Coffee and Courage
IntermediateDating
Two coworkers who secretly like each other find themselves alone in the office kitchen, where one nervously works up the courage to ask the other to see a movie together this weekend.
W
WeiL
LiW
嗨，你也来倒咖啡啊？
hāi, nǐ yě lái dào kāfēi a?
Hey, you came to grab some coffee too?
L
对啊，一到下午我就特别困，得靠咖啡撑着。
duì a, yí dào xiàwǔ wǒ jiù tèbié kùn, děi kào kāfēi chēng zhe.
Yeah, every afternoon I get so sleepy, I have to rely on coffee to keep going.
W
哈哈，我也一样。对了，这周末你有安排吗？
hāhā, wǒ yě yíyàng. duì le, zhè zhōumò nǐ yǒu ānpái ma?
Haha, same here. By the way, do you have any plans this weekend?
L
还没想好呢，怎么啦？
hái méi xiǎng hǎo ne, zěnme la?
I haven't figured anything out yet. Why do you ask?
W
呃……我听说最近有部电影特别火，我一直挺想去看的。
è……wǒ tīngshuō zuìjìn yǒu bù diànyǐng tèbié huǒ, wǒ yìzhí tǐng xiǎng qù kàn de.
Um... I heard there's a movie that's really popular lately, and I've been wanting to go see it.
L
哦？是哪部呀？
ó? shì nǎ bù ya?
Oh? Which one is it?
W
就是那部刚上映的科幻片，评价好像还挺高的。
jiùshì nà bù gāng shàngyìng de kēhuànpiàn, píngjià hǎoxiàng hái tǐng gāo de.
It's that sci-fi film that just came out—the reviews seem to be pretty high.
L
听着不错哎，我也超喜欢科幻片的。
tīng zhe búcuò āi, wǒ yě chāo xǐhuan kēhuànpiàn de.
That sounds great—I love sci-fi films too.
W
那……你要是有空的话，我们要不要一起去看看？
nà……nǐ yàoshi yǒu kòng de huà, wǒmen yào bú yào yìqǐ qù kànkan?
Then... if you're free, would you want to go see it together?
L
好呀，我很乐意！那就周六去，你看行吗？
hǎo ya, wǒ hěn lèyì! nà jiù zhōuliù qù, nǐ kàn xíng ma?
Sure, I'd love to! Let's go Saturday—does that work for you?
W
太好了！那我下午先把票订好，再发消息告诉你。
tài hǎo le! nà wǒ xiàwǔ xiān bǎ piào dìng hǎo, zài fā xiāoxi gàosu nǐ.
Great! Then I'll book the tickets this afternoon and message you.
L
好，那我就等你消息咯。
hǎo, nà wǒ jiù děng nǐ xiāoxi lo.
Okay, then I'll wait to hear from you.