浙江杭州有一位施先生。
以前他很胖，体重有125公斤。
后来，他每天运动，慢慢瘦到了80公斤。
为了保持好身材，施先生一个星期去五次健身房。
他去年五月在一家健身房办了卡。
可是最近，健身房的人主动联系他，说想给他退卡。
健身房还送给他一张别的健身房的卡。
工作人员说，施先生运动的时候出汗很多。
他走过的地方，常常有比较重的味道。
很多其他顾客都向健身房抱怨过这个问题。
施先生觉得很意外。
他说，自己只是想认真运动，保持健康。
这件事让很多人开始讨论：健身房应该照顾所有顾客的感受，但是不是也应该用更好的办法和会员沟通呢？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 浙江 | Zhè jiāng | Zhejiang Province in eastern China. |
| 杭州 | Háng zhōu | Hangzhou, a city in Zhejiang Province, China. |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 施 | Shī | surname Shi |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher / gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 胖 | pàng | fat / plump |
| 体重 | tǐ zhòng | body weight |
| 公斤 | gōng jīn | kilogram (kg) |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 运动 | yùn dòng | to exercise / sports / exercise |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 瘦 | shòu | to lose weight |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 身材 | shēn cái | stature / build (height and weight) / figure |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 健身房 | jiàn shēn fáng | gym; fitness club |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 五月 | Wǔ yuè | May / fifth month (of the lunar year) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 办 | bàn | to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) / to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) |
| 卡 | kǎ | (loanword) card |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 主动 | zhǔ dòng | to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord |
| 联系 | lián xì | to get in touch with / to integrate / to link / to touch |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 送 | sòng | to give (as a present) |
| 张 | zhāng | classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes |
| 别的 | bié de | else / other |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff / crew / personnel |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 出汗 | chū hàn | to perspire / to sweat |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious |
| 味道 | wèi dào | (dialect) smell; odor |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 顾客 | gù kè | customer; client |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 向 | xiàng | towards / shortly before / formerly / always / all along |
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this / (adjective) this |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 意外 | yì wài | unexpected |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely; only; just; nothing but / simply |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | healthy |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 件 | jiàn | classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 讨论 | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 照顾 | zhào gù | to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | perception / a feeling / an impression / an experience |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 不是 | bù shì | no / not |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 会员 | huì yuán | member |
| 沟通 | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up / to communicate |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |