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A: You look unhappy. What happened?

看你心情不太好,发生什么事情了吗？

(kànnǐ xīnqínɡ bùtài hǎo, fāshēnɡ shénme shìqínɡ le ma?)  

B: Nothing big. I am looking forward to a movie starring my favorite actor screening earlier, but also worried that screenings will get temporarily canceled due to the novel coronavirus epidemic. 

也没什么啦,就是期待我男神出演的电影早点上映,但是又担心因为疫情的影响会临时撤档。

(yě méi shénme la, jiùshì qīdài wǒ nánshén chūyǎn de diànyǐnɡ zǎodiǎn shànɡyìnɡ, dànshì yòu dānxīn yīnwèi yìqínɡ de yǐnɡxiǎnɡ huì línshí chèdànɡ.)

A: Oh, did you mean The Enigma of Arrival starring Li Xian? Didn't it already announce that it had canceled screenings？So did that imported film Little Women.  

哦,你是说李现出演的《抵达之谜》吗？不是已经宣布撤档了吗？进口片《小妇人》也宣布撤档了。

(o, nǐshì shuō lǐxiàn chūyǎn de dǐdá zhīmí ma? búshì yǐjīnɡ xuānbù chèdànɡ le ma? jìnkǒu piàn xiǎo fùrén yě xuānbù chèdànɡ le.)

B: It seems we won't have any chance to go to the theater all February.

看来整个二月我们是没有机会去电影院了。 

(kànlái zhěnɡɡè èryuè wǒmén shì méiyǒu jīhuì qù diànyǐnɡ yuàn le.) 

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT