Microstories 微故事 0002：Awareness 意识
他意识到冷风吹在脸上。
他意识到他的背在疼。
他意识到他在想：她现在是不是也在黑色的路上、没有白雪的路上骑自行车。
他意识到他想起了她冬天冰冷的脸在他嘴唇下的感觉，然后说：“欢迎，欢迎，”然后他很快把她带进了他的公寓。
他意识到从唇间叹出了一口银色的气。
他意识到他在想：“我是个老人。”
他意识到他在想：骑车、住在公寓、或者其他任何地方，在他剩下的时间结束前，他应该怎么处理他对她不见了的意识。
Word List
吹 chuī blow
骑 qí ride
唇 chún lip
嘴唇 zuǐchún lips
唇间 chúnjiān between the lips
公寓 gōngyù apartment
叹出了一口气 tàn le yī kǒu qì sigh
银 yín silver
剩 shèng remaining
Awareness
He was aware of the cold wind on his face.
He was aware of his aching back.
He was aware he wondered if she, too, were riding a bicycle right now on black streets cleared of white snow.
He was aware of remembering the feel of her winter-cold cheek beneath his lips before he said, “Welcome, welcome,” and hurried her into his apartment.
He was aware of sighing silver vapor through his lips.
He was aware of thinking, “I’m an old man.”
He was aware of wondering what to do with his awareness of her absence until his time on bicycles, in apartments, or anywhere was done.
Image source: 王玉平. 雪打灯[Z/OL]. 中央美术学院艺术资源网, 2013[2025-12-22]. Wang, Yuping. “Xue Da Deng (Snow Striking Lamps).” 2013. CAFA Art Resources (Central Academy of Fine Arts). Accessed December 22, 2025. Published by Sino Spectrum 藝象中國. Direct link to image. Original source. More about 王玉平. YouTube video about 王玉平 and his work: 艺术家王玉平：画画就是玩，怎么舒服怎么来.
思考和讨论的问题
Questions for reflection and discussion
1. 关于未来你意识到你想知道什么？
2. 你希望自己不会意识到什么？
3. 你需要开始意识到什么？
1. What are you aware of wondering about the future?
2. What do you wish you were not aware of?
3. What do you need to become aware of?
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Word lists for review are in Hack Chinese.
Microstories 微故事 Wēigùshì are short works written in intermediate level Simplified Chinese characters and in English by Anne 安妮 Giles, edited by 侯慧颖 Hóu Huìyǐng “Mary.”
The Twig 枝丫 Zhīyā novels begin here.