Friendship · HSK 3

Two Different Dreams

Two friends sit in the library during the last days of the school year. One dreams of going abroad, while the other just wants to open a little coffee shop.

Two Months Until Graduation

图书馆快关门了,小丽还在看一本厚厚的书。

shūguǎnkuàiguānménlexiǎoháizàikànběnhòuhòudeshū

The library was about to close, but Xiaoli was still buried in a thick book.

Xiaoming

你怎么还在看英语呀?都晚上九点了。

zěnmeháizàikànyīngyadōuwǎnshàngjiǔdiǎnle

How come you're still studying English? It's already nine o'clock at night.

Xiaoli

再过两个月就了,我想出国,外语得快点提高。

zàiguòliǎngyuèjiùlexiǎngchūguóliúxuéwàikuàidiǎngāo

We graduate in two months. I want to study abroad, so I need to get my language skills up fast.

Xiaoming

出国?那护照、什么的,你都准备好了吗?

chūguózhàoqiānzhèngshénmededōuzhǔnbèihǎolema

Go abroad? So your passport, visa, and all that—have you got everything ready?

Xiaoli

护照办好了,还在等。你呢,将来想做什么?

zhàobànhǎoleqiānzhèngháizàiděngnejiāngláixiǎngzuòshénme

The passport's done; I'm still waiting on the visa. What about you—what do you want to do in the future?

A Little Coffee Shop

Xiaoming

我啊,我想开一家小小的

axiǎngkāijiāxiǎoxiǎodefēiguǎn

Me? I want to open a tiny little coffee shop.

Xiaoming

店里放点音乐,谁累了都能进来坐坐、聊聊天。

diànfàngdiǎnyīnyuèshuílèiledōunéngjìnláizuòzuòliáoliáotiān

Some music playing inside, where anyone who's tired can drop in, sit for a while, and chat.

Xiaoli

听起来真不错,可是开店哪有那么容易,钱呢?

tīngláizhēncuòshìkāidiànyǒumeróngqiánne

That sounds really nice, but opening a shop isn't that easy—what about the money?

Xiaoming

我周末一直在咖啡店,一边,一边学怎么

zhōuzhízàifēidiàngōngbiāncúnqiánbiānxuézěnmeguǎn

I've been working part-time at a café every weekend—saving up money and learning how to run the place at the same time.

Xiaoli

原来你早就开始准备了,我还以为你只是说说呢。

yuánláizǎojiùkāishǐzhǔnbèileháiwéizhǐshìshuōshuōne

So you've been preparing for ages—I thought you were just talking.

A Promise for Years to Come

图书馆的灯一盏一盏地灭了,两个人慢慢往门口走。

shūguǎndedēngzhǎnyizhǎnmièleliǎngrénmànmànwǎngménkǒuzǒu

The library lights went out one by one as the two of them slowly walked toward the door.

Xiaoli

我们的路不一样,可都得拼命才行啊。

mendeyàngdōupīnmìngcáixínga

Our paths are different, but we both have to work our hardest to make it.

Xiaoming

几年以后,等你回国,我的肯定开起来了。

niánhòuděnghuíguódefēiguǎnkěndìngkāiláile

A few years from now, by the time you come home, my coffee shop will definitely be up and running.

Xiaoli

那第一杯咖啡可得给我留着,免费的!

bēifēigěiliúzhemiǎnfèide

Then you'd better save the first cup of coffee for me—on the house!

Xiaoming

没问题,咱们各自加油吧!

méiwènzánmenjiāyóuba

No problem—let's each give it our all!

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