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HSK 3 · Chapter 15 · 510 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-15-half-a-character

七楼 · 第十五天

The Seventh Floor, Episode 15: Half a Character

Name: ________________ Date: ________

昨天晚上zuótiān-wǎnshang，七qī楼lóu的de快递kuàidì上shàng第一次dìyīcì有yǒu了le电话号码diànhuà-hàomǎ。乔安给gěi这zhè个gè号码hàomǎ打dǎ了le电话diànhuà，一个yígè年轻niánqīng女人nǚrén只zhǐ说shuō了le一yí句jù“你nǐ打dǎ错cuò了le”，就jiù再也zàiyě不bù接jiē了le。这时候zhèshíhou，宁宁níngníng在zài快递kuàidì单dān上shàng看见kànjiàn了le一个yígè很hěn小xiǎo的de字zì。

那nà个gè字zì就jiù在zài电话号码diànhuà-hàomǎ下面xiàmiàn。它tā的de左边zuǒbian还hái在zài，右边yòubian已经yǐjīng不见bújiàn了le。

罗luó师傅shīfu看kàn了le看kàn，说shuō：“太tài小xiǎo了le，我wǒ看kàn不bù清楚qīngchu。”

宁宁níngníng拿ná着zhe箱子xiāngzi走zǒu到dào灯dēng下面xiàmiàn，看kàn了le很hěn久jiǔ。他tā什么shénme也yě不bù说shuō，像xiàng电视diànshì里li的de警察jǐngchá一样yíyàng。

过guò了le一会儿yíhuìr，他tā跑pǎo到dào那nà张zhāng旧jiù桌子zhuōzi旁边pángbiān，打开dǎkāi了le最zuì下面xiàmiàn的de抽屉chōuti。

她tā问wèn：“你nǐ要yào找zhǎo什么shénme？”

“这zhè个gè字zì，我wǒ在zài哪儿nǎr见jiàn过guo。我wǒ知道zhīdào了le，就jiù在zài这zhè里面lǐmiàn！”

他tā拿出náchū那个nàge旧jiù本子běnzi。本子běnzi已经yǐjīng有一点儿yǒuyìdiǎnr黄huáng了le，上面shàngmiàn写xiě着zhe几jǐ个gè大字dàzì：“邹家小商店”。

宁宁níngníng把bǎ本子běnzi放fàng在zài箱子xiāngzi旁边pángbiān。“你们nǐmen看kàn第一dìyī个gè字zì。它tā的de左边zuǒbian和hé箱子xiāngzi上shàng的de那nà一半yíbàn，是不是shìbúshì一样yíyàng？”

她tā小心xiǎoxīn地de看kàn了le又yòu看kàn。真的zhēnde一样yíyàng。

她tā慢慢mànmàn地de说shuō：“这zhè是shì‘邹zōu’字zì。”

宁宁níngníng大声dàshēng说shuō：“邹奶奶的de邹zōu！也yě是shì邹zōu爷爷yéye的de邹zōu！”

大家dàjiā一下子yíxiàzi安静ānjìng了le。她tā的de心xīn又yòu跳tiào得de很hěn快kuài。

她tā说shuō：“寄jì这些zhèxiē快递kuàidì的de人rén姓xìng邹zōu，就jiù在zài广州guǎngzhōu。”

罗luó师傅shīfu想xiǎng了le想xiǎng：“我wǒ在zài这zhè个gè小区xiǎoqū送sòng了le这么zhème多年duōnián快递kuàidì，姓xìng邹zōu的de只有zhíyǒu邹爷爷一家yìjiā。”

宁宁níngníng说shuō：“我wǒ又yòu说shuō对duì了le！你nǐ得děi再zài给gěi我wǒ买mǎi一yí个gè面包miànbāo。”

她tā笑xiào了le：“好hǎo，小xiǎo警察jǐngchá，找到zhǎodào这zhè个gè人rén再说zàishuō吧ba。”

可是kěshì她tā想到xiǎngdào了le邹爷爷，心里xīnlǐ有yǒu一点儿yìdiǎnr难过nánguò。刚才gāngcái在zài七qī楼lóu，她tā问wèn他tā家里jiālǐ有没有yǒuméiyǒu人rén在zài广州guǎngzhōu。他tā很hěn久jiǔ没méi说话shuōhuà，最后zuìhòu只zhǐ说shuō了le两liǎng个gè字zì：“没有méiyǒu。”

他tā为什么wèishénme不bú告诉gàosu她tā？

就jiù在zài这时候zhèshíhou，有人yǒurén敲门qiāomén，三sān下xià，很hěn慢màn。

宁宁níngníng跑pǎo过去guòqu打开dǎkāi了le门mén。门口ménkǒu站zhàn着zhe邹爷爷。

他tā没有méiyǒu进来jìnlái，眼睛yǎnjing一直yìzhí看kàn着zhe桌子zhuōzi上shàng的de箱子xiāngzi。过guò了le很hěn久jiǔ，他tā才cái小声xiǎoshēng问wèn：“快递kuàidì单dān上shàng，写xiě的de是shì谁shéi的de名字míngzi？”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
楼lóubuilding (with more than one story)
错cuòmistake; fault; wrong; mistaken
就jiùthen; in that case (what follows from the condition before)
下面xiàmiànnext; following
号码hàomǎnumber
年轻niánqīngyoung
女人nǚrénwoman
句jùsentence
接jiēto receive; to accept
清楚qīngchuclear; distinct
箱子xiāngzibox; chest; suitcase
灯dēnglamp; light

Questions

  1. 乔安打电话以后，那个女人说了什么？

    After Qiao An called, what did the woman say?

    A. 你是谁B. 你打错了C. 我现在不在家

  2. 宁宁为什么觉得那个字是“邹”？

    Why did Ningning think the character was 邹?

    A. 旧本子上的字左边一样B. 罗师傅告诉了他C. 电话里的人说了

  3. 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?

    A. 他很久没说话，最后说“没有”B. 有，是我的儿子C. 他说不知道

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.

  1. 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”.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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 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

  1. 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。
  2. 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？
  3. 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。”