Carla goes to the market.  She looks at the umbrellas.

卡拉去市場。她看著雨傘。

She likes a red umbrella.  It is very smart.

她喜歡一把紅傘。它非常聰明。

It costs ten dollars. 

它花費十美元。

Carla is a student. She doesn't have much money. 

卡拉是學生。她沒有多少錢。

“I can give you seven dollars for that umbrella.” 

“我可以給你七塊錢買那把傘。”

“OK, young lady. This is your lucky day. 

“好的，年輕的女士。這是你的幸運日。

Give me seven dollars. The umbrella is yours.” 

給我七塊錢。傘是你的。”

“This is my lucky day!” says Carla.

“這是我的幸運日！”卡拉說。

She holds the red umbrella above her head.

她把紅傘舉過頭頂。

The rain falls on the umbrella. Carla goes to a cake shop. 

雨落在傘上。卡拉去了一家蛋糕店。

She wants to buy some cakes.

她想買些蛋糕。

Her little brother loves cakes.

她的弟弟喜歡蛋糕。

She goes into the shop.

她走進店裡。

She leaves her red umbrella near the door.

她把她的紅傘放在門邊。

It is quiet inside the shop.

店內很安靜。

Carla chooses three small cakes.

卡拉選擇了三個小蛋糕。

She talks to the shop assistant.

她和店員說話。

A customer is leaving the shop.

一位顧客正在離開商店。

She is a young woman.

她是一個年輕的女人。

She is holding a cake box.

她拿著一個蛋糕盒。

Carla is going to leave the shop.

卡拉要離開商店。

But where is her umbrella?

但是她的傘呢？

There is one umbrella near the door.

門口有一把傘。

It is not a red umbrella.

它不是一把紅傘。

It is not Carla's umbrella.

這不是卡拉的雨傘。

This umbrella is old and black.

這把傘又舊又黑。

It has a pattern of yellow ducks.

它有一個黃色的鴨子圖案。

It is not smart.

它不聰明。

Carla takes the umbrella.

卡拉拿起雨傘。

“This is not my lucky day.”

“這不是我的幸運日。”

Carla walks to the town square.

卡拉步行到城鎮廣場。

A young man speaks to her.

一個年輕人對她說話。

“Hello!” He smiles.

“你好！”他笑了。

Carla does not know this young man.

卡拉不認識這個年輕人。

She walks away quickly.

她快步走開。

The young man is following Carla.

年輕人跟著卡拉。

She walks into a crowd of people.

她走進人群。

The young man follows the black and yellow umbrella. 

年輕人跟在黑黃相間的傘後面。

Hello! Wait!” Carla turns. 

你好！等待！”卡拉轉身。

She looks at the young man.

她看著這個年輕人。

She is angry. “Go away!” she says.

她很生氣。 “離開！”她說。

The young man is sad.

年輕人很傷心。

“Marisa, I'm sorry!” he says.

“魔理沙，對不起！”他說。

“I'm very late.” “I'm not Marisa!” Carla shouts. 

“我來晚了。” “我不是魔理沙！”卡拉喊道。

“You are not Marisa?” says the young man.

「你不是魔理沙？」年輕人說。

He points at the black umbrella with yellow ducks.

他指著黑色的傘，上面有黃色的鴨子。

“That's her umbrella.” “Oh,” says Carla.

“那是她的傘。” “哦，”卡拉說。

“Who is Marisa?” “I don't know Marisa,” says the young man.

“誰是魔理沙？” “我不認識魔理沙，”年輕人說。

“I'm going to meet her.  We are going to have coffee.

“我要去見她。我們要去喝咖啡。

It is my cousin's idea.

這是我表哥的主意。

Marisa works with my cousin.”

魔理沙和我表妹一起工作。”

“I am not Marisa!” says Carla again.

“我不是魔理沙！”卡拉又說。

“My cousin has a photo of Marisa,” says the young man. 

“我表妹有一張魔理沙的照片，”年輕人說。

“She's tall. You're tall. 

“她很高。你個子高

Her hair is short and dark.

她的頭髮又短又黑。

Your hair is short and dark.

你的頭髮又短又黑。

In the photo, she has an umbrella.

照片中，她有一把雨傘。

It's a black umbrella with yellow ducks.

這是一把帶有黃色鴨子的黑色雨傘。

You have a black umbrella with yellow ducks!” 

你有一把黃鴨子的黑傘！”

Carla looks up at the old umbrella. 

卡拉抬頭看著那把舊雨傘。

“Marisa is a thief,” she thinks.

“魔理沙是個小偷，”她想。

“She has my new red umbrella.”

“她有我的新紅傘。”

Carla is angry again.

卡拉又生氣了。

“Please don't be angry,” says the young man.

“請不要生氣，”年輕人說。

He looks at his watch. It's three o'clock. 

他看看他的手錶。已經三點了。

Marisa goes to work at 2:30.

瑪麗莎 2:30 去上班。

I can't meet her now. It's too late.”

我現在不能見她。太晚了。”

He smiles at Carla. 

他對卡拉微笑。

“Let's have a coffee together”, he says.

“讓我們一起喝杯咖啡”，他說。

Carla thinks for a moment. “OK”, she says.

卡拉想了想。 “好的”，她說。

“Let's go to my aunt's cafe”.  The young man smiles again.

“我們去我姑姑的咖啡館吧”。年輕人又笑了。

“That will be great”, he says.  “My name is Paul.

“那會很棒”，他說。 “我的名字是保羅。

I'm a law student –  third year”.

我是一名法學院學生——大三”。

“I'm Carla.   I'm a student too. I'm studying science”. 

“我是卡拉。我也是學生。我在學習科學”。

Carla sits in the cafe with Paul.  They drink coffee.

卡拉和保羅坐在咖啡館裡。他們喝咖啡。

They talk.  They laugh. They laugh and talk. 

他們聊。他們笑了。他們笑著說話。

Suddenly Carla jumps up. “Oh, no!” she says. 

突然，卡拉跳了起來。 “不好了！”她說。

“It's late.

“晚了。

I must go home. I must study.

我必須回家。我必須讀書。

I'm going to have an exam tomorrow”. 

我明天要考試。”

“Good luck! Will you meet me again?” 

“祝你好運！還會再見到我嗎？”

“Yes. That will be nice.”  It is almost dark.

“是的。那樣就太好了。”天快黑了。

The town square is quiet. 

小鎮廣場很安靜。

Carla sees a tall young woman. 

卡拉看到了一個高大的年輕女子。

The young woman has short dark hair.

這位年輕女子留著黑色短髮。

She has a smart umbrella. It is a red umbrella.

她有一把智能雨傘。這是一把紅傘。

The young woman is Marisa!” 

少婦是魔理沙！」

Marisa sees the old black umbrella with yellow ducks. 

魔理沙看到了帶有黃色鴨子的舊黑傘。

She is worried. Suddenly, her face is red. 

她很擔心。突然，她的臉紅了。

“Don't worry”, says Carla. “Keep my red umbrella. 

“別擔心”，卡拉說。 “保留我的紅傘。

I like this umbrella. It's a lucky umbrella. 

我喜歡這把傘。這是一把幸運傘。

This is my lucky day!” 

這是我的幸運日！”

The rain falls on the umbrellas.

雨落在雨傘上。

Carla smiles. Then she runs home.

卡拉微笑。然後她跑回家。