{"id":7734,"date":"2019-10-01T00:54:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T00:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/wo-shen-hou-de-yan-jing-the-eyes-behind-me-4-elementary\/"},"modified":"2019-10-01T00:54:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T00:54:52","slug":"wo-shen-hou-de-yan-jing-the-eyes-behind-me-4-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wo-shen-hou-de-yan-jing-the-eyes-behind-me-4-elementary\/","title":{"rendered":"\u6211\u8eab\u540e\u7684\u773c\u775b The Eyes Behind Me [4] (Elementary)"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve been thinking a<\/em>bout writing a colloquial Chinese short story on Beginner level for a while, but it turns out that it’ll be much easier to tell a complete story on Elementary level instead of Beginner’s. By Elementary, I’m referring to a vocab ba<\/em>se built up on 500 to 1500 characters. Again, it’s a vast definition. As long as the number of new words in a single mini novel is well under control, I think I’ll give myself a pass. \ud83d\ude42 My dear readers, I’ll also need your feedback to help me understand the difficulty level of my writing.<\/p>\n

I’ve always been thinking that Chinese language could be more approachable to the world if enough reading materials on different levels could be available for learners to read, especially for adult learners. That is also the main goal I’m trying to reach in this “Learn Chinese o<\/em>nline Short Stories” session.<\/p>\n

Before you begin to read this 4500-character Elementary level short story, I’d suggest that you run through the vocab table first to get familiar with the new words. That way your actual reading process might be much smoother. At the end of each part, there will be a short quiz to test your comprehension.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u8eab\u540e\u7684\u773c\u775b [4]
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\u90a3\u662f\u591a\u4e48\u6f2b\u957f\u7684\u4e00\u5929.<\/p>\n

\u4e00\u4e0a\u5348\u7684\u4f1a\u8bae, \u6211\u603b\u662f\u5728\u4e0d\u505c\u5730\u8d70\u795e.<\/p>\n

\u4e2d\u5348\u7684\u65f6\u5019, \u6211\u7ed9\u8001\u516c\u53bb\u4e86\u7535\u8bdd.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u544a\u8bc9\u4ed6\u665a\u4e0a\u8981\u52a0\u73ed, \u4f1a\u665a\u56de\u6765, \u8ba9\u4ed6\u5e26\u5973\u513f\u53bb\u5979\u6700\u559c\u6b22\u7684\u5fc5\u80dc\u5ba2\u5403\u665a\u9910.<\/p>\n

\u653e\u4e0b\u7535\u8bdd, \u6211\u53c8\u5f00\u59cb\u51fa\u795e.<\/p>\n

\u5341\u4e09\u5e74\u4e86, \u4ed6\u8fd9\u5341\u4e09\u5e74\u53c8\u662f\u600e\u6837\u5ea6\u8fc7\u7684\u5462?<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u7684\u751f\u6d3b\u987a\u5fc3\u5417?<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u7ed3\u5a5a\u4e86\u5417?<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u7684\u7236\u6bcd\u600e\u4e48\u6837\u4e86?<\/p>\n

\u6211\u7684\u8111\u6d77\u91cc\u5145\u6ee1\u4e86\u95ee\u9898.<\/p>\n

\u516d\u70b9\u4e8c\u5341\u4e94\u5206, \u6211\u8d76\u5230\u4e86\u90a3\u4e2a\u8def\u53e3.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u8fd8\u65e9.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u4eec\u76f8\u89c6\u4e00\u7b11.<\/p>\n

\u5c31\u8c61\u5341\u4e09\u5e74\u524d,\u4ed6\u603b\u662f\u5148\u5230.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u4eec\u6253\u7684\u53bb\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u79bb\u5927\u5b66\u5f88\u8fd1\u7684\u9910\u9986.<\/p>\n

\u662f\u6211\u9009\u7684\u5730\u65b9,\u5c31\u8c61\u5f53\u5e74\u4e00\u6837.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u70b9\u4e86\u83dc, \u90fd\u662f\u6211\u4eec\u5f53\u5e74\u7231\u5403\u7684.<\/p>\n

