Chinese–English parallel text
今晚的预订
A Booking for Tonight
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今晚的预订
A Booking for Tonight
现在 xiànzài 是 shì 傍晚 bàngwǎn 六 liù 点 diǎn 。 今天 jīntiān 是 shì 七 qī 号 hào 。
It is six o’clock in the evening. Today is the seventh.
Berg 女士 nǚshì 看 kàn 她的 tāde 电脑 diànnǎo 。
Mrs Berg looks at her computer.
“ 今晚 jīnwǎn 有 yǒu 一个 yígè 男人 nánrén 来 lái ,” 她 tā 说 shuō 。“Marco Rossi。 他 tā 有 yǒu 预订 yùdìng 。”
“A man comes tonight,” she says. “Marco Rossi. He has a booking.”
“ 两 liǎng 个 gè 晚上 wǎnshàng , 十二 shíèr 号 hào 房间 fángjiān 。”
“Two nights, room twelve.”
“ 好的 hǎode ,”Nina 说 shuō 。“ 他 tā 想要 xiǎngyào 早饭 zǎofàn 吗 ma ?”
“OK,” Nina says. “Does he want breakfast?”
“ 每 měi 个 gè 人 rén 都 dōu 想要 xiǎngyào 早饭 zǎofàn ,”Berg 女士 nǚshì 说 shuō 。“ 每 měi 个 gè 人 rén 都 dōu 想要 xiǎngyào 你的 nǐde 面包 miànbāo 。”
“Everybody wants breakfast,” Mrs Berg says. “Everybody wants your bread.”
Nina 笑 xiào 了 le 。 她 tā 很 hěn 累 lèi 。
Nina smiles. She is tired.
每 měi 天 tiān 早上 zǎoshàng 五 wǔ 点 diǎn 她 tā 在 zài 厨房 chúfáng 里 lǐ 。
Every morning at five o’clock she is in the kitchen.
现在 xiànzài 她 tā 想要 xiǎngyào 睡觉 shuìjiào 。
Now she wants to sleep.
“ 啊 a ,”Berg 女士 nǚshì 说 shuō 。
“Oh,” Mrs Berg says.
Nina 停 tíng 了 le 。Berg 女士 nǚshì 从不 cóngbù 说 shuō 啊 a 。
Nina stops. Mrs Berg never says oh.
“ 啊 a ?” 她 tā 说 shuō 。
“Oh?” she says.
“Marco Rossi 十四 shísì 号 hào 也 yě 有 yǒu 预订 yùdìng 。”
“Marco Rossi also has a booking for the fourteenth.”
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