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到南京时，有朋友约去游逛，勾留了一日；第二日上午便须渡江到浦口，下午上车北去。父亲因为事忙，本已说定不送我，叫旅馆里一个熟识的茶房陪我同去。他再三嘱咐茶房，甚是仔细。但他终于不放心，怕茶房不妥帖；颇踌躇了一会。其实我那年已二十岁，北京已来往过两三次，是没有甚么要紧的了。他踌躇了一会，终于决定还是自己送我去。我两三回劝他不必去；他只说，“不要紧，他们去不好！”

dào Nánjīng shí ，yǒu péngyou yuē qù yóuguàng ，gōuliú le yī rì ；dì èr rì shàngwǔ biàn xū dù jiāng dào pǔkǒu ，xiàwǔ shàngchē běiqù 。fùqin yīnwèi shì máng ，běn yǐ shuō dìng bú sòng wǒ ，jiào lǚguǎn lǐ yī gè shúshí de cháfáng péi wǒ tóng qù 。tā zàisān zhǔfù cháfáng ，shèn shì zǐxì 。dàn tā zhōngyú bù fàngxīn ，pà cháfáng bù tuǒtiē ；pō chóuchú le yīhuì 。qíshí wǒ nà nián yǐ èrshí suì ，Běijīng yǐ láiwǎng guò liǎng sān cì ，shì méiyǒu shènma yàojǐn de le 。tā chóuchú le yīhuì ，zhōngyú decision háishì zìjǐ sòng wǒ qù 。wǒ liǎng sān huí quàn tā búbì qù ；tā zhī shuō ，“bùyàojǐn ，tāmen qù bù hǎo ！”

When we got to Nanjing, a friend showed us around and we stayed for a day. The next morning I had to take the ferry to Pukou so that I could catch the afternoon train to Beijing. My father had business to attended to so we had decided that there was no need for him to see me off. Yet he still asked a waiter he knew from the teahouse to go with me. He gave his detailed instructions to the waiter again and again. Yet, he still felt uneasy, worried that the waiter wouldn't do the job properly. He mulled over the situation, still unsure of what to do. I was actually already twenty that year, and I'd already travelled back and forth to Beijing quite few time, there really wasn't anything to worry about. Yet, he was still hesitating over what to do. Finally, he decided that he would see me off himself. I tried to tell him several times that he didn't need to come. He just kept saying: "no bother, it's no good them going".

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他嘱我路上小心，夜里警醒些，不要受凉。又嘱托茶房好好照应我。我心里暗笑他的迂；他们只认得钱，托他们直是白托！而且我这样大年纪的人，难道还不能料理自己么？唉，我现在想想，那时真是太聪明了！

tā zhǔ wǒ lùshang xiǎoxīn ，yèlǐ jǐngxǐng xiē ，bù yào shòuliáng 。yòu zhǔtuō cháfáng hǎohāo zhàoyīng wǒ 。wǒ xīnli àn xiào tā de yū ；tāmen zhī rènde qián ，tuō tāmen zhí shì bái tuō ！érqiě wǒ zhèyàng dà niánjì de rén ，nándào hái bùnéng liàolǐ zìjǐ ma ？ài ，wǒ xiànzài xiǎngxiang ，nàshí zhēn shì tài cōngming le ！

He told me to take care of myself on the way, to be alert at night, to not catch a cold. Yet again he told the waiter to look after me.I laughed at his silliness in my heart because those people cared only for money; and it was useless to ask a favor from them. Besides, is someone my age unable to look after myself? Now I think back, I really was smug and self assured.

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我堂堂部门经理，还需要蹭你家的饭吗？是给你带威士忌来了，我怕你刚刚没听到我的细心嘱咐。

wǒ tángtáng bùmén jīnglǐ ，hái xūyào cèng nǐ jiā de fàn ma ？shì gěi nǐ dài wēishìjì lái le ，wǒ pà nǐ gānggāng méi tīng dào wǒ de xìxīn zhǔfù 。

I'm a department manager, why would I need to beg you for food? I brought whiskey for you, I was worried you didn't hear my well-meaning suggestion just now.