\u6697\u84dd\u7684\u706f\u5149\u4e0b, \u6211\u4ed4\u7ec6\u7684\u6253\u91cf\u7740\u4ed6.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u8eab\u4e0a\u5df2\u6ca1\u4e86\u5f53\u5e74\u7684\u5b69\u5b50\u6c14. \u73b0\u5728\u7684\u4ed6, \u591a\u4e86\u4e00\u4efd\u6ca7\u6851, \u5f88\u7537\u4eba.<\/p>\n

“\u8fc7\u5f97\u8fd8\u597d\u5417?” \u6211\u95ee.<\/p>\n

“\u55ef, \u8fd8\u884c.”<\/p>\n

“\u592a\u592a\u8fd8\u597d\u5417?”\u6211\u8bd5\u63a2\u7740\u95ee.<\/p>\n

“\u5f88\u597d.”<\/p>\n

“\u4f60\u600e\u4e48\u6837?” \u4ed6\u95ee\u6211.<\/p>\n

“\u8fd8\u884c.”<\/p>\n

“\u5b69\u5b50\u591a\u5927\u4e86?”<\/p>\n

“\u4e03\u5c81…. \u4f60\u6709\u5c0f\u5b69\u5417?”<\/p>\n

“\u8fd8\u6ca1\u5462, \u6211\u524d\u5e74\u521a\u7ed3\u7684\u5a5a.”<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u505c\u4e86\u7b77\u5b50, \u770b\u7740\u6211.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u60f3\u8d77\u4e86\u51e0\u5e74\u524d\u542c\u53e6\u4e00\u4e2a\u540c\u5b66\u8bf4, \u4ed6\u5c3d\u7ba1\u5df2\u62e5\u6709\u4e86\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u516c\u53f8, \u5374\u4e00\u76f4\u6ca1\u6210\u5bb6.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u5c31\u90a3\u6837\u770b\u7740\u6211, \u8c61\u8981\u770b\u61c2\u6211\u7684\u5fc3\u4e8b.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u4eec\u4e4b\u95f4\u6709\u8fc7\u592a\u591a\u7684\u65e0\u5948.<\/p>\n

“\u4f60\u56de\u53bb\u540e…\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u6ca1\u7ed9\u6211\u56de\u4fe1?” \u6211\u5fcd\u4e0d\u4f4f\u5148\u95ee\u4e86.<\/p>\n

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[vocab table]<\/p>\n

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Simplified Chinese    Traditio<\/em>nal Chinese    Mandarin Pinyin    English Definition
\u6f2b\u957f    \u6f2b\u9577    man4 chang2    very long; endless;
\u8d70\u795e    \u8d70\u795e    zou3 shen2    absent-minded; one’s mind is wandering;
\u52a0\u73ed    \u52a0\u73ed    jia1 ban1    to work overtime;
\u5fc5\u80dc\u5ba2    \u5fc5\u52dd\u5ba2    bi4 sheng4 ke4    Chinese name for “Pizza Hut”
\u665a\u9910    \u665a\u9910    wan3 can1    evening meal; dinner
\u987a\u5fc3    \u9806\u5fc3    shun4 xin1    happy; satisfactory;
\u7ed3\u5a5a    \u7d50\u5a5a    jie2 hun1    to marry; to get married
\u8111\u6d77    \u8166\u6d77    nao3 hai3    the mind; the brain;
\u5145\u6ee1    \u5145\u6eff    chong1 man3    full of; brimming with
\u9910\u9986    \u9910\u9928    can1 guan3    restaurant
\u5f53\u5e74    \u7576\u5e74    dang1 nian2    in those days; in those years
\u6697\u84dd    \u95c7\u85cd    an4    dark blue
\u4ed4\u7ec6    \u4ed4\u7d30    zi3 xi4    careful; attentive
\u6253\u91cf    \u6253\u91cf    da3 liang5    to check (the look) of sb.
\u5b69\u5b50\u6c14    \u5b69\u5b50\u6c23    hai2 zi5 qi4    boyish; childish;
\u6ca7\u6851    \u6ec4\u6851    cang1 sang1    all that life has to offer
\u8bd5\u63a2    \u8a66\u63a2    shi4 tan4    to probe; to try out;
\u7b77\u5b50    \u7b77\u5b50    kuai4 zi5    chopsticks
\u5c3d\u7ba1    \u5118\u7ba1    jin3 guan3    despite; even though;
\u5374    \u537b    que4    nevertheless
\u5fc3\u4e8b    \u5fc3\u4e8b    xin1 shi4    a load on one’s mind
\u65e0\u5948    \u7121\u5948    wu2 nai4    regrets
\u5fcd\u4e0d\u4f4f    \u5fcd\u4e0d\u4f4f    ren3 bu4 zhu4    can’t help
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[pinyin]<\/p>\n

