Summary: Learn Chinese with ChineseClass101! Don't forget to stop by ChineseClass101.com for more great Chinese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Simplified ---- 要风度，还是要温度？（二） 骑了不知道多久，红灯绿灯，街灯路灯，我开始恍惚...国家地理频道是不是说过，欧洲有个人可以在北极裸跑，可以在接近零度的水底发呆？为什么不是我...还有那个被老师罚站而冻死的孩子，你在天堂可添了衣裳？...去年冬天我在干什么？我们走了很多楼梯间，谈了很多话...我还记得第一次在北京看到下雪，很激动……我也记得北语宿舍，冬天热得要穿大裤衩……人，他为什么要活着……我的家在哪里？妈的，不应该就是一路向北么？是谁告诉我只是二十分钟的路程！ 我意识到很可能撑不到家，决定自救。方案一就是扔掉这万恶的自行车，坐地铁坐公交或打车，但在迷路和雪天的情况下都不可行。方案二，保暖装备！留的青山在，哪怕回不到家。手套毛巾！不，手套围巾。但这种天气，路边没人摆摊儿，我骂着这批没有生意头脑的人，难道不知道雨天要卖伞，雪天要卖……东西吗？突然看到前面有个杂货店，激动得我睫毛上的雪都化了。 停车，不锁，夺门而入，“有手套耳罩帽子围巾吗！” 售货员：那边。 我跑过去：有手套耳罩帽子围巾吗！ 大叔：就剩俩手套了，一男装，一女装。 我看了一眼，一副土得难以形容的男装手套。另一副是粉红绒毛手套，绣了个兔子，还带俩球球。路人甲大妈插话，“闺女，还用得着选呐？这粉的多好看啊...”我说，“对啊。”抓起男手套就去结账。 我戴着里外两副手套，继续上路找装备。这时候，我发现原来靴子也不管用，十个脚趾头冻得发痛。待我寻了两家超市未果之后，终于在第三家超市找到了一家卖保暖装备的阿姨店。进去后立刻抓了俩耳罩和俩口罩直接戴上，喘着粗气——结账！语气和模样都和银行绑匪无异。 大妈看了我一眼后笃定地说：第一年来北京吧？ 我：我在北京好几年了。 大妈：... 我：... 大妈：一共三十五。 我一掏，发现只剩下二十三块钱，尴尬了。用非常不灵活的手指浑身又掏了一遍，多了五毛钱。我哀求“阿姨便宜点儿吧”。大妈拒绝。我拉下两层口罩，真诚地说——我我真没带够钱，您……您就便宜点儿吧，我还得骑车回家。大妈还是拒绝——已经很便宜了，你不能差那么多啊。我缩着，不舍地摘下一个口罩，同时把要流下来的鼻涕狠狠吸回去，“这个还给您，便宜点儿嘛”。大妈不行了，“拿去吧拿去吧，赶紧回家”。我感激地把口罩戴上就跑掉了。 …… 结果我很幸运地没死，回到家，慢慢融化。 ----English---- I don't know how long I rode that bike. After passing streetlight after streetlight, and red light after green light I began to feel my thoughts stray... Didn't the National Geographic Channel once say that some Europeans were able to run around at the north pole and swim in nearly zero-temperature water? And then there was the student who froze to death while being punished by his teacher? Was it warmer for him in heaven? And what exactly did I do in the winter the previous year? I remembered riding a lot of escalators with you and having a lot of discussions. I also remembered the first time I saw it snow in Beijing and how touching it was... I also remembered being a student in the Beijing Language University dorms, and how it was so hot in the winter that I could wear a skirt..... Why are people alive, I thought. And then I wondered where my home was. Dammit! Isn't this road supposed to go north? Who told me it would only take twenty minutes to get home anyway? I became aware that there was a possibility I just wouldn't make it home, and so resolved to save myself. The first step was getting rid of this cursed bicycle and taking the subway or bus or maybe a cab. But All of these didn't seem possible on a snowy day like today when I was lost. The second option was keeping warm. When I mountain climbing before I was never scared of never making it home. I needed gloves and a sweater... or no, gloves and a scarf! But in this weather there was no-one selling anything beside the road. I cursed those salespeople for their lack of business sense. There were always people selling umbrellas when it rained, so why on earth on such a cold day weren't people selling.... things? And then I saw a small store up ahead and was so excited that the snow on my head all melted. I stopped my bike, didn't lock it and charged into the store. "Do you have gloves, earmuffs and a scarf?" "They're over there," the storekeeper replied. I darted over and found that - indeed - there were gloves and earmuffs and scarves. "There are only two gloves left," the gentleman said. "One men's and one woman's pair." I looked around and found a pair of horribly ugly men's gloves. The other paid was a pair of pink cashmere gloves embroidered with the picture of a rabbit and two balls. The gentleman in the store broke into my thoughts. "Beautiful girl, do you really need to choose? The pink ones are really good looking." That's right, I answered and grabbed the men's gloves and headed for the checkout. Wearing two pairs of gloves, I continued on my quest for equipment. And it was then that I discovered my boo [...]
