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关门的小店

The Shop That Closed

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noodles
关门to close (a shop)
开门to open (a shop)
to change
地方place
以前before; formerly
记得to remember
小美

老张,你看,学校旁边卖面的那家小店关门了!

Old Zhang, look, that little shop by the school that sold noodles has closed!

老张

真的吗?我记得以前常去那里吃面,那家的面很好吃。

Really? I remember going there a lot to eat noodles. Their noodles were so good.

小美

我也是。你知道他们为什么关门吗?

Me too. Do you know why they closed?

老张

不太知道。但是那个地方现在开门了,是一家卖手机的店,我都不知道它是什么时候开门的。

Not really. But that place has opened again, it's a phone shop now, and I didn't even notice when it opened.

小美

什么?以前是面店,现在变了,是手机店了?

What? It used to be a noodle shop, and now it's changed, it's a phone shop?

老张

对,这个地方变了很多。以前这里有几家小面店,现在大家都开手机店、咖啡店。

Right, this place has changed a lot. There used to be a few small noodle shops here, now everyone's opening phone shops and coffee shops.

小美

为什么会这样?是大家都不想吃面了吗?

Why is that? Is it because nobody wants noodles anymore?

老张

我也不知道。可能是因为学生都要手机,看手机的时间比吃面的时间多。

I don't know either. Maybe it's because students all need phones, and they look at their phones more than they eat noodles.

小美

这样的话,我们是不是就没有地方吃面了?这个地方变得太快了。

In that case, will we have nowhere to eat noodles then? This place is changing too fast.

老张

没关系。这里还有别的地方能吃面,我们可以去别的面店。

It's okay. There are still other places here to eat noodles, we can go to a different noodle shop.

小美

好。要是有新地方开门,我们也去看看,好不好?

Okay. If a new place opens, let's go check it out too, all right?

老张

好。这家店关门了,但是我还记得他们的面,也记得这个地方。

All right. This shop has closed, but I still remember their noodles, and I still remember this place.

看懂了吗 · Check yourself

What kind of shop closed near the school?

卖面的那家小店

What kind of shop opened in its place?

一家卖手机的店

What does Old Zhang think students spend more time doing than eating noodles?

看手机

What do the two friends decide to do if a new place opens?

去看看

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