牛肉面在哪儿？
How to order takeaway in Chinese
Name: ________________ Date: ________
晚上九点，安娜饿了。她不想做饭，就在手机上点了外卖：一碗牛肉面。手机上写着：“三十分钟送到。”
二十分钟以后，有人给她打电话。“你好，你的外卖到了。我在大门这儿。你住几号楼？”
“八号楼。进大门以后往右走，第二个楼。”
五分钟以后，他又打电话来了。“我到了，右边第二个楼。你在几层？”
“六层，602。”
“可是这个楼一共五层啊。”
安娜想了一下：“你是从哪个门进来的？”
“东门。”
“啊……我说的是南门。”
电话里没有声音了。安娜也不知道说什么。这里的楼都一样，都是白色的，有时候她自己也会走错。
这时候，她的小狗来到门口，一直叫。安娜有了一个办法。她打开门，对小狗说：“去，下去找牛肉面！”小狗马上下去了。
十分钟以后，楼下有人上来了。外卖员拿着牛肉面，小狗走在他前面，很高兴。
他把牛肉面拿给安娜，笑着说：“你的狗比你说得清楚。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 送 | sòng | to give (as a present) |
| 楼 | lóu | building (with more than one story) |
| 进 | jìn | to enter; to go in |
| 右 | yòu | right (side) |
| 走 | zǒu | to go; to leave |
| 右边 | yòubiān | right side; the right |
| 门 | mén | door; gate |
| 白色 | báisè | white |
| 有时候 | yǒushíhou | sometimes |
| 错 | cuò | wrong; mistaken; mistake; fault |
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; entrance; gate |
| 打开 | dǎkāi | to open |
English (for the teacher)
At nine in the evening, Anna gets hungry. She doesn’t feel like cooking, so she orders takeaway on her phone: a bowl of beef noodles. The app says: “Delivered in thirty minutes.”
Twenty minutes later, someone calls her. “Hello, your takeaway’s here. I’m at the main gate. Which building are you in?”
“Building 8. Come in through the gate, go right, and it’s the second building.”
Five minutes later, he calls again. “I’m here, second building on the right. What floor are you on?”
“Sixth floor, 602.”
“But this building only has five floors.”
Anna thinks for a moment: “Which gate did you come in by?”
“The east gate.”
“Oh… I meant the south gate.”
The line goes quiet. Anna doesn’t know what to say either. All the buildings here look the same, all of them white, and sometimes even she goes the wrong way.
Just then her little dog comes to the door, barking and barking. Anna has an idea. She opens the door and tells the dog, “Go on, go down and find the beef noodles!” The dog goes straight down.
Ten minutes later, someone comes up the stairs. The rider is carrying the beef noodles, and the dog is walking in front of him, very pleased with itself.
He hands Anna the noodles and says with a grin, “Your dog gives better directions than you do.”