Ghost Story: The Haunted Elevator (Intermediate)

Chinese Language Convo Club

1. 某人(mǒu rén) - Someone, a certain person

2. 宿舍(sù shè) - Dormitory

3. 按(àn) - To press (a button)

4. 电梯(diàn tī) - Elevator

5. 幸运地(xìng yùn de) - Fortunately, luckily

6. 一下子(yī xià zi) - All of a sudden, immediately

7. 空无一人(kōng wú yī rén) - Completely empty, not a single person

8. 马上(mǎ shàng) - Immediately, right away

9. 升(shēng) - To ascend, to rise

10. 突然(tū rán) - Suddenly

11. 探头探脑(tàn tóu tàn nǎo) - To peek around cautiously, to scope things out

12. 意思(yì si) - Meaning, intention

13. 清楚(qīng chǔ) - Clear, clearly

有一天，某人晚上下班回宿舍，在一楼按了电梯，他要上六楼。很幸运地，电梯一下子就来了。

(Yǒu yītiān, mǒu rén wǎnshàng xiàbān huí sùshè, zài yī lóu ànle diàntī, tā yào shàng liù lóu. Hěn xìngyùn de, diàntī yīxià zi jiù láile.)

他走了进去，里面空无一人，他走进去,电梯马上就关上了。

(Tā zǒule jìnqù, lǐmiàn kōng wú yīrén, tā zǒu jìnqù, diàntī mǎshàng jiù guānshàngle.)

升啊，升啊，到了四楼的时候，电梯突然打开了，有两个人在外面探头探脑的，意思是想要进来，可不知道为什么看了看又没有进来。 (Shēng a, shēng a, dàole sì lóu de shíhòu, diàntī túrán dǎkāile, yǒu liǎng gèrén zài wàimiàn tàntóutànnǎo de, yìsi shì xiǎng yào jìnlái, kěbù zhīdào wèishéme kànle kàn yòu méiyǒu jìnlái.)

电梯门又关上了，就在电梯门要关上的时候，这个人清楚的听到他们在说：“怎么这么多人啊！” (Diàntī mén yòu guānshàngle, jiù zài diàntī mén yào guānshàng de shíhòu, zhège rén qīngchǔ de tīng dào tāmen zài shuō:“Zěnme zhème duō rén a!”)

One night, a man returned to his dorm after getting off work. He pressed the elevator button on the first floor, wanting to go to the sixth floor. Luckily, the elevator came immediately. He walked in and found it empty. The elevator closed as soon as he walked in. It went up and up. When it reached the fourth floor, the elevator suddenly opened. Two people were standing just outside the elevator (scoping things out)?, looking as though they wanted to come in, but for some reason they didn't enter. The elevator door closed again. Just as it was about to close, the man clearly heard them say, "Why are there so many people?"