七楼 · 第十五天
The Seventh Floor, Episode 15: Half a Character
Name: ________________ Date: ________
昨天晚上，七楼的快递上第一次有了电话号码。乔安给这个号码打了电话，一个年轻女人只说了一句“你打错了”，就再也不接了。这时候，宁宁在快递单上看见了一个很小的字。
那个字就在电话号码下面。它的左边还在，右边已经不见了。
罗师傅看了看，说：“太小了，我看不清楚。”
宁宁拿着箱子走到灯下面，看了很久。他什么也不说，像电视里的警察一样。
过了一会儿，他跑到那张旧桌子旁边，打开了最下面的抽屉。
她问：“你要找什么？”
“这个字，我在哪儿见过。我知道了，就在这里面！”
他拿出那个旧本子。本子已经有一点儿黄了，上面写着几个大字：“邹家小商店”。
宁宁把本子放在箱子旁边。“你们看第一个字。它的左边和箱子上的那一半，是不是一样？”
她小心地看了又看。真的一样。
她慢慢地说：“这是‘邹’字。”
宁宁大声说：“邹奶奶的邹！也是邹爷爷的邹！”
大家一下子安静了。她的心又跳得很快。
她说：“寄这些快递的人姓邹，就在广州。”
罗师傅想了想：“我在这个小区送了这么多年快递，姓邹的只有邹爷爷一家。”
宁宁说：“我又说对了！你得再给我买一个面包。”
她笑了：“好，小警察，找到这个人再说吧。”
可是她想到了邹爷爷，心里有一点儿难过。刚才在七楼，她问他家里有没有人在广州。他很久没说话，最后只说了两个字：“没有。”
他为什么不告诉她？
就在这时候，有人敲门，三下，很慢。
宁宁跑过去打开了门。门口站着邹爷爷。
他没有进来，眼睛一直看着桌子上的箱子。过了很久，他才小声问：“快递单上，写的是谁的名字？”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 楼 | lóu | building (with more than one story) |
| 错 | cuò | mistake; fault; wrong; mistaken |
| 就 | jiù | then; in that case (what follows from the condition before) |
| 下面 | xiàmiàn | next; following |
| 号码 | hàomǎ | number |
| 年轻 | niánqīng | young |
| 女人 | nǚrén | woman |
| 句 | jù | sentence |
| 接 | jiē | to receive; to accept |
| 清楚 | qīngchu | clear; distinct |
| 箱子 | xiāngzi | box; chest; suitcase |
| 灯 | dēng | lamp; light |
Questions
乔安打电话以后，那个女人说了什么？
After Qiao An called, what did the woman say?
宁宁为什么觉得那个字是“邹”？
Why did Ningning think the character was 邹?
她问邹爷爷家里有没有人在广州，他怎么说？
When she asked Grandpa Zou if anyone in his family was in Guangzhou, what did he say?
Lesson plan: 45 minutes (for the teacher)
HSK 3 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 15: Half a Character. By the end, students can read it aloud, say what it is about and use 号码 and 年轻 in sentences of their own.
Warm-up 5 min
Write 七楼 · 第十五天 on the board. Ask what the class thinks it is about, then give the English: “The Seventh Floor, Episode 15: Half a Character”.
Key words 10 min
Teach 号码 (hàomǎ, number), 年轻 (niánqīng, young), 女人 (nǚrén, woman), 句 (jù, sentence), 接 (jiē, to receive; to accept), 清楚 (qīngchu, clear; distinct). 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-15-half-a-character: 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 号码 and one with 年轻, 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, for the first time, a seventh-floor parcel had a phone number on it. Qiao An called the number, and a young woman said only "You've got the wrong number," then never answered again. Just then, Ningning noticed a tiny character on the delivery slip.
The character sat right under the phone number. Its left side was still there, but the right side was gone.
Mr Luo took a look and said, "It's too small, I can't make it out."
Ningning carried the box over to the light and looked at it for a long time. He didn't say anything, just like a police officer on TV.
After a while, he ran over to the old desk and opened the bottom drawer.
Qiao An asked, "What are you looking for?"
"I've seen this character somewhere. I know! It's in here!"
He took out the old notebook. The notebook had gone a little yellow, and on it were a few big characters: "Zou Family Little Shop".
Ningning put the notebook next to the box. "Look at the first character. Isn't its left side the same as the half on the box?"
Qiao An looked carefully, again and again. They really were the same.
She said slowly, "That's the character Zou."
Ningning shouted, "Zou, as in Grandma Zou! And Zou, as in Grandpa Zou!"
Suddenly everyone went quiet. Qiao An's heart was racing again.
She said, "Whoever sends these parcels is named Zou, and is right there in Guangzhou."
Mr Luo thought for a moment: "I've delivered parcels in this compound for so many years, and the only family named Zou is Grandpa Zou's."
Ningning said, "I'm right again! You owe me another loaf of bread."
Qiao An laughed: "OK, little policeman, let's find this person first."
But when she thought of Grandpa Zou, she felt a little sad. Just now on the seventh floor, she had asked him whether anyone in his family was in Guangzhou. For a long time he said nothing, and in the end he said just one word: "No."
Why wouldn't he tell her?
Just then, someone knocked on the door: three slow knocks.
Ningning ran over and opened the door. Grandpa Zou was standing outside.
He didn't come in; his eyes stayed on the box on the desk. After a long time, he asked quietly, "The name on the delivery slip... whose is it?"
Answers
- B. 你打错了: 一个年轻女人只说了一句“你打错了”，就再也不接了。
- A. 旧本子上的字左边一样: 它的左边和箱子上的那一半，是不是一样？
- A. 他很久没说话，最后说“没有”: 他很久没说话，最后只说了两个字：“没有。”