新郎进不了门
Chinese wedding traditions: the door games
Name: ________________ Date: ________
结婚那天早上七点，大伟穿着新衣服，带着四个好朋友，来到了丽丽家门口。门关着，里边有很多女孩子在笑。
“丽丽，我来接你了！”大伟在门外大声喊。
门里有人说：“想进来？先给红包！”
这些女孩子是丽丽的伴娘。大伟早就准备好了，从门下边放进去十个红包。
“不够！再来十个！”
大伟又放进去十个。门还是没开。
“红包收到了。现在，回答问题！第一个问题：你们第一次见面是在哪儿？”
“在大学的图书馆。”
“第二个问题：丽丽穿多大的鞋？”
大伟想不起来了。他小声说：“三十七？”
门里没有声音了。过了一会儿，门开了：“答对了！进来吧！”
大伟高兴地走进去，可是伴娘们又站到了他前面：“最后一个游戏：丽丽的鞋不见了。找到鞋，你才能带她走。”
大伟和朋友们马上开始找。床下边，没有；桌子下边，没有；门后边，也没有。十分钟过去了，二十分钟过去了，鞋还是没找到。
丽丽穿着红衣服，坐在床上，看着大伟着急的样子。她看了看手机上的时间，最后小声说了三个字：“冰箱里。”
大伟打开冰箱。鞋就在里边，旁边还有两瓶可乐。
伴娘们都叫了起来：“丽丽！你怎么能告诉他？”
丽丽穿上鞋，站起来说：“十点就要到饭店了。再找下去，我的婚礼就要晚了。”
一个伴娘笑着说：“还没结婚呢，就已经帮着他了！”大伟拿着可乐，笑得像个孩子。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 门 | mén | door; gate |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 进来 | jìnlái | to come in; to enter |
| 准备 | zhǔnbèi | to prepare; to get ready; preparation |
| 一会儿 | yíhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 走 | zǒu | to go; to leave |
| 站 | zhàn | station; stop |
| 前面 | qiánmiàn | in front; ahead |
| 开始 | kāishǐ | to begin; to start; beginning |
| 床 | chuáng | bed |
| 过去 | guòqu | (in the) past; former; to go over; to pass by |
| 打开 | dǎkāi | to open |
English (for the teacher)
At seven in the morning on the wedding day, Dawei, in new clothes, arrived at Lili’s door with four good friends. The door was shut, and inside lots of girls were laughing.
“Lili, I’ve come to get you!” Dawei shouted outside the door.
Someone behind the door said: “Want to come in? Red envelopes first!”
These girls were Lili’s bridesmaids. Dawei had come prepared, and he slid ten red envelopes under the door.
“Not enough! Ten more!”
Dawei slid in ten more. The door still didn’t open.
“Envelopes received. Now, answer some questions! Question one: where did you two first meet?”
“In the university library.”
“Question two: what size shoes does Lili wear?”
Dawei couldn’t remember. He said quietly: “Thirty-seven?”
Behind the door, silence. After a moment the door opened: “Right answer! Come in!”
Dawei walked in happily, but the bridesmaids stepped in front of him again: “One last game: Lili’s shoes have disappeared. Find the shoes, and only then can you take her away.”
Dawei and his friends started searching at once. Under the bed: no; under the desk: no; behind the door: no again. Ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, and the shoes still hadn’t turned up.
Lili, in her red dress, sat on the bed watching Dawei panic. She glanced at the time on her phone, and finally whispered two words: “The fridge.”
Dawei opened the fridge. There were the shoes, with two bottles of cola beside them.
The bridesmaids all cried out: “Lili! How could you tell him?”
Lili put on her shoes, stood up and said: “We have to be at the hotel by ten. If we keep looking, I’ll be late for my own wedding.”
One bridesmaid laughed: “Not even married yet, and she’s already on his side!” Dawei stood there holding a cola, grinning like a kid.