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可是，杜老板交代说绝不能改变计划，还特意叮嘱过我，说不用听你的话。

kěshì ，Dù lǎobǎn jiāodài shuō jué bùnéng gǎibiàn jìhuà ，hái tèyì dīngzhǔ guo wǒ ，shuō bùyòng tīng nǐ de huà 。

But Ms. Du explained that I absolutely couldn't change the plan. She even explicitly ordered me not to listen to you.

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啊呀，我连遗嘱都没留，这可怎么办？存款、房子、车子，给谁？我爸爸妈妈好不容易把我养大，也没享几天福，就要白发人送黑发人了。他们肯定承受不了。

āyā ，wǒ lián yízhǔ dōu méi liú ，zhè kě zěnme bàn ？cúnkuǎn 、fángzi 、chēzi ，gěi shéi ？wǒ bàba māma hǎoburóngyì bǎ wǒ yǎngdà ，yě méi xiǎng jǐtiān fú ，jiùyào báifàrén sòng hēifàrén le 。tāmen kěndìng chéngshòu buliǎo 。

Oh my! I did not even leave a will. What am I going to do? The bank account, the house, the car... Who gets it? My mother and father had such a tough time raising me, and they have only started to have a chance at living a happy life. They will end up seeing their child die before they do. They will definitely not be able to handle it.

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快闭嘴！有力气写遗嘱还不如多赶路呢！天无绝人之路，我们只要朝着太阳的方向走肯定能走出这沙漠！

kuài bìzuǐ ！yǒu lìqi xiě yízhǔ hái bùrú duō gǎnlù ne ！tiānwújuérénzhīlù ，wǒmen zhǐyào cháo zhe tàiyáng de fāngxiàng zǒu kěndìng néng zǒuchū zhè shāmò ！

Oh, shut up! If you have the energy to write a will, you'd be better off getting a move on! There's always a way. We just need to walk in the direction of the sun and we'll definitely be able to get out of this desert.

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科比，我们没戏了！剩下的干粮两天都支撑不了了，骆驼也走不动了，我全身快散架了。快给我纸和笔，我要立遗嘱。

Kēbǐ ，wǒmen méixì le ！shèngxià de gānliáng liǎng tiān dōu zhīchēng buliǎo le ，luòtuo yě zǒubudòng le ，wǒ quánshēn kuài sǎnjià le 。kuài gěi wǒ zhǐ hé bǐ ，wǒ yào lì yízhǔ 。

There's no hope, Kobe! The remaining rations won't even support us for the next few days, and our camels can't walk any farther. Soon, I'll be completely exhausted, too. Quick, give me paper and a pen. I'm going to write my will.

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拔完草以后呢，就是说桔子也开始可以采摘，然后把我们一堆人拉到桔园里去了。然后去之前呢老师就是千叮嘱万嘱咐(千叮咛万嘱咐)：你们记住哦，千万不要偷吃。要是给老师抓住一个，好那你们这次就完了。

báwán cǎo yǐhòu ne ，jiùshìshuō júzi yě kāishǐ kěyǐ cǎizhāi ，ránhòu bǎ wǒmen yīduīrén lādào júyuán lǐ qù le 。ránhòu qù zhīqián ne lǎoshī jiùshì qiān dīngzhǔ wàn zhǔfù (qiān dīngníng wàn zhǔfù )：nǐmen jìzhu o ，qiānwàn bùyào tōuchī 。yàoshì gěi lǎoshī zhuāzhù yī ge ，hǎo nà nǐmen zhècì jiù wán le 。

Once we were done pulling the weeds, the tangerines were about ready to be picked. So, they dragged the group of us to the tangerine grove. Then, before we went, the teacher was warning us over and over: Remember! Absolutely do not eat the tangerines on the sly. If the teacher caught someone doing it, they'd be dead.

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