七点的电话
The seven o’clock call
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丽丽在北京工作。她一个人住，家在一个很小的地方，坐火车要五个小时。
每天晚上七点，妈妈都给她打电话。妈妈总是问：“今天吃饭了吗？冷不冷？工作忙不忙？”
丽丽说：“妈，我很好。你别想太多。”
今天是星期五。七点了，电话没有来。七点半了，电话还是没有来。
丽丽给妈妈打电话，妈妈没有接。她给爸爸打电话，爸爸也没有接。
她不想吃饭了，也不想看电视。她坐在椅子上，一直看手机。
八点多，有人在门外叫：“丽丽！丽丽！”
丽丽开门一看，是妈妈！妈妈手里有一个大包，爸爸在她后面笑。
“你们怎么来了？为什么不接电话？”
“我们在火车上，手机没电了。”妈妈说，“明天是你的生日。我们想来看看你。”
爸爸打开大包：“你妈给你做了包子，还热呢。”
丽丽一边吃包子，一边笑。这个星期五，妈妈没有打电话。她自己来了。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工作 | gōngzuò | work; job; to work |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to stay |
| 家 | jiā | home; family |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; little |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 五 | wǔ | five |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 七 | qī | seven |
English (for the teacher)
Lili works in Beijing. She lives on her own; her home is in a very small place, five hours away by train.
Every evening at seven, her mum calls her. Her mum always asks: “Have you eaten today? Are you cold? Is work busy?”
Lili says: “Mum, I’m fine. Don’t worry so much.”
Today is Friday. It’s seven o’clock, and the call hasn’t come. It’s half past seven, and the call still hasn’t come.
Lili calls her mum, and her mum doesn’t answer. She calls her dad, and her dad doesn’t answer either.
She doesn’t feel like eating any more, or watching TV. She sits on a chair, looking at her phone the whole time.
A little after eight, someone calls outside the door: “Lili! Lili!”
Lili opens the door and looks: it’s Mum! Mum has a big bag in her hand, and Dad is behind her, smiling.
“What are you doing here? Why didn’t you answer the phone?”
“We were on the train, and our phones ran out of battery.” Mum says. “Tomorrow is your birthday. We wanted to come and see you.”
Dad opens the big bag: “Your mum made you baozi; they’re still warm.”
Lili eats the baozi and smiles at the same time. This Friday, Mum didn’t call. She came herself.