不是我的蛋糕
Not my cake
Name: ________________ Date: ________
小芳在公司加班到九点。回到家，她太累了，不想做饭，就在手机上点了一碗牛肉面。
半个小时以后，有人敲门。外卖员把一个大盒子放在门口，说了一句“祝您生日快乐”，就跑下楼了。
生日快乐？小芳的生日在十二月，现在才五月。
她打开盒子，里面是一个蛋糕，上面写着：爸爸，生日快乐。蛋糕旁边还有一张小卡片：“爸，今年我又不能回家了。对不起。你的女儿”
小芳看了看外卖单。地址是“三号楼502”。她住的是“五号楼502”。
她给外卖员打电话。外卖员一直说对不起：“我现在在送另一单，太远了，回不去。你能不能……”
“我送过去吧。”小芳说，“三号楼不远。”
她拿着蛋糕下了楼。五月的晚上有一点冷，小区里很安静。她一边走一边想：这个女儿在哪儿？她爸爸今年多大了？他一个人过生日吗？
三号楼的电梯坏了。她爬到五楼，站在502门口，敲了敲门。
门开了。一位头发全白的老人站在门口，手里拿着一双筷子。
小芳看见，他身后的桌子上放着一碗牛肉面。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 累 | lèi | tired; weary; to tire; to wear out |
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; entrance; gate |
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday |
| 打开 | dǎkāi | to open |
| 里面 | lǐmiàn | inside; interior |
| 上面 | shàngmiàn | above; on top of; on the surface of |
| 旁边 | pángbiān | beside; next to; nearby |
| 楼 | lóu | building (with more than one story) |
| 远 | yuǎn | far; distant |
| 送 | sòng | to give (as a present) |
| 拿 | ná | to take; to hold; to carry |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl |
English (for the teacher)
Xiaofang worked late at the office until nine. When she got home she was too tired to cook, so she ordered a bowl of beef noodles on her phone.
Half an hour later, someone knocked on the door. The delivery man put a big box down at the door, said “Happy birthday to you,” and ran off downstairs.
Happy birthday? Xiaofang’s birthday was in December, and it was only May.
She opened the box; inside was a cake, and on it was written: Happy birthday, Dad. Next to the cake was a little card: “Dad, I can’t come home again this year. I’m sorry. Your daughter”
Xiaofang looked at the delivery slip. The address was “Building 3, 502”. She lived in “Building 5, 502”.
She called the delivery man. The delivery man kept saying sorry: “I’m on another delivery now; it’s too far, I can’t go back. Could you…”
“I’ll take it over.” Xiaofang said. “Building 3 isn’t far.”
She carried the cake downstairs. The May evening was a little cold, and the estate was very quiet. As she walked, she wondered: where was this daughter? How old was her dad this year? Was he spending his birthday alone?
The lift in Building 3 was broken. She climbed to the fifth floor, stood at the door of 502 and knocked.
The door opened. An old man with completely white hair stood in the doorway, holding a pair of chopsticks.
Xiaofang saw that on the table behind him was a bowl of beef noodles.