Intermediate - Dreaming of You  (C2009)

A:   昨晚我做了个梦,梦见你了。
zuówǎn wǒ zuò le ge mèng, mèngjiàn nǐ le.
Last night I had a dream. I dreamt of you.
B:   是吗?梦见我在做什么?
shìma? mèngjiàn wǒ zài zuò shénme?
Really? What did you dream me doing?
A:   梦见你在一个水池边玩儿。
mèngjiàn nǐ zài yī ge shuǐchí biān wánr.
I dreamt that you were playing near a pool.
B:   梦见水是好梦。然后呢?
mèngjiàn shuǐ shì hǎo mèng. ránhòu ne?
Dreaming of water is good. What happened next?
A:   然后我跟你打招呼,你不理我。
ránhòu wǒ gēn nǐ dǎ zhāohu, nǐ bù lǐ wǒ.
I called out to you, but you ignored me.
B:   哈哈,梦是反的,我怎么会不理你。
hāhā, mèng shì fǎn de, wǒ zénme huì bù lǐ nǐ.
Ha ha, dreams are the opposite of reality. Why would I ignore you?
A:   突然,水池边出现了一条蛇,很大的那种!
tūrán, shuǐchí biān chūxiàn le yī tiáo shé, hěn dà de nà zhǒng!
Suddenly, a snake appeared next to the pool. It was a really big one!
B:   在我旁边吗?
zài wǒ pángbiān ma?
Next to me?
A:   嗯,就在你脚下。
ng, jiù zài nǐ jiǎo xià.
Yeah, under your foot.
B:   哈哈!那我要发财了。蛇在梦里代表财富。
hāhā! nà wǒ yào fācái le. shé zài mèng lǐ dàibiǎo cáifù.
Ha ha! I'm gonna be rich. In dreams, snakes represent wealth.
A:   可是当时我吓死了!一下子就醒来了。
kěshì dāngshí wǒ xià sǐ le! yīxiàzi jiù xǐnglái le.
But at the time it really scared me! All of a sudden I woke up.

Key Vocabulary

mèng dream
做梦 zuòmèng to dream
梦见 mèngjiàn to see in a dream
水池 shuǐchí pool of water
biān side
打招呼 dǎ zhāohu to greet
to pay attention to, to acknowledge
fǎn opposite, reversed
突然 tūrán suddenly
出现 chūxiàn to appear
tiáo [measure word]
shé snake
旁边 pángbiān side
jiù just
脚下 jiǎo xià under one's foot
发财 fācái to get rich
梦里 mèng lǐ in dreams
代表 dàibiǎo to represent
财富 cáifù wealth
当时 dāngshí at that time
xià to scare
一下子 yīxiàzi all of a sudden
醒来 xǐnglái to wake up

Supplementary Vocabulary

坏梦 huàimèng bad dream
噩梦 èmèng nightmare
相反 xiāngfǎn opposite
恭喜发财 gōngxǐfācái 'may you be happy and prosperous'

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