w\u01d2 sh\u0113nhòu de y\u01cenjing [4]<\/p>\n

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nàshi du\u014dme màncháng de y\u012b ti\u0101n.<\/p>\n

y\u012b shàngw\u01d4 de huìyì, w\u01d2 z\u01d2ngshì zài bùtíng dì z\u01d2ushén.<\/p>\n

zh\u014dngw\u01d4 de shíhou, w\u01d2 g\u011bi l\u01ceogong qù le diànhuà.<\/p>\n

w\u01d2 gàosu t\u0101 w\u01censhang yào ji\u0101b\u0101n, huì w\u01cen huílai, ràng t\u0101 dài n\u01da’ér qù t\u0101 zuì x\u01d0huan de Bìshèng Kè ch\u012b w\u01cenc\u0101n.<\/p>\n

fàngxia diànhuà, w\u01d2 yòu k\u0101ish\u01d0 ch\u016bshén.<\/p>\n

shí s\u0101n nián le, t\u0101 zhè shí s\u0101n nián yòu shì z\u011bnyàng dùguò de ne?<\/p>\n

t\u0101 de sh\u0113nghuó shùnx\u012bn ma?<\/p>\n

t\u0101 jiéh\u016bn le ma?<\/p>\n

t\u0101 de fùm\u01d4 z\u011bnmeyàng le?<\/p>\n

w\u01d2 de n\u01ceoh\u01cei l\u01d0 ch\u014dngm\u01cen le wèntí.<\/p>\n

liù di\u01cen èrshí w\u01d4 f\u0113n, w\u01d2 g\u01cen dàoli\u01ceo nàge lùk\u01d2u.<\/p>\n

t\u0101 b\u01d0 w\u01d2 hái z\u01ceo.<\/p>\n

w\u01d2men xi\u0101ng shì y\u012b xiào.<\/p>\n

jiù xiàng shí s\u0101n niánqián, t\u0101 z\u01d2ngshì xi\u0101n dào.<\/p>\n

w\u01d2men d\u01ced\u012b qù le y\u012b gè lí dàxué h\u011bn jìn de c\u0101ngu\u01cen.<\/p>\n

shì w\u01d2 xu\u01cen de dìfang, jiù xiàng d\u0101ngnián y\u012byàng.<\/p>\n

t\u0101 di\u01cen le cài, d\u014du shì w\u01d2men d\u0101ngnián ài ch\u012b de.<\/p>\n

àn lán de d\u0113nggu\u0101ng xià, w\u01d2 z\u01d0xì de d\u01celiang zhe t\u0101.<\/p>\n

t\u0101 sh\u0113nshang y\u01d0 méile d\u0101ngnián de háiziqì. xiànzài de t\u0101, du\u014d le y\u012b fèn c\u0101ngs\u0101ng, h\u011bn nánrén.<\/p>\n

