▸ 昨天zuó tiān晚上wǎn shang，我wǒ在zài冰箱bīng xiāng里lǐ放了fàng le一块yī kuài蛋糕dàn gāo，准备zhǔn bèi今天jīn tiān早上zǎo shang吃chī。

Last night I put a slice of cake in the fridge, planning to eat it this morning.

▸ 可是kě shì早上zǎo shang打开dǎ kāi冰箱bīng xiāng一看yī kàn，蛋糕dàn gāo不见了bù jiàn le！

But when I opened the fridge this morning, the cake was gone!

▸ 难道nán dào是shì爸爸bà ba吃chī了吗le ma？他tā昨天zuó tiān还hái说shuō他tā要yào减肥jiǎn féi啊ā。

Don't tell me Dad ate it? Just yesterday he said he was going on a diet.

▸ 难道nán dào是shì弟弟dì di吗ma？可是kě shì他tā昨天zuó tiān晚上wǎn shang不bù在家zài jiā。

Could it have been my little brother? But he wasn't home last night.

▸ 我去wǒ qù问wèn妈妈mā ma，妈妈mā ma说shuō她tā从来不cóng lái bù吃chī甜tián的de东西dōng xi。

I went to ask Mom, and she said she never eats sweets.

▸ 难道nán dào是shì我们wǒ men家jiā的de猫māo吗ma？可是kě shì猫māo怎么zěn me会huì开kāi冰箱bīng xiāng呢ne？

Was it our cat, then? But how would a cat open a fridge?

▸ 我wǒ又yòu想xiǎng：难道nán dào是shì我wǒ自己zì jǐ记错jì cuò了le，其实qí shí昨天zuó tiān已经yǐ jīng把bǎ它tā吃chī了le？

Then I thought: don't tell me I remembered wrong and actually ate it yesterday?

▸ 我wǒ越yuè想xiǎng越yuè糊涂hú tu——难道nán dào有yǒu小偷xiǎo tōu进jìn了le我们wǒ men家jiā，只zhǐ偷tōu走zǒu一块yī kuài蛋糕dàn gāo吗ma？

The more I thought, the more confused I got — surely a thief didn't break in just to steal one slice of cake?

▸ 这个zhè ge时候shí hou，爸爸bà ba走了zǒu le过来guò lái，嘴zuǐ边biān有一点yǒu yī diǎn白色bái sè的de奶油nǎi yóu。

Just then, Dad walked over with a bit of white cream at the corner of his mouth.

▸ 他tā不好意思bù hǎo yì si地de说shuō：“对不起duì bù qǐ，我wǒ半夜bàn yè实在shí zài太tài饿è了le……”

He said sheepishly, "Sorry, I was just too hungry in the middle of the night..."

▸ 我wǒ笑着xiào zhe问wèn他tā：“你nǐ不是bù shì说shuō要yào减肥jiǎn féi吗ma？”

I laughed and asked him, "Didn't you say you were on a diet?"

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