Signing Up for the Weekend Volunteer Activity
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A female student club leader tries to convince a hesitant male classmate at the school gate to join the weekend volunteer event.
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嘿，李明，你这周末有空吗？我们社团要办一个志愿者活动。
hēi, lǐ míng, nǐ zhè zhōumò yǒu kòng ma? wǒmen shètuán yào bàn yí gè zhìyuànzhě huódòng.
Hey, Li Ming, are you free this weekend? Our club is organizing a volunteer activity.
L
志愿者活动啊？我还真不确定，周末我一般都想在家好好休息。
zhìyuànzhě huódòng a? wǒ hái zhēn bù quèdìng, zhōumò wǒ yìbān dōu xiǎng zài jiā hǎohǎo xiūxi.
A volunteer activity? I'm really not sure, on weekends I usually just want to rest at home.
L
我理解你的想法，不过这次活动只要半天，下午就结束了。
wǒ lǐjiě nǐ de xiǎngfǎ, búguò zhè cì huódòng zhǐ yào bàn tiān, xiàwǔ jiù jiéshù le.
I understand how you feel, but this activity only takes half a day, it's over by the afternoon.
L
半天啊……那我们具体要做些什么呢？
bàn tiān a…… nà wǒmen jùtǐ yào zuò xiē shénme ne?
Half a day, huh... So what exactly would we be doing?
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我们去社区图书馆帮忙整理图书，顺便还教小朋友读故事。
wǒmen qù shèqū túshūguǎn bāngmáng zhěnglǐ túshū, shùnbiàn hái jiāo xiǎopéngyǒu dú gùshi.
We'll go to the community library to help organize books, and along the way teach kids to read stories.
L
听起来还不错，不过我有点担心，自己不太会跟小孩子打交道。
tīng qǐlái hái búcuò, búguò wǒ yǒudiǎn dānxīn, zìjǐ bú tài huì gēn xiǎo háizi dǎ jiāodào.
That sounds pretty good, but I'm a little worried that I'm not great at interacting with kids.
L
别担心，我们会分组，你可以先负责整理图书，慢慢就熟悉了。
bié dānxīn, wǒmen huì fēnzǔ, nǐ kěyǐ xiān fùzé zhěnglǐ túshū, mànmàn jiù shúxī le.
Don't worry, we'll split into groups, you can start by handling the book organizing and get used to it gradually.
L
这样的话压力就小多了。那报名的人多不多？
zhèyàng dehuà yālì jiù xiǎo duō le. nà bàomíng de rén duō bù duō?
In that case the pressure is a lot less. So are there many people signing up?
L
已经有十几个同学报名了，其中好几个你都认识呢。
yǐjīng yǒu shí jǐ gè tóngxué bàomíng le, qízhōng hǎo jǐ gè nǐ dōu rènshi ne.
Over a dozen classmates have already signed up, and quite a few of them you actually know.
L
真的吗？有熟人一起去的话，我确实会安心不少。
zhēn de ma? yǒu shúrén yìqǐ qù dehuà, wǒ quèshí huì ānxīn bù shǎo.
Really? If there are people I know going along, I'd honestly feel a lot more at ease.
L
对呀！而且活动结束后，学校还会给我们发志愿服务证书呢。
duì ya! érqiě huódòng jiéshù hòu, xuéxiào hái huì gěi wǒmen fā zhìyuàn fúwù zhèngshū ne.
Exactly! And after the activity, the school will even give us volunteer service certificates.
L
那太好了，我决定参加了！你把报名表发给我吧。
nà tài hǎo le, wǒ juédìng cānjiā le! nǐ bǎ bàomíngbiǎo fā gěi wǒ ba.
That's great, I've decided to join! Just send me the sign-up form.