七楼 · 第十四天
The Seventh Floor, Episode 14: The Wrong Number
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昨天晚上，邹爷爷说，七楼的快递不是他买的。就在这时候，罗师傅打来电话：又来了一个七楼的快递，这次上面有一个电话号码。
她听完就跑下了楼。邹爷爷没有跟来。
快递站里的灯已经亮了。罗师傅把一个小箱子放在邹奶奶的桌子上。箱子有一点儿脏，上面还是那几个字：“六号楼，七楼。”可是这次，下面有一个电话号码。
罗师傅说：“来了这么多次，这是第一次有电话号码。”
门一下子开了，宁宁跑了进来。“我从家里看见罗师傅的车了！是七楼的吗？”
乔安看着那个号码，心跳得很快。“我试试。”她把手机声音开到最大，让他们两个也能听见。
电话响了很久。宁宁一动也不动，罗师傅也不说话。最后，有人接了。是一个年轻女人的声音：“喂？”
“你好，我是小区快递站的。我们这儿有一个快递，是寄到六号楼七楼的……”
电话那边一下子安静了。过了很久，那个女人才说：“你打错了。”
“可是，号码就写在……”
电话那边已经没有声音了。乔安又试了一次，电话响了很久，可是再也没有人接。
宁宁很不开心：“打错了？号码不就在上面吗？”
罗师傅说：“可能是写错了吧。”
乔安想了想，说：“我不相信。如果真的打错了，她应该问我：‘六号楼哪儿有七楼？’我第一天也觉得是写错了。可是她什么都没问。”
宁宁的眼睛亮了：“她知道七楼！”
“对。我一说到‘七楼’，她就很久没说话。”
乔安又想到了邹爷爷。刚才她问他家有没有人在广州，他的脸一下子白了。
宁宁一直看着那个箱子。他把它拿起来，看了看这边，又看了看那边，然后一下子不动了。
“你看这儿！电话号码下面，还有一个很小的字。有一半已经不见了，可是我好像认识它。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 楼 | lóu | building (with more than one story) |
| 就 | jiù | then; in that case (what follows from the condition before) |
| 打 | dǎ | to hit; to beat |
| 又 | yòu | again (it already happened again); and also |
| 灯 | dēng | lamp; light |
| 箱子 | xiāngzi | box; chest; suitcase |
| 放 | fàng | to put; to place |
| 脏 | zāng | dirty; filthy |
| 可是 | kěshì | but; however |
| 号码 | hàomǎ | number |
| 把 | bǎ | disposal 把: marks the object and moves it before the verb — what is done to it |
| 声音 | shēngyīn | sound; voice |
Questions
箱子上这次有什么不一样？
What is different about the box this time?
乔安打电话以后，那个女人说什么？
After Qiao An called, what did the woman say?
乔安为什么不相信打错了？
Why does Qiao An not believe it was a wrong number?
Lesson plan: 45 minutes (for the teacher)
HSK 3 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 14: The Wrong Number. By the end, students can read it aloud, say what it is about and use 又 and 灯 in sentences of their own.
Warm-up 5 min
Write 七楼 · 第十四天 on the board. Ask what the class thinks it is about, then give the English: “The Seventh Floor, Episode 14: The Wrong Number”.
Key words 10 min
Teach 又 (yòu, again (it already happened again); and also), 灯 (dēng, lamp; light), 箱子 (xiāngzi, box; chest; suitcase), 放 (fàng, to put; to place), 脏 (zāng, dirty; filthy), 可是 (kěshì, but; however). Say each one, the class says it back, then ask for its meaning with the word covered. The rest are in the handout’s table.
Listen 10 min
Play it read aloud from mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-14-the-wrong-number: once with the text face down, once reading along. Students tap any word there for its meaning.
Read and check 10 min
Students read it alone, then answer the 3 questions on the handout. Go through them together; the answers and the line that proves each are on the teacher’s page.
Use it 10 min
In pairs, each student writes two sentences of their own, one with 又 and one with 灯, and reads one to the class.
Homework. Students read it again at home and Review its words. Put it in a free class (mandarinthewild.com/teachers/class) and you see who read it.
English (for the teacher)
Last night, Zou Yeye said he had not bought the seventh-floor parcels. Just then, Mr Luo called: another seventh-floor parcel had come, and this time it had a phone number on it.
As soon as she heard this, Qiao An ran downstairs. Zou Yeye did not follow.
The lights in the parcel station were already on. Mr Luo put a small box on Zou Nainai's desk. The box was a little dirty, and on it were the same few words as always: 'Building Six, seventh floor.' But this time, below them, there was a phone number.
Mr Luo said, 'All these times they've come, and this is the first time there's a phone number.'
The door flew open and Ningning ran in. 'I saw Mr Luo's van from home! Is it a seventh-floor one?'
Qiao An looked at the number, her heart beating fast. 'Let me try.' She turned her phone's volume all the way up so the two of them could hear too.
The phone rang for a long time. Ningning didn't move at all, and Mr Luo said nothing. At last, someone picked up. It was a young woman's voice: 'Hello?'
'Hello, I'm from the parcel station in the compound. We have a parcel here, addressed to Building Six, seventh floor…'
The other end went quiet all at once. After a long time, the woman said, 'You have the wrong number.'
'But the number is written right on…'
There was no sound on the line any more. Qiao An tried again; the phone rang for a long time, but no one ever picked up.
Ningning was not happy: 'Wrong number? Isn't the number right there on it?'
Mr Luo said, 'Maybe someone wrote it down wrong.'
Qiao An thought for a moment and said, 'I don't believe it. If it really were a wrong number, she should have asked me, "How can Building Six have a seventh floor?" On my first day, I thought it was a mistake too. But she didn't ask anything.'
Ningning's eyes lit up: 'She knows about the seventh floor!'
'Yes. As soon as I said "seventh floor", she went silent for a long time.'
Qiao An thought of Zou Yeye again. Just now, when she asked whether anyone in his family was in Guangzhou, his face had suddenly gone white.
Ningning kept looking at the box. He picked it up, looked at one side, then the other, and then suddenly went still.
'Look here! Under the phone number, there's one more tiny character. Half of it is gone, but I think I know it.'
Answers
- B. 上面有电话号码: 可是这次，下面有一个电话号码。
- B. 你打错了: 过了很久，那个女人才说：“你打错了。”
- B. 那个女人没有问六号楼哪儿有七楼: 可是她什么都没问。