the only man that Xiao Ying is seeing now.”
nǚpéngyou,” nĭ liăojiě xiăo yīng ma?
wŏ běnlái bùxiăng shuō, nĭ jìrán shì rènzhēn de, háishi zhīdào wéi hăo – nĭ bìng bùshì xiăo yīng xiànzài wéiyī jiāowăng de nányŏu, nĭ dŏng wŏ yìsi ma?”
 
[心情急转直下,努力保持镇静。] [Moods are turning bad, trying to stay cool.]
[ xīnqíng jízhuănzhíxià, nŭlì băochí zhènjìng。]  
回短信, “这个啊,我会跟她谈的。
但我们之间,不可能回头了。真的对不起!”
Messaging back, “Regarding this, I’ll talk to her.
The things between us, there’s no way back. I’m really sorry!”
huí duănxìn, ” zhège ā, wŏ huì gēn tā tán de。
dàn wŏmen zhījiān, bùkěnéng huítóu le。 zhēn de duìbuqĭ!”
 
女朋友,”你对我就那么绝情??” Girlfriend, “Do you have to be that heartless to me??”
nǚpéngyou,” nĭ duì wŏ jiù nàme juéqíng??”  
回短信, “……” Messaging back, “……”
huí duănxìn, “……”  
女朋友,”那好吧,既然你已变心, 我不会逼你。。。
对了,想不想知道我昨晚为什么打电话给你?”
Girlfriend, “OK, since you’ve made up your mind, I won’t press you …
Oh yeah, do you want to know why I called you last night?”
nǚpéngyou,” nà hăo ba, jìrán nĭ yĭ biànxīn, wŏ bùhuì bī nĭ。。。
duìle, xiăng bùxiăng zhīdào wŏ zuówăn wèishénme dădiànhuà gěi nĭ?”
Messaging back, “Why?”
回短信, “为什么?”  
huí duănxìn, ” wèishénme?”  
女朋友, “我本来想告诉你,我买的奖票中奖了。” Girlfriend, “I meant to tell you, the lottery ticket I bought won.”
nǚpéngyou, ” wŏ běnlái xiăng gàosu nĭ, wŏ măi de jiăng piào zhòngjiăng le。”  
回短信, “是吗? 中了多少?” Messaging back, “Really? How much?”
huí duănxìn, ” shì ma? zhōng le duōshao?”  
女朋友,”一千万。。。哎, 反正你也不在乎了。” Girlfriend, “Ten million … Well, I don’t think you still care anymore. ”
nǚpéngyou,” yī qiānwàn。。。 āi, fănzhèng nĭ yě bùzàihu le。”  
[一千万!!!!! 我这个笨蛋,昨晚为什么不接那个该死的电话???!!!] [TEN MILLION!!!!! What a fool I was, why didn’t I picked up the damn phone last night???!!!]
[ yī qiānwàn!!!!! wŏ zhège bèndàn, zuówăn wèishénme bù jiē nàge gāisĭ de diànhuà???!!!]  
前女朋友(最后一条短信),”看来,你真的很爱她,祝福你们! 再见。” Ex-girlfriend’s last massage, “It looks like you do love her a lot, bless you! Bye.”
qián nǚpéngyou( zuìhòu yī tiáo duănxìn),” kànlai, nĭ zhēn de hěn ài tā, zhùfú nĭmen! zàijiàn。”  
[还愣着干吗?!打电话给她啊!!] [What are you waiting for?! Call her now!!]
[ hái lèng zhe gànmá?! dădiànhuà gěi tā ā!!]  
[机器录音] “对不起,你呼叫的用户已关机。” [machine reply] “Sorry, the user you’re calling has powered off the device.”
[ jīqì lùyīn] ” duìbuqĭ, nĭ hūjiào de yònghù yĭ guānjī。”  
  – The End –