Upper-Intermediate - An Unhappy Valentine's(D4000) A:
是谁打来的电话，怎么讲这么久？而且你脸色真难看。 shì shéi dǎ lái de diànhuà， zěnme jiǎng zhème jiǔ？ érqiě nǐ liǎnsè zhēn nánkàn。 Who called on the telephone? Why were you talking for so long? And you look really unhappy.
B:
是我妹妹打来的，她特地打来祝我情人节快乐。 shì wǒ mèimei dǎ lái de， tā tèdì dǎ lái zhù wǒ qíngrénjié kuàilè。 It was my little sister, she called especially to wish me a Happy Valentine's Day.
A:
人家打电话来祝福你，这有什么好生气的，你这个当姐姐的也太难搞了 。 rénjiā dǎ diànhuà lái zhùfú nǐ， zhè yǒu shénme hǎo shēngqì de， nǐ zhè ge dāng jiějie de yě tài nángǎo le。 Why would you be angry that she called to wish you well? You really must be a hard person to get on with as an older sister.
B:
你有所不知。我去年情人节当天和男朋友吵架分手，她刚好也在场，目 睹了整个经过。 nǐ yǒusuǒbùzhī。 wǒ qùnián qíngrénjié dàngtiān hé nán péngyou chǎojià fēnshǒu， tā gānghǎo yě zàichǎng， mùdǔ le zhěnggè jīngguò。 There's something you don't know. Last year on Valentine's Day I split up with my boyfriend during an argument. She just happened to be there and saw it all happen.
A:
怎么这么不巧，我想她应该也不想介入妳的分手事件吧。 zěnme zhème bùqiǎo， wǒ xiǎng tā yīnggāi yě bù xiǎng jièrù nǐ de fēnshǒu shìjiàn ba。 That's too bad. I think she must not have wanted to get involved in your break-up.
也不想跟情人节有什么关联了... suǒyǐ yǒu yīzhènzi wǒ měicì kàndào wǒ mèi jiù huì xiǎng qǐ qùnián fēnshǒu de qíngjǐng... wǒ cóngcǐ yǐhòu zàiyě bù xiǎng gēn qíngrénjié yǒu shénme guānlián le... So for a period of time every time I saw my little sister I would think back to the scene of the break-up... And from that time onward, I've wanted nothing to do with Valentine's Day.
A:
别哭了，事情都过一年了，也该觉得好一点了吧。 bié kū le， shìqing dōu guò yī nián le， yě gāi juéde hǎo yīdiǎn le ba。 Don't cry, it's already been a year since it happened, you must feel better by now, surely.
B:
本来是啊，我都快忘了，结果刚刚她打来，又提到去年分手的事，真是 哪壶不开提哪壶。 běnlái shì a， wǒ dōu kuài wàng le， jiéguǒ gānggāng tā dǎ lái， yòu tídào qùnián fēnshǒu de shì， zhēn shì nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú。 I was feeling better. I'd almost forgotten, but then she called just now and brought up my break-up from last year. She really touched a sore spot.
A:
真是不会察言观色的妹妹。别理她，我带妳去吃大餐，用美食来忘记这 一切。 zhēn shì bùhuì cháyánguānsè de mèimei。 bié lǐ tā， wǒ dài nǐ qù chī dàcān， yòng měishí lái wàngjì zhè yīqiè。 She really seems like the kind of little sister who doesn't know how to read people. Don't take any notice of her, I'll take you out to eat a slap-up meal, and you can forget everything with the help of some good food.
B:
妳真的是太贴心了，有妳真好。那我们要去吃什么？ nǐ zhēnde shì tài tiēxīn le， yǒu nǐ zhēn hǎo。 nà wǒmen yào qù chī shénme？ You are really such a considerate person, I'm so glad to have you. So what should we go eat?
wǒjiā fùjìn de cāntīng jīntiān yě yǒu qíngrénjié tècān， wǒmen qù zhān zhān biéde qínglǚ de xǐqì。 There's a Valentine's Special at a restaurant near my house today, let's go and feed off the joy of the other couples.
B:
就说我不想过情人节了，妳还带我去吃情人节晚餐！ jiù shuō wǒ bù xiǎng guò qíngrénjié le， nǐ hái dài wǒ qù chī qíngrénjié wǎncān！ Didn't I just say that I didn't want to celebrate Valentine's Day! And you want to bring me to eat a Valentine's Day dinner!