Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: A Hilarious Misunderstanding: Sharing an Umbrella
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Story Transcript:

Zh: 王薇和陈美玲挤进了拥挤的北京地铁，准备回家。
En: Wang Wei and Chen Meiling squeezed into the crowded Beijing subway, ready to go home.

Zh: 黄渤也在地铁站等待着。
En: Huang Bo was also waiting at the subway station.

Zh: 他们都拿着一把黑色的雨伞，完全一模一样的。
En: They were both carrying a black umbrella, exactly the same.

Zh: 突然，走到车厢里的时候，王薇和陈美玲把黄渤的雨伞拿走了并不自知。
En: Suddenly, when walking into the carriage, Wang Wei and Chen Meiling took Huang Bo's umbrella away without knowing it.

Zh: 黄渤也没有察觉到，以为他的雨伞掉了。
En: Huang Bo didn't notice it either, thinking that his umbrella had fallen.

Zh: 当他们到了目的地的时候，王薇和陈美玲才意识到他们拿着的是别人的雨伞。
En: When they arrived at their destination, Wang Wei and Chen Meiling realized that they were holding someone else's umbrella.

Zh: 于是她们打算找黄渤并归还他的雨伞。
En: So they planned to find Huang Bo and return his umbrella.

Zh: 他们花费了大约一个半小时来回寻找。
En: They spent about an hour and a half looking back and forth.

Zh: 但是，当她们找到黄渤并还他雨伞的时候，他也对她们拿错自己的雨伞感到迷惑。
En: However, when they found Huang Bo and returned his umbrella, he was also confused that they had taken his umbrella by mistake.

Zh: 短暂的交谈过后，三人明白了他们都拥有同样的雨伞。
En: After a brief conversation, the three understood that they all had the same umbrella.

Zh: 他们决定分享这把雨伞，表示这整个过程都是一个滑稽的误会。
En: They decided to share the umbrella, saying the whole thing was a hilarious misunderstanding.

Zh: 从此，三人成为了好朋友，在雨天互相分享这把雨伞，追逐着下一次非常简单的交流旅程。
En: Since then, the three have become good friends, sharing the umbrella with each other on rainy days, chasing the next very simple communication journey.


Vocabulary Words:

• Wang Wei: 王薇
• Chen Meiling: 陈美玲
• Huang Bo: 黄渤
• subway: 地铁
• black: 黑色的
• umbrella: 雨伞
• carriage: 车厢
• destination: 目的地
• find: 找
• return: 归还
• hour and a half: 一个半小时
• confused: 迷惑
• same: 同样的
• share: 分享
• hilarious: 滑稽的
• misunderstanding: 误会
• good friends: 好朋友
• rainy days: 雨天
• communication: 交流
• journey: 旅程
• chasing: 追逐
• next: 下一个
• very simple: 非常简单的