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HSK 3 · Chapter 14 · 541 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-14-the-wrong-number

七楼 · 第十四天

The Seventh Floor, Episode 14: The Wrong Number

Name: ________________ Date: ________

昨天晚上zuótiān-wǎnshang，邹爷爷说shuō，七qī楼lóu的de快递kuàidì不是búshì他tā买mǎi的de。就jiù在zài这时候zhèshíhou，罗luó师傅shīfu打dǎ来lái电话diànhuà：又yòu来lái了le一个yígè七qī楼lóu的de快递kuàidì，这zhè次cì上面shàngmiàn有yǒu一yí个gè电话号码diànhuà-hàomǎ。

她tā听tīng完wán就jiù跑pǎo下xià了le楼lóu。邹zōu爷爷yéye没有méiyǒu跟gēn来lái。

快递kuàidì站zhàn里li的de灯dēng已经yǐjīng亮liàng了le。罗luó师傅shīfu把bǎ一个yígè小xiǎo箱子xiāngzi放fàng在zài邹奶奶的de桌子zhuōzi上shàng。箱子xiāngzi有一点儿yǒuyìdiǎnr脏zāng，上面shàngmiàn还是háishi那nà几jǐ个gè字zì：“六liù号hào楼lóu，七qī楼lóu。”可是kěshì这次zhècì，下面xiàmiàn有yǒu一yí个gè电话号码diànhuà-hàomǎ。

罗luó师傅shīfu说shuō：“来lái了le这么zhème多次duōcì，这zhè是shì第一次dìyīcì有yǒu电话号码diànhuà-hàomǎ。”

门mén一下子yíxiàzi开kāi了le，宁宁níngníng跑pǎo了le进来jìnlai。“我wǒ从cóng家里jiālǐ看见kànjiàn罗luó师傅shīfu的de车chē了le！是shì七qī楼lóu的de吗ma？”

乔安看kàn着zhe那nà个gè号码hàomǎ，心跳xīntiào得de很hěn快kuài。“我wǒ试试shìshi。”她tā把bǎ手机shǒujī声音shēngyīn开kāi到dào最zuì大dà，让ràng他们tāmen两liǎng个gè也yě能néng听见tīngjiàn。

电话diànhuà响xiǎng了le很hěn久jiǔ。宁宁níngníng一yí动dòng也yě不bú动dòng，罗luó师傅shīfu也yě不bù说话shuōhuà。最后zuìhòu，有人yǒurén接jiē了le。是shì一个yígè年轻niánqīng女人nǚrén的de声音shēngyīn：“喂wèi？”

“你好níhǎo，我wǒ是shì小区xiǎoqū快递kuàidì站zhàn的de。我们wǒmen这儿zhèr有yǒu一个yígè快递kuàidì，是shì寄jì到dào六liù号hào楼lóu七qī楼lóu的de……”

电话diànhuà那边nàbiān一下子yíxiàzi安静ānjìng了le。过guò了le很hěn久jiǔ，那nà个gè女人nǚrén才cái说shuō：“你nǐ打dǎ错cuò了le。”

“可是kěshì，号码hàomǎ就jiù写xiě在zài……”

电话diànhuà那边nàbiān已经yǐjīng没有méiyǒu声音shēngyīn了le。乔安又yòu试shì了le一次yícì，电话diànhuà响xiǎng了le很hěn久jiǔ，可是kěshì再也zàiyě没有méiyǒu人rén接jiē。

宁宁níngníng很hěn不bù开心kāixīn：“打dǎ错cuò了le？号码hàomǎ不bú就jiù在zài上面shàngmiàn吗ma？”

罗luó师傅shīfu说shuō：“可能kěnéng是shì写xiě错cuò了le吧ba。”

乔安想xiǎng了le想xiǎng，说shuō：“我wǒ不bù相信xiāngxìn。如果rúguǒ真的zhēnde打dǎ错cuò了le，她tā应该yīnggāi问wèn我wǒ：‘六liù号hào楼lóu哪儿nǎr有yǒu七qī楼lóu？’我wǒ第一dìyī天tiān也yě觉得juéde是shì写xiě错cuò了le。可是kěshì她tā什么shénme都dōu没méi问wèn。”

宁宁níngníng的de眼睛yǎnjing亮liàng了le：“她tā知道zhīdào七qī楼lóu！”

“对duì。我wǒ一yì说shuō到dào‘七qī楼lóu’，她tā就jiù很hěn久jiǔ没méi说话shuōhuà。”

乔安又yòu想到xiǎngdào了le邹爷爷。刚才gāngcái她tā问wèn他tā家jiā有没有yǒuméiyǒu人rén在zài广州guǎngzhōu，他tā的de脸liǎn一下子yíxiàzi白bái了le。

宁宁níngníng一直yìzhí看kàn着zhe那nà个gè箱子xiāngzi。他tā把bǎ它tā拿ná起来qǐlai，看kàn了le看kàn这边zhèbiān，又yòu看kàn了le看kàn那边nàbiān，然后ránhòu一下子yíxiàzi不bú动dòng了le。

“你nǐ看kàn这儿zhèr！电话号码diànhuà-hàomǎ下面xiàmiàn，还有háiyǒu一个yígè很hěn小xiǎo的de字zì。有yǒu一半yíbàn已经yǐjīng不见bújiàn了le，可是kěshì我wǒ好像hǎoxiàng认识rènshi它tā。”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
楼lóubuilding (with more than one story)
就jiùthen; in that case (what follows from the condition before)
打dǎto hit; to beat
又yòuagain (it already happened again); and also
灯dēnglamp; light
箱子xiāngzibox; chest; suitcase
放fàngto put; to place
脏zāngdirty; filthy
可是kěshìbut; however
号码hàomǎnumber
把bǎdisposal 把: marks the object and moves it before the verb — what is done to it
声音shēngyīnsound; voice

Questions

  1. 箱子上这次有什么不一样？

    What is different about the box this time?

    A. 上面写了七号楼B. 上面有电话号码C. 上面有一个名字

  2. 乔安打电话以后，那个女人说什么？

    After Qiao An called, what did the woman say?

    A. 她是邹爷爷的家人B. 你打错了C. 她要来快递站

  3. 乔安为什么不相信打错了？

    Why does Qiao An not believe it was a wrong number?

    A. 那个女人的声音很年轻B. 那个女人没有问六号楼哪儿有七楼C. 罗师傅说号码是对的

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.

  1. 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”.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  1. B. 上面有电话号码: 可是这次，下面有一个电话号码。
  2. B. 你打错了: 过了很久，那个女人才说：“你打错了。”
  3. B. 那个女人没有问六号楼哪儿有七楼: 可是她什么都没问。