写上名字的计划
星期六早上，我带着钥匙和一块抹布来到楼下，王阿姨已经在门口等我了。
On Saturday morning, I arrived downstairs with the key and a cleaning cloth; Auntie Wang was already waiting.
她带来两位邻居，其中一个年轻人说他上班前有半个小时，很高兴能帮上忙。
She had brought two neighbors, including a young man who was happy to help for half an hour before work.
朋友小林和小周也来了，还带着抹布和几盆放在门口的花。
My friends Lin and Zhou arrived too, bringing cleaning cloths and some pots of flowers for the entrance.
王阿姨笑着说，大家先商量好每个人负责什么，一起做就快了。
Auntie Wang smiled and said that once we agreed on everyone's jobs, working together would make things go quickly.
年轻人姓陈，他先检查窗，再和小周一起把挡在窗前的旧椅子搬到另一边。
The young man's surname was Chen; he checked the window, then helped Zhou move the old chairs away from it.
另一位邻居负责擦桌子，我把地上的东西分成还能用和不能用的两堆。
The other neighbor wiped the table, while I sorted the things on the floor into usable and unusable piles.
到了九点半，小陈必须去上班，窗边却已经空出来了。
At half past nine, Chen had to go to work, but the space by the window was already clear.
他临走时问，交换书的活动是不是每个星期六都要举行。
Before leaving, he asked whether the book exchange would take place every Saturday.
我把计划拿出来给他看，上面写着时间和要做的事，却没有写名字。
I showed him my plan: it listed times and tasks, but no names.
小陈笑着说，把愿意帮忙的人的名字写上，大家就知道可以找谁了。
Chen smiled and said that adding the names of those offering to help would let everyone know whom to ask.
我们于是重新安排，在每个工作后面写上负责人的名字。
So we rearranged things, writing a person's name beside each job.
我负责前两个星期六开门，王阿姨负责活动结束后检查房间。
I would open the room for the first two Saturdays, and Auntie Wang would check it after the activity.
小陈愿意帮忙做一张放在门上的通知，小林和小周也选好了能来参加活动的时间。
Chen offered to make a notice for the door, and Lin and Zhou chose times when they could join the activities too.
通知上没有写很大的目标，只写了开始时间和请大家带一本读过的书。
The notice made no grand promises: it just gave the starting time and asked people to bring a book they had read.
我还加了一句话，不带书也可以进来坐坐，不一定要交换。
I added that people could come and sit even without bringing a book; exchanging was optional.
王阿姨看了以后点点头，说她最喜欢的就是最后这一句话。
Auntie Wang nodded after reading it and said that the last sentence was her favorite.
中午，我们把桌子推到窗边，把我的那箱书整齐地放在上面。
At noon, we pushed the table to the window and arranged my box of books on it.
又有几位邻居过来帮忙摆椅子，大家围着干净的桌子分享带来的午饭。
Several more neighbors stopped by to help arrange chairs, and we shared the lunches we had brought around the clean table.
小陈打来电话，说通知已经做好了，他的朋友们也想下星期来看看。
Chen called to say that the notice was ready and that his friends wanted to visit next week too.
我们在计划下面写上先试四次，再一起决定，随后笑着约好带朋友来读书。
We wrote beneath the plan that we would try four openings and then decide together, and happily agreed to bring friends along to read.
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