“ guòdé háih\u01ceo ma?” w\u01d2 wèn.<\/p>\n

“ èn, hái xíng.”<\/p>\n

“ tàitai háih\u01ceo ma?” w\u01d2 shìtàn zhe wèn.<\/p>\n

“ h\u011bn h\u01ceo.”<\/p>\n

“ n\u01d0 z\u011bnmeyàng?” t\u0101 wèn w\u01d2.<\/p>\n

“ hái xíng.”<\/p>\n

“ háizi du\u014ddà le?”<\/p>\n

“ q\u012b suì…. n\u01d0 y\u01d2u xi\u01ceohái ma?”<\/p>\n

“ hái méi ne, w\u01d2 qiánnián g\u0101ng jié de h\u016bn.”<\/p>\n

t\u0101 tíng le kuàizi, kàn zhe w\u01d2.<\/p>\n

w\u01d2 xi\u01cengq\u01d0 le j\u01d0nián qián t\u012bng lìngy\u012b gè tóngxué shu\u014d, t\u0101 jìn gu\u01cen y\u01d0 y\u014dngy\u01d2u le zìj\u01d0 de g\u014dngs\u012b, què y\u012bzhí méi chéngji\u0101.<\/p>\n

t\u0101 jiù nàyàng kàn zhe w\u01d2, xiàng yào kànd\u01d2ng w\u01d2 de x\u012bnshì.<\/p>\n

w\u01d2men zh\u012bji\u0101n y\u01d2u guò tài du\u014d de wúnài.<\/p>\n

“ n\u01d0 huíqu hòu… wèishénme méi g\u011bi w\u01d2 huíxìn?” w\u01d2 r\u011bnbuzhù xi\u0101n wèn le.<\/p>\n

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[traditio<\/em>nal Chinese]<\/p>\n

\u6211\u8eab\u5f8c\u7684\u773c\u775b[4]
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\u65bc\u90a3\u662f\u591a\u9ebc\u6f2b\u9577\u7684\u4e00\u5929.<\/p>\n

\u4e00\u4e0a\u5348\u7684\u6703\u8b70, \u6211\u7e3d\u662f\u5728\u4e0d\u505c\u5730\u8d70\u795e.<\/p>\n

\u4e2d\u5348\u7684\u6642\u5019, \u6211\u7d66\u8001\u516c\u53bb\u4e86\u96fb\u8a71.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u544a\u8a34\u4ed6\u665a\u4e0a\u8981\u52a0\u73ed, \u6703\u665a\u56de\u4f86, \u8b93\u4ed6\u5e36\u5973\u5152\u53bb\u5979\u6700\u559c\u6b61\u7684\u5fc5\u52dd\u5ba2\u5403\u665a\u9910.<\/p>\n

\u653e\u4e0b\u96fb\u8a71, \u6211\u53c8\u958b\u59cb\u51fa\u795e.<\/p>\n

\u5341\u53c1\u5e74\u4e86, \u4ed6\u9019\u5341\u53c1\u5e74\u53c8\u662f\u600e\u6a23\u5ea6\u904e\u7684\u5462?<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u7684\u751f\u6d3b\u9806\u5fc3\u55ce?<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u7d50\u5a5a\u4e86\u55ce?<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u7684\u7236\u6bcd\u600e\u9ebc\u6a23\u4e86?<\/p>\n

\u6211\u7684\u8166\u6d77\u88cf\u5145\u6eff\u4e86\u554f\u984c.<\/p>\n

\u516d\u9ede\u4e8c\u5341\u4e94\u5206, \u6211\u8d95\u5230\u4e86\u90a3\u500b\u8def\u53e3.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u9084\u65e9.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u5011\u76f8\u8996\u4e00\u7b11.<\/p>\n

\u5c31\u8c61\u5341\u53c1\u5e74\u524d,\u4ed6\u7e3d\u662f\u5148\u5230.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u5011\u6253\u7684\u53bb\u4e86\u4e00\u500b\u96e2\u5927\u5b78\u5f88\u8fd1\u7684\u9910\u9928.<\/p>\n

\u662f\u6211\u9078\u7684\u5730\u65b9,\u5c31\u8c61\u7576\u5e74\u4e00\u6a23.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u9ede\u4e86\u83dc, \u90fd\u662f\u6211\u5011\u7576\u5e74\u611b\u5403\u7684.<\/p>\n

\u6697\u85cd\u7684\u71c8\u5149\u4e0b, \u6211\u4ed4\u7d30\u7684\u6253\u91cf\u8457\u4ed6.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u8eab\u4e0a\u5df2\u6c92\u4e86\u7576\u5e74\u7684\u5b69\u5b50\u6c23. \u73fe\u5728\u7684\u4ed6, \u591a\u4e86\u4e00\u4efd\u6ec4\u6851, \u5f88\u7537\u4eba.<\/p>\n

