街角的书店 The corner bookshop

Zhè jǐ nián, wǎngshang mǎi shū yuè lái yuè fāngbiàn, jiàgé yě piányi, hěn duō jiē shàng de shūdiàn dōu guān mén le. Kěshì zài wǒ jiā fùjìn de jiē jiǎo, yǒu yì jiā xiǎo shūdiàn búdàn méiyǒu guān mén, shēngyi fǎn’ér yuè lái yuè hǎo.

这几年，网上买书越来越方便，价格也便宜，很多街上的书店都关门了。可是在我家附近的街角，有一家小书店不但没有关门，生意反而越来越好。

In recent years buying books online has become more and more convenient and cheap, and many high-street bookshops have closed. But on the street corner near my home, there’s a small bookshop that hasn’t closed. In fact its business keeps getting better.

Shūdiàn de lǎobǎn xìng Chén, sì shí suì zuǒyòu, yǐqián shì yì míng chūbǎn shè de biānjí. Tā shuō, gēn wǎngshang shūdiàn bǐ jiàgé, xiǎo shūdiàn kěndìng bǐ búguò, suǒyǐ tā yào zuò de, shì tígōng wǎngshang méiyǒu de dōngxi.

书店的老板姓陈，四十岁左右，以前是一名出版社的编辑。他说，跟网上书店比价格，小书店肯定比不过，所以他要做的，是提供网上没有的东西。

The owner, Mr Chen, is about forty and used to be an editor at a publisher. He says a small shop can’t compete with online stores on price, so what he has to do is offer things you can’t get online.

Měi běn shū de pángbiān, Chén lǎobǎn dōu huì fàng yì Zhāng kǎpiàn, xiě shàng zìjǐ de dú hòu gǎn hé tuījiàn lǐyóu. Měi gè yuè, tā hái huì yāoqǐng zuòzhě lái diàn lǐ gēn dúzhě jiāoliú. Diàn lǐ yǒu yí gè jiǎoluò zhuānmén liú gěi háizi, zhōumò jīngcháng yǒu fùmǔ dài zhe háizi lái zhèlǐ dú huì běn.

每本书的旁边，陈老板都会放一张卡片，写上自己的读后感和推荐理由。每个月，他还会邀请作者来店里跟读者交流。店里有一个角落专门留给孩子，周末经常有父母带着孩子来这里读绘本。

Next to each book, Mr Chen puts a card with his own thoughts on it and why he recommends it. Every month he invites an author to meet readers in the shop. There’s a corner kept just for children, and at weekends parents often bring their kids to read picture books.

Yǒu rén wèn tā, zhèyàng zuò néng zhuàn qián ma? Chén lǎobǎn xiào zhe shuō:"zhuàn de bù duō, dànshì gòu le. Duì wǒ lái shuō, zuì zhòngyào de shì ràng dàjiā zài zhèlǐ zhǎo dào yì běn hǎo shū, rènshi jǐ gè ài dúshū de péngyou."

有人问他，这样做能赚钱吗？陈老板笑着说：“赚得不多，但是够了。对我来说，最重要的是让大家在这里找到一本好书，认识几个爱读书的朋友。”

Someone asked him whether this made money. Mr Chen smiled and said, “Not much, but enough. For me, what matters most is that people find a good book here and meet a few friends who love reading.”