The Red Bag at Platform Three · chapter 2 of 3
The Name on the Tag
纸条上的名字
Five minutes, two platforms, and only one person who knows what Lin Yue looks like. Fang Lei has to decide which train matters more.
Read what you hear
- Fang Lei 我跑向楼梯口的一位工作人员。
Wǒ pǎo xiàng lóutī kǒu de yí wèi gōngzuò rényuán.
I run to a station worker by the stairs.
- Fang Lei 三号站台有一个包！是一个女孩的，她去五号站台了！
Sān hào zhàntái yǒu yí gè bāo! Shì yí gè nǚhái de, tā qù wǔ hào zhàntái le!
There's a bag on platform three! It belongs to a girl, and she's gone to platform five!
- Station Worker 你别碰，我来拿。
Nǐ bié pèng, wǒ lái ná.
Don't touch it. I'll get it.
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- Fang Lei 工作人员拿起包，看了看纸条。
Gōngzuò rényuán ná qǐ bāo, kàn le kàn zhǐtiáo.
The worker picks up the bag and checks the tag.
- Station Worker 林月，二零八次。还有四分钟就开了。
Lín Yuè, èr líng bā cì. Hái yǒu sì fēnzhōng jiù kāi le.
Lin Yue, train 208. It leaves in four minutes.
- Station Worker 可是五号站台人很多，我不知道她长什么样。
Kěshì wǔ hào zhàntái rén hěn duō, wǒ bù zhīdào tā zhǎng shénme yàng.
But platform five is packed, and I don't know what she looks like.
- Fang Lei 我知道！白衣服，长头发。我见过她！
Wǒ zhīdào! Bái yīfu, cháng tóufa. Wǒ jiàn guo tā!
I do! White coat, long hair. I saw her!
- Station Worker 那你跟我来！快！
Nà nǐ gēn wǒ lái! Kuài!
Then come with me! Quick!
- Fang Lei 可是……我的车十分钟以后就到了。
Kěshì… wǒ de chē shí fēnzhōng yǐhòu jiù dào le.
But… my train comes in ten minutes.
- Fang Lei 我看着手里的小熊猫。那是给女儿的生日礼物。
Wǒ kànzhe shǒu lǐ de xiǎo xióngmāo. Nà shì gěi nǚ'ér de shēngrì lǐwù.
I look at the little toy panda in my hand. It's my daughter's birthday present.
- Fang Lei 我可以跑过去，再跑回来。来得及。
Wǒ kěyǐ pǎo guòqù, zài pǎo huílái. Lái de jí.
I can run over there and back. There's still time.
- Fang Lei 走！
Zǒu!
Let's go!
- Fang Lei 我们跑过大厅。工作人员拿着包，我跑在前面。
Wǒmen pǎo guò dàtīng. Gōngzuò rényuán názhe bāo, wǒ pǎo zài qiánmiàn.
We race across the main hall. The worker carries the bag, and I run ahead.
- Fang Lei 我的心跳得很快，腿也越来越重。
Wǒ de xīn tiào de hěn kuài, tuǐ yě yuè lái yuè zhòng.
My heart is pounding, and my legs feel heavier and heavier.
- Fang Lei 五号站台到了。二零八次还在，车门还开着。
Wǔ hào zhàntái dào le. Èr líng bā cì hái zài, chēmén hái kāizhe.
Platform five. Train 208 is still here, doors still open.
- Fang Lei 可是车上的人太多了。白衣服……白衣服在哪儿？
Kěshì chē shang de rén tài duō le. Bái yīfu… bái yīfu zài nǎr?
But the train is packed. White coat… where's the white coat?
- Station Worker 还有一分钟！
Hái yǒu yì fēnzhōng!
One minute left!
- Fang Lei 我看见了！车窗里，一个穿白衣服的女孩在打电话。
Wǒ kànjiàn le! Chēchuāng lǐ, yí gè chuān bái yīfu de nǚhái zài dǎ diànhuà.
There! Through a window — a girl in white, on the phone.
- Fang Lei 林月！林月！你的包！
Lín Yuè! Lín Yuè! Nǐ de bāo!
Lin Yue! Lin Yue! Your bag!
- Lin Yue 我的包？！
Wǒ de bāo?!
My bag?!
- Fang Lei 她跑向车门。广播说，车门马上就要关了。
Tā pǎo xiàng chēmén. Guǎngbō shuō, chēmén mǎshàng jiù yào guān le.
She runs for the door. The announcement says the doors are about to close.
- Fang Lei 她能在车门关上以前下车吗？
Tā néng zài chēmén guānshàng yǐqián xià chē ma?
Can she get off before the doors close?
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What changed in the story?
- What does the station worker say when Fang Lei reports the bag?
The worker says, “你别碰，我来拿.”
- Why does the worker need Fang Lei to come along?
The worker doesn't know what she looks like, but Fang Lei says, “白衣服，长头发。我见过她！”
- What is Fang Lei holding for his daughter?
He looks at “手里的小熊猫” — her birthday present.
- Who carries the bag across the main hall?
“工作人员拿着包，我跑在前面.”
- How does Fang Lei find Lin Yue?
He sees “车窗里，一个穿白衣服的女孩在打电话.”