最后的车
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最后的车

Reading time
3 min
Total words
302
Unique words
170
Avg frequency
#138

Story

líng

Meiling is running. She wants to be quick. Today's last vehicle is about to leave. She cannot wait.

líng

She runs to the station. The vehicle has not come yet. She still has some time. Meiling smiles. She does not need to be afraid.

líng""

There is a man at the station. He is also waiting for the vehicle. He looks at Meiling. He says: "Hello. Are you leaving too?"

líng""

Meiling looks at him. She does not know this person. She thinks for a moment, then says: "Yes. I am going home. And you?"

""líng

The man smiles. He says: "Me too. We are waiting for the same vehicle." Meiling smiles too.

líng""""

Meiling asks him: "What is your name?" The man says: "My name is Dawei. And you?"

"líng"""

"My name is Meiling," she says, "where do you work?"

Dawei tells her that he works at a big place. He is always very busy. Today he also ran. He did not want to be without a vehicle home.

líng""

Meiling understands him. She says: "Today, me too. If there were no vehicle, I would not know how to get home."

They both laugh. They wait together. Then, the vehicle comes.

""líng""

Dawei says: "You first." Meiling says: "Thank you."

líng

They get on the vehicle together. Meiling sits in a good spot. If she had not run just now, she could not have got on this vehicle. But she also met a new friend. Today is a good day.

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Words in this story

77 words
#Word
1of, possessive and modifier particle
1I, me
2you (singular)
4to finish, to understand (as liǎo); also aspect particle (as le)
6at, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
8我们we, us
9not, no
10question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)
11good, well, OK
12什么what
13to have, there is/are
15哪里where
16she, her
18知道to know (a fact)
19to say, to speak
20all, both, already
20to be (linking verb)
22very, quite
24to want; will; need to
25also, too, as well
29to think; to want; to miss
30person, people
32一个one (with general measure word)
33to come
36没有do not have; have not; not (past negation)
43and what about...? (question particle)
45to arrive; to (destination); result complement
46still, yet; also; even more
48这个this one, this (with general measure word)
50怎么how; why (in rhetorical questions)
53如果if, in case
56to walk; to leave, to go
57up, above, on; to go up; to attend
63to look, to watch, to read, to see
70告诉to tell, to inform
72不能cannot, must not (prohibition or incapacity)
83谢谢thank you
87但是but, however (formal)
92to be called; to call out; to order
93fast, quick; soon; sharp
103to wait, to wait for
108一起together, with each other
115一下a moment, once, briefly
126工作work, job, to work
127一样same, alike, equally
135然后then, after that, afterwards
138地方place, location, area
142朋友friend
143今天today
148一直always, continuously, all along