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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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与其在这里干等六个小时，不如找个旅馆休息一下，我们明天早上再来。

yǔqí zài zhèlǐ gān děng liù gè xiǎoshí ，bùrú zhǎo gè lǚguǎn xiūxi yīxià ，wǒmen míngtiān zǎoshang zài lái 。

Rather than waiting here in vain for six hours, we'd be better to find a motel to rest in for a while. We can come back again tomorrow.

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在这里等六个小时也是浪费时间啊，你是要在旅馆舒服地浪费时间还是在这里冷到发抖地浪费时间？

zài zhèlǐ děng liù gè xiǎoshí yě shì làngfèi shíjiān ā ，nǐ shì yào zài lǚguǎn shūfu de làngfèi shíjiān háishì zài zhèlǐ lěng dào fādǒu de làngfèi shíjiān ？

Waiting here for six hours is also a waste of time. Do you want to waste time comfortably at the motel or waste time here shivering from the cold?

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老鹰乐队的成名曲是《加州旅馆》。

lǎoyīng yuèduì de chéngmíng qǔ shì 《jiāzhōu lǚguǎn 》。

The song that made the band, The Eagles, famous was "Hotel California".

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挺好的。我原来还以为家庭旅馆的条件比较差，没想到这么舒服。

tǐng hǎo de 。wǒ yuánlái hái yǐwéi jiātíng lǚguǎn de tiáojiàn bǐjiào chà ，méixiǎngdào zhème shūfu 。

Really well. I always thought that the conditions in guesthouses were quite poor. I didn't realize it would be so comfortable.

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其实本地人还是喜欢留在这里生活。做一些手工艺品，开开家庭旅馆，生活还不错。

qíshí běndìrén háishì xǐhuan liú zài zhèlǐ shēnghuó 。zuò yīxiē shǒugōngyìpǐn ，kāi kai jiātíng lǚguǎn ，shēnghuó hái bùcuò 。

Actually, the local people quite like to stick around and live here. They can make handicrafts, open a guesthouse - it's not a bad life.

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哈哈，我也这样想。我们先去旅馆放行李，再去吃藏族小吃吧。

hāhā ，wǒ yě zhèyàng xiǎng 。wǒmen xiān qù lǚguǎn fàng xíngli ，zài qù chī zàngzú xiǎochī ba 。

Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing. Let’s go put our luggage in the hostel, and then go eat some Tibetan dishes.

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青年旅馆

qīngnián lǚguǎn

youth hostel

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旅馆

lǚguǎn

hostel， inn

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哦？他以为这儿是旅馆啊，想来就来想走就走。

ó ？tā yǐwéi zhèr shì lǚguǎn a ，xiǎng lái jiù lái xiǎng zǒu jiù zǒu 。

Huh? He thinks this is some kind of hotel, where he can come and go as he pleases?!

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