Intermediate - A Fated Meeting (C0230)

你是陈丽吗？我是张亮。
nǐ shì Chén Lí ma ？wǒ shì Zhāng Liàng 。
Are you Chen Li? I’m Zhang Liang.

你好。你来了很久吗？真不好意思让你久等了。路上太堵了。
nǐhǎo 。nǐ lái le hěn jiǔ ma ？zhēn bùhǎoyìsi ràng nǐ jiǔ děng le 。lùshang tài dǔ le 。
Hi. Have you been here a long time? I am really sorry to keep you waiting. The traffic was really bad.

没事儿。我刚来了一会儿。我们去旁边的咖啡馆坐坐吧。
méishìr 。wǒ gāng lái le yīhuìr5 。wǒmen qù pángbiān de kāfēiguǎn zuòzuo ba 。
It doesn't matter, I've only been here a short while. Let's go sit down in the coffee shop over there.

好。你本人和网上的感觉挺像的。
hǎo 。nǐ běnrén hé wǎngshàng de gǎnjué tǐng xiàng de 。
Ok. In person you seem very similar to how you seem online.

是吗？别人都说我本人比照片帅。开玩笑。
shì ma ？biérén dōu shuō wǒ běnrén bǐ zhàopiàn shuài 。kāiwánxiào 。
Do I? People all say I'm better looking in person. Only joking.

哈，还可以。
hā ，háikěyǐ 。
Ha, not bad.

你想喝什么？热的还是冰的？
nǐ xiǎng hē shénme ？rè de hái shì bīng de ？
What would you like to drink? Hot or cold?

热摩卡。你呢？
rè mókǎ 。nǐ ne ？
A hot mocha. What about you?

我也喝摩卡。唉，你平时工作忙吗？
wǒ yě hē mókǎ 。āi ，nǐ píngshí gōngzuò máng ma ？
I'll have a hot mocha as well. Is work busy?

还好。基本上不用加班。你呢？
hái hǎo 。jīběnshang bùyòng jiābān 。nǐ ne ？
It's all right. I normally don't have to work overtime. How about you?

哎，你真幸福。我差不多天天加班。你平时都在家里上网吗？
āi ，nǐ zhēn xìngfú 。wǒ chàbuduō tiāntiān jiābān 。nǐ píngshí dōu zài jiālǐ shàngwǎng ma ？
Wow, you're lucky. I work late pretty much all the time. So you usually go online at home?

是啊。下班以后没事儿干，所以上上网。不过我们的论坛还真有意思，大家都挺有想法的。唉，你平时上班这么忙，怎么还有这么多时间上网呢？
shìā 。xiàbān yǐhòu méishìr5 gàn ，suǒyǐ shàngshangwǎng 。bùguò wǒmen de lùntán hái zhēn yǒuyìsi ，dàjiā dōu tǐng yǒu xiǎngfǎ de 。āi ，nǐ píngshí shàngbān zhème máng ，zěnme hái yǒu zhème duō shíjiān shàngwǎng ne ？
Yes. When I get off work I have nothing to do, so I go online. But our BBS is a lot of fun. Everyone seems to have interesting ideas. How do you find so much time to stay online with such a busy work schedule?

经常是加班的时候偷偷上。我也很喜欢这个论坛里的人，特别是……
jīngcháng shì jiābān de shíhou tōutōu shàng 。wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan zhège lùntán lǐ de rén ，tèbiéshì ......
I often do it secretly while working overtime. I also like the people on the BBS very much, especially...

我们的摩卡好了。
wǒmen mókǎ hǎo le 。
Our mochas are ready.

Vocabulary

久等	jiǔděng	wait for a long time
基本上	jīběnshang	basically
幸福	xìngfú	fortunate
论坛	lùntán	forum
想法	xiǎngfǎ	ideas
偷偷	tōutōu	stealthily, secretly
特别	tèbié	especially
严肃	yánsù	serious
浪漫	làngmàn	romantic
紧张	jǐnzhāng	nervous
借口	jièkǒu	excuse
尴尬	gāngà	embarrassed, awkward
频率	pínlǜ	frequency
额外	éwài	extra, additional
收入	shōurù	income
功课	gōngkè	homework
补习	bǔxí	take lessons after school
假装	jiǎzhuāng	pretend
懂事	dǒngshì	sensible