Gao Yue asks Anna how long she has been in China and whether she likes it...

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高月：哎？你来中国多久了？ 

安娜：我来中国差不多三个月了。 

高月：三个月了？喜欢吗？ 

安娜：非常喜欢！ 

高月：最喜欢中国什么？ 

安娜：嗯......中国菜！哈哈 

高月：哈哈，还有吗？ 

安娜：还有和中国人说中文。 

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Gao Jin notices his brother Gao Yue is tired and asks about his sleep....

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高进：你又困了？昨天晚上没睡觉吗？    

高月：睡了，昨晚很早我就睡觉了。    

高进：几点？    

高月：晚上十一点半。    

高进：那也不早。你是几点起床的？    

高月：我是六点起床的。   

高进：没有八小时啊！ 

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Anna says she feels sleepy for no reason. Gao Yue playfully builds suspense, then delivers a cheesy but sweet joke......

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安娜：哎呀，我很困！    

高月：困？为什么？    

安娜：不知道。    

高月：啊，我知道！    

安娜：为什么？    

高月：因为......   

安娜：快说快说！   

高月：昨天晚上你在我的心里跑了一个晚上。    

安娜：哈哈哈～ 

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Yu Qing’s date notices she isn’t carrying her backpack. She explains that it wouldn’t look good with her dress...

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约会对象：你今天怎么没带背包？
雨晴：因为我穿了裙子，所以带背包不好看。
约会对象：啊，对。我第一次看你穿裙子，真好看。
雨晴：谢谢啊，天气热了，以后我会常常穿裙子。我不喜欢穿裤子。
约会对象：为什么？
雨晴：穿裤子比穿裙子舒服多了。
约会对象：啊，我希望我也能穿裙子。
雨晴：哈哈，你是苏格兰人就可以。

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Gao Yue meets Anna and asks where she’s from. She says she’s from the UK, and Gao Yue compliments her Chinese...Original text:

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高月：你好啊！问一下，你是哪国人？  

安娜：你好，我是英国人。  

高月：啊，你的汉语真好。  

安娜：谢谢，我学了三年了。  

高月：太好了，我叫高月。你呢？  

安娜：我中文名字叫安娜。 

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Gao Yue compliments Anna on her Chinese. She explains she wants to work in China and make Chinese friends......Original text:

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高月：哇，你的中文很好。 

安娜：谢谢，我学了三年了。 

高月：你为什么想学中文？ 

安娜：我想来中国工作， 

高月：太好啦。 

安娜：我也想和中国人交朋友。 

高月：我可以是你朋友吗？  

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Li Yang asks his wife about this month’s water bill and points out they were away for ten days, so it should be lower...

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李阳：这个月的水费多少钱？
妻子：我没看，和平时差不多吧？
李阳：不会，这个月我们有十天都没在家。记得吗？
妻子：喔，对对对。那会比平时少一点。
李阳：嗯，你到时候看看。我想会少一半吧？
妻子：我看看，到时候我告诉你。

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Anna tells Gao Yue she wants to go out for a walk. Gao Yue offers to join her, asking if she’s in a bad mood...

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安娜：亲爱的，我出去一下。
高月：这么晚了，你去哪里？
安娜：我想出去走走，有点闷。
高月：我陪你一起去吧。我们一起走走，怎么样？
安娜：好啊。那更好。
高月：你心情不好吗？
安娜：没有，我就是一天都没出去了。工作久了就闷。

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Anna and Gao Yue talk about their heights. Anna guesses Gao Yue is...Original text:

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安娜：你多高？ 

高月：你觉得我多高？ 

安娜：嗯......一米八五？ 

高月：哈哈，差不多。我一米八三。 

安娜：啊，你猜我多高？ 

高月：你？不高不矮，我正喜欢。 

安娜：我差不多一米六。

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Invisible gender discrimination, like sexual harassment, subtly affects women daily. Repeated low-level threats create stress, alter brain function, and increase long-term risks of depression and anxiety. What can we do for this？

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在许多社会中，性别歧视往往被理解为明显的排斥或制度性不公，但更普遍、也更难被察觉的，是日常生活中无处不在的“隐性性别歧视”。性骚扰正是这种隐性歧视中最常见、也最具破坏性的一种表现形式。它并不总是以暴力出现，更多时候是一句不合时宜的评论、一次令人不适的注视，或是在公共空间中反复发生的骚扰行为......

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Anna points out a large stain on the wall and asks Gao Yue what happened the night before. Gao Yue admits it probably happened while playing games with friends after drinking too much.

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安娜：你醒啦？昨天晚上你和朋友们做了什么？你看！墙上的这些污渍。

高月：哎呀，我都没注意。一定是和我朋友们玩游戏的时候弄的。

安娜：你不记得吗？这么大一块污渍。哈哈哈，别装了。

高月：真的不记得了。可能我们都喝太多了，大家都有些醉了。看上去应该是啤酒污渍。

安娜：好吧，算了。怎么办呢？不知道能不能去掉这些污渍。不然，我们就有麻烦了。

高月：别担心，交给我吧。啤酒污渍不难去掉。或者，我可以重新粉刷一下这里。

安娜：好吧，那我就不管了。下次小心啊！

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