Room 302 · chapter 6 of 8
Doudou's Phone
豆豆的电话
Doudou has been secretly calling Mr. Gao every night, and now Xiaoyu finally hears his voice.
Read what you hear
- Doudou 小雨姐姐，进来。这是我的秘密基地。
Xiǎoyǔ jiějie, jìnlái. Zhè shì wǒ de mìmì jīdì.
Xiaoyu, come in. This is my secret base.
- Fang Xiaoyu 哇，好多被子。豆豆，你说你知道高老师在哪儿。
Wā, hǎoduō bèizi. Dòudou, nǐ shuō nǐ zhīdào Gāo lǎoshī zài nǎr.
Wow, so many blankets. Doudou, you said you know where Mr. Gao is.
- Doudou 我每天晚上都给他打电话。妈妈不知道。
Wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang dōu gěi tā dǎdiànhuà. Māma bù zhīdào.
I call him every night. My mom doesn't know.
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- Fang Xiaoyu 每天？
Měi tiān?
Every day?
- Doudou 他是我最好的朋友。他教我写字，还教我猜谜。
Tā shì wǒ zuìhǎo de péngyou. Tā jiào wǒ xiě zì, hái jiào wǒ cāi mí.
He's my best friend. He teaches me to write and to solve riddles.
- Doudou 看，我现在给他打。
Kàn, wǒ xiànzài gěi tā dǎ.
Look, I'll call him now.
- Mr. Gao 喂，豆豆？今天怎么这么早？
Wèi, Dòudou? Jīntiān zěnme zhème zǎo?
Hello, Doudou? Why so early today?
- Doudou 高老师！我把小雨姐姐带来了！她找到钥匙了！
Gāo lǎoshī! Wǒ bǎ Xiǎoyǔ jiějie dàilái le! Tā zhǎodào yàoshi le!
Mr. Gao! I brought Xiaoyu! She found the key!
- Mr. Gao 真的？小雨，你好！我是高老师。
Zhēnde? Xiǎoyǔ, nǐ hǎo! Wǒ shì Gāo lǎoshī.
Really? Hello, Xiaoyu! I'm Mr. Gao.
- Fang Xiaoyu 高老师！您好！您在哪儿？为什么走得这么快？
Gāo lǎoshī! Nín hǎo! Nín zài nǎr? Wèishénme zǒu de zhème kuài?
Mr. Gao! Hello! Where are you? Why did you leave so fast?
- Mr. Gao 我在深圳，我女儿家。我的腿要做手术，医生说，不能再爬楼梯了。
Wǒ zài Shēnzhèn, wǒ nǚ'ér jiā. Wǒ de tuǐ yào zuò shǒushù, yīshēng shuō, bù néng zài pá lóutī le.
I'm in Shenzhen, at my daughter's home. My leg needs surgery, and the doctor says no more climbing stairs.
- Fang Xiaoyu 所以您没有生病，也没有生气？
Suǒyǐ nín méiyǒu shēngbìng, yě méiyǒu shēngqì?
So you're not seriously sick, and you're not angry?
- Mr. Gao 我很好，只是腿不好。我没有生气。我只是……不会说话。
Wǒ hěn hǎo, zhǐshì tuǐ bù hǎo. Wǒ méiyǒu shēngqì. Wǒ zhǐshì… Bú huì shuōhuà.
I'm fine, just my leg. I'm not angry. I just... am bad at speaking up.
- Fang Xiaoyu 不会说话？
Bú huì shuōhuà?
Bad at speaking up?
- Mr. Gao 二十年了，我每天都想对一个人说一句话，可是总是说不出口。
Èr shí nián le, wǒ měi tiān dōu xiǎng duì yí gè rén shuō yíjùhuà, kěshì zǒngshì shuō bù chūkǒu.
For twenty years I've wanted to say one sentence to one person every day, and I never could.
- Doudou 是张阿姨！
Shì Zhāng āyí!
It's Auntie Zhang!
- Mr. Gao 豆豆！你不要说！……好吧，是她。
Dòudou! Nǐ búyào shuō!… Hǎo ba, shì tā.
Doudou! Don't tell! ... All right, it's her.
- Mr. Gao 所以我想了一个游戏，让大家一起上屋顶。元宵节晚上，吃汤圆。
Suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng le yí gè yóuxì, ràng dàjiā yìqǐ shàng wūdǐng. Yuánxiāojié wǎnshang, chī tāngyuán.
So I thought of a game to get everyone up on the roof together. On Lantern Festival night, eating tangyuan.
- Fang Xiaoyu 元宵节？那是后天！
Yuánxiāojié? Nà shì hòutiān!
Lantern Festival? That's the day after tomorrow!
- Mr. Gao 对。盒子在屋顶的水箱后面。里面有一个灯笼，还有我的话。
Duì. Hézi zài wūdǐng de shuǐxiāng hòumiàn. Lǐmiàn yǒu yí gè dēnglóng, háiyǒu wǒ dehuà.
Yes. The box is behind the water tank on the roof. Inside are a lantern and my words.
- Fang Xiaoyu 可是屋顶的门锁着！
Kěshì wūdǐng de mén suǒzhe!
But the roof door is locked!
- Mr. Gao 张阿姨有钥匙。三个月了，她每个星期都去看那把锁。我知道她。
Zhāng āyí yǒu yàoshi. Sān gè yuè le, tā měi gè xīngqī dōu qù kàn nà bǎ suǒ. Wǒ zhīdào tā.
Auntie Zhang has the key. For three months she's checked that lock every week. I know her.
- Fang Xiaoyu 您想让我怎么做？
Nín xiǎng ràng wǒ zěnme zuò?
What do you want me to do?
- Mr. Gao 请你告诉她，你们想在屋顶吃汤圆。先不要说我。
Qǐng nǐ gàosu tā, nǐmen xiǎng zài wūdǐng chī tāngyuán. Xiān búyào shuō wǒ.
Please tell her you all want to eat tangyuan on the roof. Don't mention me yet.
- Fang Xiaoyu 好，我明白了。
Hǎo, wǒ míngbai le.
All right, I understand.
- Doudou 我也可以帮忙！我会说，我想吃汤圆！
Wǒ yě kěyǐ bāngmáng! Wǒ huì shuō, wǒ xiǎng chī tāngyuán!
I can help too! I'll say I want to eat tangyuan!
- Mr. Gao 好孩子。你们两个都是我的好朋友。
Hǎo háizi. Nǐmen liǎng gè dōu shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou.
Good boy. You two are both my dear friends.
- Auntie Zhang 豆豆，开门！我听到有人说话！
Dòudou, kāi mén! Wǒ tīngdào yǒurén shuōhuà!
Doudou, open the door! I hear someone talking!
- Doudou 没有人！我在……我在看电视！
Méiyǒu rén! Wǒ zài… Wǒ zài kàn diànshì!
Nobody! I'm... I'm watching TV!
- Mr. Gao 豆豆？怎么了？
Dòudou? Zěnme le?
Doudou? What's wrong?
- Auntie Zhang 这个声音……我认识这个声音。
Zhège shēngyīn… Wǒ rènshi zhège shēngyīn.
That voice... I know that voice.
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What changed in the story?
- What is Doudou's secret?
“我每天晚上都给他打电话”
- Where is Mr. Gao?
“我在深圳，我女儿家”
- Why can't Mr. Gao climb the stairs?
“我的腿要做手术，医生说，不能再爬楼梯了”
- Where is the box, according to Mr. Gao?
“盒子在屋顶的水箱后面”
- What does Auntie Zhang do at the end of the chapter?
“我认识这个声音”