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等同一班车

Waiting for the Same Bus

生词 · New in this passage

to wait
车站bus stop; station
迟到to be late
准时on time; punctual
还是or (in a choice question); still
王芳

车怎么还不来?我已经等了二十分钟了!

Why hasn't the bus come yet? I've already been waiting twenty minutes!

张伟

车迟到了。你今天不高兴,对吧?

The bus is late. You're not happy today, right?

王芳

对,我不高兴!我们天天在这个车站等车,但是今天也迟到了。

Right, I'm not happy! We wait for the bus at this stop every day, but today it's late too.

张伟

车站的车迟到,让我们认识了。如果车不迟到,我们可能不认识。

The bus at this stop being late is what let us get to know each other. If the bus weren't late, we might not know each other.

王芳

是吗?我要去工作,迟到的车也让我迟到,这不好。

Really? I need to go to work, and a late bus makes me late too. That's not good.

张伟

但是你想一下,如果车准时,我们不能说话,也不认识。你要车准时,还是要车迟到?

But think about it, if the bus were on time, we couldn't talk, and we wouldn't know each other. Do you want the bus on time, or do you want it late?

王芳

让我想一下……

Let me think for a moment...

王芳

我要车迟到,因为我们是朋友了。车迟到还好,车准时不好。

I want the bus to be late, because we're friends now. It's fine if the bus is late; it's not good if it's on time.

张伟

你还是要车迟到?那我们天天都能说话了!

You still want the bus late? Then we get to talk every day!

王芳

对!车准时也不好,车迟到,我们是朋友。

Right! On time isn't good either. When the bus is late, we're friends.

张伟

好,那我们明天还是在这个车站等车吧!

Good, then tomorrow let's still wait for the bus at this stop!

王芳

好!车站见!

Good! See you at the bus stop!

看懂了吗 · Check yourself

How many minutes had Wang Fang already waited when the passage starts?

二十分钟

What does Zhang Wei say made the two of them get to know each other?

车迟到

What does Zhang Wei ask Wang Fang to choose between?

车准时,还是要车迟到

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