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?” |
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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?” |
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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? “ |
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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?” |
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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。” |
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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。” |
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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?” |
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[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!” |
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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 – |