“\u904e\u5f97\u9084\u597d\u55ce?” \u6211\u554f.<\/p>\n

“\u55ef, \u9084\u884c.”<\/p>\n

“\u592a\u592a\u9084\u597d\u55ce?”\u6211\u8a66\u63a2\u8457\u554f.<\/p>\n

“\u5f88\u597d.”<\/p>\n

“\u4f60\u600e\u9ebc\u6a23?” \u4ed6\u554f\u6211.<\/p>\n

“\u9084\u884c.”<\/p>\n

“\u5b69\u5b50\u591a\u5927\u4e86?”<\/p>\n

“\u4e03\u6b72…. \u4f60\u6709\u5c0f\u5b69\u55ce?”<\/p>\n

“\u9084\u6c92\u5462, \u6211\u524d\u5e74\u525b\u7d50\u7684\u5a5a.”<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u505c\u4e86\u7b77\u5b50, \u770b\u8457\u6211.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u60f3\u8d77\u4e86\u5e7e\u5e74\u524d\u807d\u53e6\u4e00\u500b\u540c\u5b78\u8aaa, \u4ed6\u76e1\u7ba1\u5df2\u64c1\u6709\u4e86\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u516c\u53f8, \u537b\u4e00\u76f4\u6c92\u6210\u5bb6.<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u5c31\u90a3\u6a23\u770b\u8457\u6211, \u8c61\u8981\u770b\u61c2\u6211\u7684\u5fc3\u4e8b.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u5011\u4e4b\u9593\u6709\u904e\u592a\u591a\u7684\u7121\u5948.<\/p>\n

“\u4f60\u56de\u53bb\u5f8c…\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc\u6c92\u7d66\u6211\u56de\u4fe1?” \u6211\u5fcd\u4e0d\u4f4f\u5148\u554f\u4e86.<\/p>\n

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[English Translation]<\/p>\n

Special thanks to John Collett for diligently proofreading my English translation!!<\/p>\n

The Eyes Behind Me [4]<\/p>\n

Such a long day that was!<\/p>\n

That morning was all meetings. My mind kept wandering somewher else.<\/p>\n

At noon, I called my husband.<\/p>\n

I told him I had to work late that evening, and asked him to bring our daughter to her favorite Pizza Hut for dinner.<\/p>\n

When I put down the phone, my mind started to drift again.<\/p>\n

Thirteen years! How had he been through all those years?<\/p>\n

Had he been doing well?<\/p>\n

Had he married?<\/p>\n

What a<\/em>bout his parents?<\/p>\n

My mind was full of questions.<\/p>\n

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6:25, I arrived at the intersection.<\/p>\n

He was earlier than me.<\/p>\n

We smiled at each other.<\/p>\n

Just like thirteen years ago, he was always earlier than me.<\/p>\n

We took a taxi and went to a restaurant near the university.<\/p>\n

I picked the place, just like thirteen years ago.<\/p>\n

He ordered from the menu for all that we used to love.<\/p>\n

In the dim blue light, I looked at him carefully.<\/p>\n

Gone was that boyish look. Today, he had gained a manful look.<\/p>\n

“How have you been?” I asked.<\/p>\n

“Hmn, not bad.”<\/p>\n

“And your wife?” I explored a little.<\/p>\n

“She’s well.”<\/p>\n

“What a<\/em>bout you?”<\/p>\n

“Not bad.”<\/p>\n

“How old is your child?”<\/p>\n

“Seven … do you have children?”<\/p>\n

“Not yet, I got married last year.”<\/p>\n

He put down his chopsticks and looked at me.<\/p>\n

I remembered now, a few years ago, my old classmate had told me that he was still single though he had already become a business owner.<\/p>\n

He looked at me, as if he was trying to read my mind.<\/p>\n

Between the two of us, we had too many regrets.<\/p>\n

“After you returned home, why didn’t you write back to me?” I couldn’t help but ask.
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