Mingming has to finish a book before Friday but can't decide which one to pick. His friend Xiaofang drags him off to the library, and back in the far corner, it's his friend who finds him a slim little novel she once loved.
On the Way to the Library
Mingming
完了，老师让我们星期五前读完一本书，我一本都没选好。
I'm doomed. The teacher wants us to finish a book before Friday, and I haven't even picked one yet.
Xiaofang
别愁啦，走，我带你去，那儿什么书都有。
Don't stress about it. Come on, I'll take you to the library — they've got every kind of book there.
Mingming
可我看书慢，厚厚的一本，三天哪读得完啊。
But I read so slowly. A big thick book like that — there's no way I'd finish it in three days.
Xiaofang
那就找一本薄的、有意思的呗，就算读得慢，也能记得清楚。
Then just find a thin one that's fun to read. Even if you read slowly, you'll remember it clearly.
The Far Corner
里很，两个人放轻了脚步，走到放书的那一排。
The library was very quiet, so the two of them softened their footsteps and walked over to the row where the storybooks were kept.
Mingming
阿姨，有没有我们看的，别太厚的书？
Excuse me, do you have a storybook that's right for us — nothing too thick?
Librarian
有啊，这一排都不太难。你等等，我给你拿一本。
Of course. This whole row isn't too hard. Hold on, let me grab one for you.
Xiaofang
就这本吧！我去年读过，越往后越想知道。
This one! I read it last year — the further you get, the more you want to know how it ends.
Mingming
听你这么一说，我倒真想看看了。
Now that you put it that way, I actually do want to give it a read.
Checking It Out
Librarian
想就用你的刷一下，两个星期后记得回来。
If you want to borrow it, just scan your card. Remember to return it in two weeks.
明明把递过去，小心地把书放进书包，像怕把它碰坏了。
Mingming handed over his card and carefully slipped the book into his bag, as if afraid he might damage it.
Mingming
谢谢你呀，要不是你,我在那儿一本本翻呢。
Thanks so much. If it weren't for you, I'd still be over there flipping through one book after another.
Xiaofang
读完告诉我喜不喜欢。别看到半夜啊，明天上课呢！
Tell me whether you like it once you've finished. And don't stay up reading till midnight — we've got class tomorrow!
Mingming
放心，我就看一会儿。
Don't worry, I'll only read for a little while.