The Second Cup of Tea · chapter 3 of 8
Another Thursday
又一个星期四
Lu Wei has a train to catch and no umbrella. Jiang Ning has one umbrella, and one sentence left to say.
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- Jiang Ning 门关上了。他走进了雨里。
Mén guān shàng le. Tā zǒu jìn le yǔ lǐ.
The door closes. He walks out into the rain.
- Jiang Ning 他没有伞，雨又这么大。我的伞还在门边。
Tā méiyǒu sǎn, yǔ yòu zhème dà. Wǒ de sǎn hái zài mén biān.
He has no umbrella, and the rain is so heavy. Mine is still by the door.
- Lu Fang 江宁！你还在等什么？快去啊！
Jiāng Níng! Nǐ hái zài děng shénme? Kuài qù a!
Jiang Ning! What are you waiting for? Go!
- Jiang Ning 可是……我……他要坐火车……
Kěshì…… wǒ…… tā yào zuò huǒchē……
But… I… he has a train to catch…
- Lu Fang 没有“可是”！拿伞，快去！
Méiyǒu “kěshì”! Ná sǎn, kuài qù!
No “buts”! Grab the umbrella and go!
- Jiang Ning 好！我去！
Hǎo! Wǒ qù!
Okay! I'm going!
- Jiang Ning 陆伟！等一下！
Lù Wěi! Děng yíxià!
Lu Wei! Wait!
- Lu Wei 江宁？下这么大的雨，你怎么出来了？
Jiāng Níng? Xià zhème dà de yǔ, nǐ zěnme chūlái le?
Jiang Ning? In rain like this? What are you doing out here?
- Jiang Ning 你没有伞。拿我的吧。
Nǐ méiyǒu sǎn. Ná wǒ de ba.
You don't have an umbrella. Take mine.
- Lu Wei 那你怎么办？
Nà nǐ zěnme bàn?
But what about you?
- Jiang Ning 我不怕雨。我怕……我怕今天又说不出来。
Wǒ bú pà yǔ. Wǒ pà…… wǒ pà jīntiān yòu shuō bu chūlái.
I'm not afraid of the rain. I'm afraid… I'm afraid I won't say it again tonight.
- Lu Wei 说什么？你想说什么？
Shuō shénme? Nǐ xiǎng shuō shénme?
Say what? What do you want to say?
- Jiang Ning 江宁，说吧。就是现在，不要再等了。
Jiāng Níng, shuō ba. Jiù shì xiànzài, búyào zài děng le.
Say it, Jiang Ning. Right now. No more waiting.
- Jiang Ning 我喜欢星期四。因为星期四，我能见到你。
Wǒ xǐhuan xīngqīsì. Yīnwèi xīngqīsì, wǒ néng jiàn dào nǐ.
I love Thursdays. Because on Thursdays, I get to see you.
- Jiang Ning 他不说话。雨很大，我的心跳得很快。
Tā bù shuōhuà. Yǔ hěn dà, wǒ de xīn tiào de hěn kuài.
He says nothing. The rain is pouring, and my heart is racing.
- Lu Wei 北京也有星期四。
Běijīng yě yǒu xīngqīsì.
Beijing has Thursdays too.
- Lu Wei 每个星期四，我给你打电话。我们一起喝茶，好吗？
Měi gè xīngqīsì, wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà. Wǒmen yìqǐ hē chá, hǎo ma?
Every Thursday, I'll call you. We'll have tea together. Okay?
- Jiang Ning 这是我在路上说了十遍的话！今天，是他说出来了。
Zhè shì wǒ zài lù shàng shuō le shí biàn de huà! Jīntiān, shì tā shuō chūlái le.
That's the sentence I practiced ten times on the way! And he's the one who said it.
- Jiang Ning 好！我等你的电话！
Hǎo! Wǒ děng nǐ de diànhuà!
Okay! I'll wait for your call!
- Lu Wei 伞我先借走了。我一定回来，把伞还给你。
Sǎn wǒ xiān jiè zǒu le. Wǒ yídìng huílái, bǎ sǎn huán gěi nǐ.
I'll borrow your umbrella for now. I promise I'll come back and return it.
- Jiang Ning 后来，每个星期四，我还是去茶馆。我点两杯茶。
Hòulái, měi gè xīngqīsì, wǒ háishi qù cháguǎn. Wǒ diǎn liǎng bēi chá.
After that, every Thursday, I still go to the teahouse. I order two cups.
- Jiang Ning 一杯给我，一杯给手机里的他。
Yì bēi gěi wǒ, yì bēi gěi shǒujī lǐ de tā.
One for me, and one for him, on my phone screen.
- Jiang Ning 可是今天是星期四，八点了，他还没有打电话来。
Kěshì jīntiān shì xīngqīsì, bā diǎn le, tā hái méiyǒu dǎ diànhuà lái.
But today is Thursday, it's eight o'clock, and he still hasn't called.
- Jiang Ning 他忘了吗？还是……他不想打了？
Tā wàng le ma? Háishi…… tā bù xiǎng dǎ le?
Did he forget? Or… does he not want to call anymore?
- Lu Wei 江宁。
Jiāng Níng.
Jiang Ning.
- Jiang Ning 陆伟？你……你怎么回来了？
Lù Wěi? Nǐ…… nǐ zěnme huílái le?
Lu Wei? What… what are you doing back here?
- Lu Wei 我来还你的伞。还有……第二杯茶，还是给我的吗？
Wǒ lái huán nǐ de sǎn. Hái yǒu…… dì èr bēi chá, háishi gěi wǒ de ma?
I've come to return your umbrella. And… is the second cup still for me?
- Jiang Ning 一直都是。
Yìzhí dōu shì.
It always has been.
What changed in the story?
- Who tells Jiang Ning to run after Lu Wei?
“江宁！你还在等什么？快去啊！”
- Why does Jiang Ning run out into the rain?
“你没有伞。拿我的吧。”
- What does Jiang Ning finally tell Lu Wei?
“我喜欢星期四。因为星期四，我能见到你。”
- Why is Jiang Ning amazed by Lu Wei's answer?
“这是我在路上说了十遍的话！今天，是他说出来了。”
- Why does Jiang Ning order two cups every Thursday afterward?
“一杯给我，一杯给手机里的他。”