Chinese–English parallel text
三十天,不花钱
Thirty Days, No Money
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打赌
The bet
约纳斯住在柏林。他二十九岁。他在一家手机店工作。
Jonas lives in Berlin. He is twenty-nine. He works in a phone shop.
约纳斯喜欢钱。但是钱不喜欢约纳斯。钱走得很快。
Jonas likes money. But money does not like Jonas. It goes away very fast.
每天早上,他买一杯四欧元的咖啡。每天中午,他买一个汉堡。每天晚上,他在手机上买一个比萨。
Every morning, he buys a coffee for four euros. Every day at lunch, he buys a burger. Every evening, he buys a pizza on his phone.
到了晚上,他在网上买东西。有猫的袜子。一个香蕉形状的灯。
And at night, he buys things on the internet. Socks with cats on them. A lamp in the shape of a banana.
米娅是他的室友。她的房间在他隔壁。厨房和卫生间是两个人一起用的。
Mia is his flatmate. She has the room next to his. The kitchen and the bathroom are for both of them.
星期一早上,门口有一个大箱子。米娅看着它。
On Monday morning, there is a big box at the door. Mia looks at it.
“约纳斯!这是什么?”
“Jonas! What is this?”
“一盏灯,”约纳斯说。“是一个香蕉。”
“A lamp,” says Jonas. “It is a banana.”
“一个香蕉灯?”
“A banana lamp?”
“它很好看。它是黄色的。”
“It is very nice. It is yellow.”
米娅打开冰箱。里面什么也没有。只有一个很旧的柠檬。
Mia opens the fridge. There is nothing in it. Only a very old lemon.
“约纳斯,你的钱在哪儿?今天是这个月五号。冰箱是空的。”
“Jonas, where is your money? It is the fifth of the month. And the fridge is empty.”
“我的钱在我的咖啡里。在我的比萨里。在我的香蕉里。”
“My money is in my coffee. And in my pizza. And in my banana.”
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