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Chinese City Girl’s Story – Li Man’s Resolution 李曼的决心 [Elementary Level] |
| 李曼的决心 1 | Li Man’s Resolution 1 |
| lǐ màn de juéxīn 1 | |
| 又是一个除夕夜。天上没有一颗星星。 | Another New Year Eve, the sky was starless. |
| yòu shì yī gè Chúxī yè。 tiānshàng méiyǒu yī kē xīngxing。 | |
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李曼和他走在一起， 雪花在身边飞舞。 |
Li Man was having a walk with him while the snow was dancing around them. |
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lǐ màn hé tā zǒu zàiyīqǐ， xuěhuā zài shēnbiān fēiwǔ。 |
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＂曼，新年就要到了，还有十五分钟， 你下好新年决心了吗？＂他问。 |
“Man, the New Year is coming in fifteen minutes, have you made your new year resolution yet?” |
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＂ màn， xīnnián jiùyào dàoliǎo， háiyǒu shíwǔ fēnzhōng， nǐ xià hǎo xīnnián juéxīn le ma？＂ tā wèn。 |
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李曼抬起头， 雪花落在脸上，凉凉的。 |
Li Man raised her head and let the snow land on her face. It was cold. |
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lǐ màn tái qǐtóu， xuěhuā luò zài liǎn shàng， liáng liáng de。 |
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四年前，除夕夜，下新年决心的时候， 雪花也在身边飞舞。 |
Four years ago, another new year Eve, it was also snowy when she made her new year resolution. |
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sì niánqián， Chúxī yè， xià xīnnián juéxīn de shíhou， xuěhuā yě zài shēnbiān fēiwǔ。 |
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不同的是，那一夜,
李曼还不认识他， 她是和女友们在一起。 |
The difference on that night though, was that she had not met him yet. She was with her girl friends. |
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bùtóng de shì， nà yī yè, lǐ màn hái bù rènshi tā， tā shì hé nǚyǒu men zàiyīqǐ。 |
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她们站在一家花店门口， 一起等待新年的到来。 |
They were standing in front of a flower store, waiting for the coming of New Year together. |
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tāmen zhàn zài yījiā huādiàn ménkǒu， yīqǐ děngdài xīnnián de dàolái。 |
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| 当时李曼的生活简单而快乐。 | At that time, Li Man’s life was simple and happy. |
| dāngshí lǐ màn de shēnghuó jiǎndān ér kuàilè。 | |
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但她总会听到一个声音对她说， ＂你应该可以过得更好。＂ |
However, she had kept hearing a voice saying, “You could have a better life.” |
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dàn tā zǒng huì tīngdào yī gè shēngyīn duì tā shuō， ＂nǐ yīnggāi kěyǐ guòdé gèng hǎo。＂ |
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于是，当新年的钟声响起， 李曼对自己下了第一个决心： 在新的一年里，努力变成美女。 |
Therefore, when the New Year bell rang, Li Man made her first new year resolution: In the new year, try to become much prettier. |
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yúshì， dāng xīnnián de zhōng shēngxiǎng qǐ，
lǐ màn duì zìjǐ xià le dìyī gè juéxīn： zài xīn de yī nián lǐ， nǔlì biànchéng měinǚ。 |
| 李曼的决心 2 | Li Man’s Resolution 2 |
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变成美女，变成李曼心目中的美女， 不是一件容易的事情。 |
It’s not an easy feast to become the beauty in her mind. |
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biànchéng měinǚ， biànchéng lǐ màn xīnmù zhòngdì měinǚ， bùshì yī jiàn róngyì de shìqing。 |
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但李曼坚持认为， 这是她改善生活的第一步。 |
However, Li Man insisted that it had to be the first step to improve her life quality. |
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dàn lǐ màn jiānchí rèn wéi， zhè shì tā gǎishàn shēnghuó de dìyībù。 |
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为了有一个好身材， 她为自己定了四条规则。 |
In order to get herself in shape, she set out four rules for herself: |
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wéi le yǒu yī gè hǎo shēncái， tā wéi zìjǐ dìng le sì tiáo guīzé。 |
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第一，不能吃饱。 第二，不能吃好。 第三，不能不跑。 第四，不能对自己太好。 |
First, do not eat too much. Second, do not eat too fancy. Third, do not stop jogging. Fourth, do not treat herself too well. |
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dìyī， bùnéng chībǎo。 dì’èr， bùnéng chī hǎo。 dì sān， bùnéngbù pǎo。 dì sì， bùnéng duì zìjǐ tài hǎo。 |
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经过四个月的努力， 李曼的身材真的变好了。 |
After four months working out, Li Man transformed her body to a better shape. |
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jīngguò sì gè yuè de nǔlì， lǐ màn de shēncái zhēn de biàn hǎole。 |
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接着，她又去美容院做了美容。 眼睛，鼻子，下巴都修整了一遍。 |
Following that, she went to cosmetics clinic for further enhancement.
