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老师桌上的苹果

An apple for the teacher

Name: ________________ Date: ________

星期一xīngqīyì早上zǎoshang，老师lǎoshī来lái上课shàngkè。她tā的de桌子zhuōzi上shàng有yǒu一个yígè大dà苹果píngguǒ。

“这zhè是shì谁shéi的de？”老师lǎoshī问wèn。没有méiyǒu人rén说话shuōhuà。

星期二xīngqī’èr，桌子zhuōzi上shàng也yě有yǒu一yí个gè苹果píngguǒ。这次zhècì，它tā少shǎo了le一口yìkǒu。

星期三xīngqīsān也yě有yǒu，也yě少shǎo了le一口yìkǒu。星期四xīngqīsì也yě是shì。

同学tóngxué们men都dōu笑xiào了le：“谁shéi送sòng老师lǎoshī东西dōngxī，还hái先xiān吃chī一口yìkǒu？”

小杰xiǎojié说shuō：“是shì安琪ānqí吧ba？她tā最zuì喜欢xǐhuān吃chī苹果píngguǒ。”

安琪ānqí说shuō：“不是búshì我wǒ，不是búshì我wǒ！”

星期五xīngqīwǔ，明天míngtiān就jiù放假fàngjià了le。安琪ānqí第一dìyī个gè来到láidào学校xuéxiào。

她tā的de桌子zhuōzi上shàng也yě有yǒu一yí个gè苹果píngguǒ，还有háiyǒu一yì张zhāng纸zhǐ。

纸zhǐ上shàng写xiě着zhe：“安琪ānqí，谢谢xièxie你nǐ。你nǐ每天měitiān都dōu先xiān吃chī一口yìkǒu，看看kànkan甜不甜tiánbutián，是不是shìbúshì？”

安琪ānqí的de脸红liǎnhóng了le。她tā拿ná起来qǐlai看kàn了le看kàn。

老师lǎoshī送sòng的de这zhè个gè苹果píngguǒ，也yě少shǎo了le一口yìkǒu。

Key words

On Monday morning, the teacher comes in for class. There is a big apple on her desk.

“Whose is this?” The teacher asks. Nobody says a word.

On Tuesday, there is an apple on the desk again. This time, it has one bite missing.

There is one on Wednesday too, also with one bite missing. Thursday is the same.

The whole class laughs: “Who gives the teacher a present and takes a bite first?”

Xiaojie says, “It’s Anqi, isn’t it? Apples are her favourite.”

Anqi says, “It’s not me, it’s not me!”

It’s Friday, and the holidays start tomorrow. Anqi is the first to arrive at school.

On her desk there is an apple too, and a piece of paper.

The note says: “Anqi, thank you. Every day you take one bite first, to see if it’s sweet, don’t you?”

Anqi goes red. She picks it up and looks at it.

And the apple from the teacher? It has one bite missing too.