我在郑州的一次跳舞经历 A Dancing Experience in Zhengzhou
″Would you like to go dancing﹖″ said my friend. Dancing﹖ Of course I would. ″All right then be round at my place at half past six.″ ″Tonight﹖″ I queried. ″No tomorrow morning.″ Dancing﹖ Tomorrow morning at half past six﹖ I couldn't believe it. Dancing is something that you do in the evening in Sydney wearing your best clothes.But here in Zhengzhou I'd have to leave home at six to get to my friends place by half past six. I'm not sure that I've seen six in the morning that many times before. I regard it as a time when all good people should be asleep in bed.
“去跳舞吗?”朋友问我。跳舞?当然去!“那好,6点半到我住处找我。”“今晚吗?”“不,明天早上。”跳舞?早上6点半?我简直不相信自己的耳朵。在我的家乡悉尼,跳舞意味着美丽的夜晚还有华衣锦服。而在这里——远离我家乡的郑州,我却要在早上6点钟出门,6点半赶到我朋友那里——6点钟,那个时间我觉得人们都还应该沉浸在梦乡,我早上好像还从来没有那么早起床过。
Still if that’s how one goes dancing in China I was willing to give it a try. So horribly early next morning I was ringing the doorbell at my friends apartment. She opened it wearing a fancy set of night clothes. ″Oh I thought you
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