楼上的声音
The noisy neighbour
Name: ________________ Date: ________
晚上十点，楼上有声音。
“咚咚，咚咚！”
第一天，我想：没关系。第二天，我想：明天就好了。第三天，我坐起来说：“我要去看看！”
我去楼上敲门。门开了，是一个七岁的小女孩。
“你在做什么？”我问。
她说：“我正在学钢琴。老师说，天天都要弹。”
“现在是晚上十点了……”
她看看我，说：“爸爸妈妈工作很忙，十点回家。他们想听我弹。”
我没说话。
第二天晚上八点，我去了楼上。“我能听听吗？”她笑了。
现在我们是好朋友。八点，她弹钢琴，我听。十点，她爸爸妈妈回家，她再弹一次，很小声。
有一天晚上，十点没有声音。我睡不着了。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 十 | shí | ten |
| 点 | diǎn | to point out; to bring up |
| 天 | tiān | heaven; God |
| 没关系 | méiguānxi | it doesn't matter; never mind |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 好 | hǎo | good; nice |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 去 | qù | to go |
| 开 | kāi | to turn on; to switch on |
| 七 | qī | seven |
English (for the teacher)
Ten o’clock at night. A noise from upstairs.
“Bang-bang, bang-bang!”
On the first day, I thought: never mind. On the second day, I thought: it’ll be fine tomorrow. On the third day, I sat up and said, “I’m going to go and see!”
I went upstairs and knocked on the door. The door opened, and there stood a seven-year-old girl.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
She said, “I’m learning the piano. My teacher says I have to play every day.”
“It’s ten o’clock at night now…”
She looked at me and said, “Mum and Dad work very hard. They get home at ten. They want to hear me play.”
I didn’t say anything.
The next evening at eight, I went upstairs. “Can I listen?” She smiled.
Now we’re good friends. At eight, she plays the piano and I listen. At ten, when her mum and dad get home, she plays once more, very quietly.
Then one night, ten o’clock came and there was no sound. I couldn’t sleep.