Room 302 · chapter 2 of 8
Soup and a Secret
汤和秘密
Doudou sends Xiaoyu to Grandma Wu's kitchen for the second clue, and Grandma Wu has a secret of her own.
Read what you hear
- Doudou 你来了！很好，你是一个人来的吗？
Nǐ lái le! Hěn hǎo, nǐ shì yí gè rén lái de ma?
You came! Good. Did you come alone?
- Fang Xiaoyu 是啊。豆豆，早上好。你的东西呢？
Shì a. Dòudou, zǎoshang hǎo. Nǐ de dōngxi ne?
Yes. Good morning, Doudou. Where's your clue?
- Doudou 在这儿！高老师说，第二个东西在会做饭的人的手里。
Zài zhèr! Gāo lǎoshī shuō, dì'èr gè dōngxi zài huì zuòfàn de rén de shǒulǐ.
Right here! Mr. Gao said the second thing is in the hands of someone who cooks.
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- Fang Xiaoyu 会做饭的人？
Huì zuòfàn de rén?
Someone who cooks?
- Doudou 就是吴奶奶！她住三零一，做的饭最好吃。
Jiùshì Wú nǎinai! Tā zhù sān líng yī, zuò de fàn zuì hǎochī.
Grandma Wu! She lives in 301 and her food is the best.
- Fang Xiaoyu 可是你昨天说，不要给她看钥匙。
Kěshì nǐ zuótiān shuō, búyào gěi tā kàn yàoshi.
But yesterday you said not to show her the key.
- Doudou 对。钥匙不能给她看。可是你可以去她家吃饭。
Duì. Yàoshi bù néng gěi tā kàn. Kěshì nǐ kěyǐ qù tā jiā chīfàn.
Right. Don't show her the key. But you can go to her place for a meal.
- Fang Xiaoyu 你想得真多。
Nǐ xiǎng de zhēn duō.
You think of everything.
- Doudou 我九岁了！我是这栋楼里最聪明的人。
Wǒ jiǔ suì le! Wǒ shì zhè dòng lóu lǐ zuì cōngming de rén.
I'm nine years old! I'm the smartest person in this building.
- Fang Xiaoyu 好，最聪明的人，我去了。
Hǎo, zuì cōngming de rén, wǒ qù le.
All right, smartest person, I'm going.
- Doudou 小雨姐姐，如果她问你，你就说没有钥匙。
Xiǎoyǔ jiějie, rúguǒ tā wèn nǐ, nǐ jiù shuō méiyǒu yàoshi.
Xiaoyu, if she asks, say you don't have a key.
- Fang Xiaoyu 我会说的。放心吧。
Wǒ huì shuō de. Fàngxīn ba.
I will. Don't worry.
- Doudou 还有，她的汤很好喝，可是不要问她太多。
Háiyǒu, tā de tāng hěn hǎohē, kěshì búyào wèn tā tài duō.
Also, her soup is delicious, but don't ask her too much.
- Grandma Wu 哎呀，新邻居！快进来，快进来！你太瘦了！
Āiyā, xīn línjū! Kuài jìnlái, kuài jìnlái! Nǐ tài shòu le!
Oh my, the new neighbor! Come in, come in! You're too skinny!
- Fang Xiaoyu 吴奶奶，您好。豆豆说，您做的饭最好吃。
Wú nǎinai, nín hǎo. Dòudou shuō, nín zuò de fàn zuì hǎochī.
Hello, Grandma Wu. Doudou says your cooking is the best.
- Grandma Wu 那个孩子最会说话。来，喝汤。
Nàge háizi zuì huì shuōhuà. Lái, hē tāng.
That child has the sweetest mouth. Come, have some soup.
- Fang Xiaoyu 好香啊！这是什么汤？
Hǎo xiāng a! Zhè shì shénme tāng?
It smells wonderful! What kind of soup is this?
- Grandma Wu 鸡汤，放了很多姜。冬天喝，最舒服。
Jī tāng, fàng le hěn duō jiāng. Dōngtiān hē, zuì shūfú.
Chicken soup, with lots of ginger. It's the best thing to drink in winter.
- Grandma Wu 对了，你住三零二。你有没有看到高老师留下的东西？
Duì le, nǐ zhù sān líng èr. Nǐ yǒuméiyǒu kàndào Gāo lǎoshī liúxià de dōngxi?
By the way, you live in 302. Did you see anything Mr. Gao left behind?
- Fang Xiaoyu 没有……只有一些旧杯子。
Méiyǒu… Zhǐyǒu yìxiē jiù bēizi.
No... just some old cups.
- Grandma Wu 旧杯子？呵，好吧。你先喝汤，我去拿手机。
Jiù bēizi? Hē, hǎo ba. Nǐ xiān hē tāng, wǒ qù ná shǒujī.
Old cups? Hm, all right. You drink your soup while I get my phone.
- Fang Xiaoyu 奇怪，吃饭的时候，她为什么要拿手机？
Qíguài, chīfàn de shíhou, tā wèishénme yào ná shǒujī?
Strange. Why does she want her phone during a meal?
- Grandma Wu 大家好！欢迎来到吴奶奶的厨房！今天我们做鸡汤！
Dàjiā hǎo! Huānyíng láidào Wú nǎinai de chúfáng! Jīntiān wǒmen zuò jī tāng!
Hello, everyone! Welcome to Grandma Wu's Kitchen! Today we're making chicken soup!
- Fang Xiaoyu 吴奶奶！您在……直播？
Wú nǎinai! Nín zài… Zhíbō?
Grandma Wu! You're... live-streaming?
- Grandma Wu 小声点！这是我的秘密！
Xiǎoshēng diǎn! Zhè shì wǒ de mìmì!
Keep it down! That's my secret!
- Grandma Wu 我有一百万个朋友在手机里看我做饭。可是老陈不知道，他会笑我的。
Wǒ yǒu yì bǎi wàn gè péngyou zài shǒujī lǐ kàn wǒ zuòfàn. Kěshì Lǎo Chén bù zhīdào, tā huì xiào wǒ de.
A million friends watch me cook on their phones. But Old Chen doesn't know. He'd laugh at me.
- Fang Xiaoyu 一百万？吴奶奶，您太厉害了！我不会告诉他。
Yì bǎi wàn? Wú nǎinai, nín tài lìhài le! Wǒ bú huì gàosu tā.
A million? Grandma Wu, you're amazing! I won't tell him.
- Grandma Wu 你是个好孩子。这个给你。高老师走以前，让我给新邻居。
Nǐ shì gè hǎo háizi. Zhège gěi nǐ. Gāo lǎoshī zǒu yǐqián, ràng wǒ gěi xīn línjū.
You're a good girl. This is for you. Before he left, Mr. Gao asked me to give it to the new neighbor.
- Fang Xiaoyu “去找大王。”……大王是谁？
“Qù zhǎo Dàwáng.”… Dàwáng shì shuí?
"Go find Dawang." ... Who is Dawang?
- Grandma Wu 大王……你千万不要在老陈面前说这个名字！
Dàwáng… Nǐ qiānwàn búyào zài Lǎo Chén miànqián shuō zhège míngzi!
Dawang... whatever you do, never say that name in front of Old Chen!
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What changed in the story?
- Where does Doudou say the second thing is?
“第二个东西在会做饭的人的手里”
- What is Grandma Wu's secret?
“我有一百万个朋友在手机里看我做饭”
- Why doesn't Wu want Old Chen to know?
“老陈不知道，他会笑我的”
- What does the card from Mr. Gao say?
“去找大王”
- What does Xiaoyu tell Wu when she asks about things Mr. Gao left?
“只有一些旧杯子”