She has plastic surgeries on her eyes, nose and chin. |
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jiēzhe， tā yòu qù měiróngyuàn zuò le měiróng。 yǎnjing， bízi， xiàba dōu xiūzhěng le yībiàn。 |
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快到年底时，她回家看望父母， 妈妈居然问她＂你找谁？＂ |
Near the end of that year, when she went back to visit her parents, her Mom asked her,” Who do you want?” |
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kuài dào niándǐ shí， tā huíjiā kànwàng fùmǔ， māma jūrán wèn tā＂ nǐ zhǎo shéi？＂ |
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等妈妈明白过来，李曼反问她， ＂我现在漂亮吗？＂ |
When her Mom finally realized that it was her, Li Man asked her Mom, ”Am I pretty now?” |
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děng māma míngbai guòlái， lǐ màn fǎnwèn tā， ＂wǒ xiànzài piàoliang ma？＂ |
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妈妈左看看，右看看，说， ＂漂亮是漂亮，就是…不象我闺女了。＂ |
Her Mom looked at her carefully and said, ”Sure you do, but … you don’t look like my daughter anymore .” |
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māma zuǒ kànkan， yòu kànkan， shuō， ＂piàoliang shì piàoliang， jiùshì… bù xiàng wǒ guīnǚ le。＂ |
| 李曼的决心 3 | Li Man’s Resolution 3 |
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变成美女后，李曼对自己越来越有信心， 也越来越喜欢展示自己。 |
After her transformation, Li Man had a big boost on her confidence. She became fond of presenting herself in front of the crowd. |
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biànchéng měinǚ hòu， lǐ màn duì zìjǐ yuèláiyuè yǒu xìnxīn， yě yuèláiyuè xǐhuan zhǎnshì zìjǐ。 |
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| 她曾经很害羞，不喜欢去人多的地方。 | She used to be too shy to hang out in crowded places. |
| tā céngjīng hěn hàixiū， bù xǐhuan qù rén duō de dìfang。 | |
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现在她变了， 人越多的地方她越喜欢去。 |
Now she’s different. The more exposure she could get, the better the places were. |
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xiànzài tā biàn le， rén yuè duō de dìfang tā yuè xǐhuan qù。 |
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| 大大小小的聚会她都去。 | She became a typical party girl. |
| dà dàxiǎo xiǎode jùhuì tā dōu qù。 | |
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这样一来， 她和几个好友在一起的时间就变少了。 |
She didn’t have time to spend with her close friends anymore. |
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zhèyàngyīlái， tā hé jǐge hǎoyǒu zàiyīqǐ de shíjiān jiù biàn shǎo le。 |
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| 渐渐地，身边的知心朋友也越来越少。 | Her old friends started to leave her one by one. |
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jiànjiàn de， shēnbiān de zhīxīn péngyou yě yuèláiyuè shǎo。 |
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又一年除夕， 李曼下决心要交更多的朋友。 |
Another New Year Eve came, she made the resolution to make more friends. |
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yòu yī nián Chúxī， lǐ màn xiàjuéxīn yào jiāo gèng duō de péngyou。 |
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她一直在一个小报社工作， 收入很一般。 |
She was working in a small newspaper publisher with pathetic income. |
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tā yīzhí zài yī gè xiǎo bàoshè gōngzuò，
shōurù hěn yībān。 |
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| 她想换一个好点的工作。 | She was hoping to find a better job. |
| tā xiǎng huàn yī gè hǎo diǎn de gōngzuò。 | |
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她想，如果朋友多， 机会也会更多。 |
She believed that the more friends she made the better chance she stood. |
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tā xiǎng， rúguǒ péngyou duō， jīhuì yě huì gèng duō。 |
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她主动去认识各行各业的人， 电话号码也记了上百个。 |
She started to get acquainted with people from different walks of life.
She even collected hundreds of phone numbers. |
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tā zhǔdòng qù rènshi gèhánggèyè de rén， diànhuà hàomǎ yě jì le shàng bǎi gè。 |
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| 她很高兴又有了很多朋友。 | She was very happy that she had made lots of friends. |
| tā hěn gāoxìng yòu yǒule hěn duō péngyou。 | |
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可是，当她生病住院时， 这几百个电话号码的主人， 却一个也没来看望她。 |
However, when she became sick and stayed in a hospital, none of the people on her contact list cared to pay a visit to her. |
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kěshì， dāng tā shēngbìng zhùyuàn shí， zhè jǐbǎi gè diànhuà hàomǎ de zhǔrén， què yī gè yě méi lái kànwàng tā。 |