读合同Reading the Contract

New words

• 此cǐ — this (formal, = 这)
• 与yǔ — and, with (formal, = 和)
• 以及yǐjí — as well as, and also
• 项xiàng — (measure word) item, clause
• 归guī — to belong to (归…所有)
• 展开zhǎnkāi — to unfold, spread out

The story

小雨：钱律师，对方的合同寄来了。Lawyer Qian, the other side's contract has arrived.

钱律师：好。请展开。都展开。Good. Please unfold it. All of it.

大卫：我来展开！……怎么这么长？I'll unfold it! ...Why's it so long?

乐乐：还没展开完！五米了！已经到门外边了！It's still not fully unfolded! Five metres! It's already out of the door!

马爷爷：谁的纸？谁把它展开到门外边了？垃圾要分类！Whose paper is this? Who unfolded it out onto the landing? Rubbish has to be sorted!

大卫：马爷爷，这不是垃圾。这是合同。Grandpa Ma, it's not rubbish. It's a contract.

马爷爷：合同？我们那代人的观念，一句话就够了。A contract? In my generation's way of thinking, one sentence was enough.

大卫：别怕！我通过了大考试，我能读！Don't worry! I passed the big exam. I can read this!

Opening the lesson…