周末的咖啡馆 · Weekend at the Café

周六zhōuliù早上,zǎoshang我wǒ像xiàng往常wǎngcháng一样yíyàng去qù了le家jiā附近fùjìn的de咖啡馆。kāfēi guǎn

Saturday morning, like usual, I went to the café near my home.

我wǒ点diǎn了le一杯yì bēi拿铁,nátiě选xuǎn了le靠kào窗chuāng的de位置。wèizhi

I ordered a latte and chose a seat by the window.

阳光yángguāng透过tòuguò玻璃bōli照zhào进来,jìnlái非常fēicháng舒服。shūfu

The sunlight streamed through the glass — it was very comfortable.

旁边pángbiān桌子zhuōzi上shàng的de老人lǎorén在zài认真rènzhēn地de看kàn报纸。bàozhǐ

An old man at the next table was reading the newspaper carefully.

两个liǎng ge学生xuésheng在zài热烈rèliè地de讨论tǎolùn一个yí ge项目。xiàngmù

Two students were passionately discussing some project.

我wǒ拿出náchū自己zìjǐ的de书,shū却què无法wúfǎ集中jízhōng注意力。zhùyìlì

I took out my book, but couldn't focus.

在zài周末,zhōumò咖啡馆kāfēi guǎn更gèng像xiàng一个yí ge公共gōnggòng客厅。kètīng

On weekends, the café feels more like a public living room.

大家dàjiā都dōu有yǒu自己zìjǐ的de生活,shēnghuó却què一起yìqǐ分享fēnxiǎng安静ānjìng的de下午。xiàwǔ

Everyone has their own life, sharing a peaceful afternoon together.

咖啡馆kāfēi guǎn的de老板lǎobǎn姓xìng陈,Chén他tā记得jìde每个měi ge常客chángkè的de口味。kǒuwèi

The café owner is surnamed Chen, and he remembers every regular's taste.

我wǒ一yī进门,jìn mén他tā就jiù知道zhīdào我wǒ要yào热的rè de还是háishi冰的。bīng de

The moment I come through the door, he knows whether I want it hot or iced.

下午xiàwǔ三点sān diǎn左右,zuǒyòu阳光yángguāng慢慢mànmàn移yí到dào了le另一边。lìng yì biān

Around three in the afternoon, the sunlight slowly moved to the other side.

一个yí ge女孩nǚhái带着dài zhe笔记本电脑bǐjìběn diànnǎo坐下,zuò xià开始kāishǐ工作。gōngzuò

A girl sat down with a laptop and began to work.

有人yǒu rén离开líkāi的时候,de shíhou把bǎ一本yì běn读完dú wán的de书shū留liú在zài了le架子上。jiàzi shàng

When somebody left, they set a finished book on the shelf.

那个nà ge架子上jiàzi shàng的de书,shū都是dōu shì客人kèrén留下liú xià的。de

All the books on that shelf were left behind by customers.

我wǒ想,xiǎng这zhè大概dàgài就是jiùshì咖啡馆kāfēi guǎn最好zuì hǎo的de地方。dìfang

I think this is probably the best thing about a café.

你nǐ可以kěyǐ一个人yí ge rén待着,dāi zhe却què不会bú huì觉得juéde孤单。gūdān

You can sit by yourself without feeling lonely.