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HSK 3 · Chapter 16 · 514 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-16-the-granddaughter-in-guangzhou

七楼 · 第十六天

The Seventh Floor, Episode 16: The Granddaughter in Guangzhou

Name: ________________ Date: ________

昨天晚上zuótiān-wǎnshang，宁宁níngníng在zài七qī楼lóu的de快递kuàidì上shàng找到zhǎodào了le半bàn个gè“邹zōu”字zì。这时候zhèshíhou，邹爷爷来lái了le。他tā站zhàn在zài门口ménkǒu，问wèn箱子xiāngzi上shàng写xiě的de是shì谁shéi的de名字míngzi。

乔安把bǎ箱子xiāngzi拿ná给gěi他tā看kàn：“没有méiyǒu名字míngzi，只有zhíyǒu半bàn个gè字zì。宁宁níngníng说shuō，是shì‘邹zōu’。”

他tā看kàn着zhe箱子xiāngzi，看kàn了le很hěn久jiǔ。他tā慢慢mànmàn地de走zǒu进来jìnlai，坐zuò在zài邹奶奶的de桌子zhuōzi旁边pángbiān，一yí句jù话huà也yě不bù说shuō。

过guò了le一会儿yíhuìr，他tā小声xiǎoshēng说shuō：“我wǒ有yǒu一个yígè孙女sūnnǚ，在zài广州guǎngzhōu。”

大家dàjiā都dōu不bù说话shuōhuà了le。宁宁níngníng和hé罗luó师傅shīfu都dōu看kàn着zhe乔安。

她tā说shuō：“可是kěshì刚才gāngcái在zài七qī楼lóu，您nín说shuō家里jiālǐ没有méiyǒu人rén在zài广州guǎngzhōu。”

“五wǔ年nián了le，”他tā说shuō，“我wǒ都dōu不bù知道zhīdào孙女sūnnǚ现在xiànzài多duō高gāo了le。”

“五wǔ年nián前qián，我wǒ和hé儿子érzi说shuō了le很hěn多duō不bù好听hǎotīng的de话huà。现在xiànzài想xiǎng想xiǎng，就是jiùshì一yí件jiàn小事xiǎoshì。可是kěshì我们wǒmen两liǎng个gè都dōu不bù说shuō‘对不起duìbuqǐ’。后来hòulái，他tā带dài着zhe一家人yìjiārén去qù了le南方nánfāng，我们wǒmen就jiù再也zàiyě不bù打电话dǎdiànhuà了le。”

她tā又yòu问wèn：“孙女sūnnǚ小时候xiǎoshíhou常cháng来lái这儿zhèr吗ma？”

“常cháng来lái。她tā最zuì喜欢xǐhuan跟gēn奶奶nǎinai在zài七qī楼lóu种花zhònghuā。她们tāmen两liǎng个gè坐zuò在zài花huā中间zhōngjiān，一yí坐zuò就是jiùshì一yí下午xiàwǔ。”

宁宁níngníng问wèn：“那nà您nín为什么wèishénme不bù给gěi她tā打电话dǎdiànhuà？”

邹爷爷看kàn着zhe自己zìjǐ脚jiǎo上shàng的de那nà双shuāng旧jiù鞋xié。“我wǒ是shì爷爷yéye，我wǒ觉得juéde他们tāmen应该yīnggāi先xiān给gěi我wǒ打电话dǎdiànhuà。我wǒ每天měitiān都dōu想xiǎng：明天míngtiān再zài打电话dǎdiànhuà。一yì天tiān又yòu一yì天tiān，就jiù这样zhèyàng过guò了le五wǔ年nián。”

她tā小声xiǎoshēng说shuō：“可是kěshì您nín的de孙女sūnnǚ每个měigè月yuè都dōu给gěi您nín寄jì种子zhǒngzi。她tā没méi忘记wàngjì您nín，也yě没méi忘记wàngjì七qī楼lóu。”

他tā没有méiyǒu回答huídá。可是kěshì她tā看见kànjiàn，他tā的de眼睛yǎnjing红hóng了le。

宁宁níngníng走zǒu到dào她tā旁边pángbiān，小声xiǎoshēng说shuō：“今天jīntiān的de面包miànbāo，我wǒ不要búyào了le。给gěi爷爷yéye买mǎi一个yígè大dà面包miànbāo。”

这时候zhèshíhou，罗luó师傅shīfu的de手机shǒujī响xiǎng了le。他tā看kàn了le看kàn手机shǒujī，说shuō：“明天míngtiān还有háiyǒu一个yígè七qī楼lóu的de快递kuàidì，也yě是shì从cóng广州guǎngzhōu寄jì来lái的de。”他tā停tíng了le一下yíxià：“很hěn大dà。这么zhème多年duōnián了le，这么zhème大dà的de快递kuàidì，我wǒ还是háishi第一次dìyīcì看见kànjiàn。”

邹爷爷一下子yíxiàzi站zhàn了le起来qǐlai。“明天míngtiān，我wǒ自己zìjǐ来lái拿ná。”他tā看kàn着zhe乔安，又yòu说shuō：“不是búshì晚上wǎnshang十二shí’èr点diǎn。我wǒ白天báitiān来lái。”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
楼lóubuilding (with more than one story)
站zhànstation; stop
门口ménkǒudoorway; entrance; gate
拿náto take; to hold; to carry
着zhedurative 着: ongoing or continuous state — "-ing", "while"
地deground; floor; land; place
走zǒuto go; to leave
进来jìnlaito come in; to enter
旁边pángbiānbeside; next to; nearby
一会儿yíhuìra moment; a while
高gāohigh; tall
箱子xiāngzibox; chest; suitcase

Questions

  1. 邹爷爷为什么五年没有给孙女打电话？

    Why hasn't Grandpa Zou called his granddaughter in five years?

    A. 他不知道孙女的电话B. 他觉得他们应该先给他打电话C. 他每天都很忙

  2. 孙女小时候常和奶奶在七楼做什么？

    What did the granddaughter often do with grandma on the seventh floor as a child?

    A. 种花B. 看书C. 做饭

  3. 罗师傅说明天会有什么？

    What does Master Luo say will come tomorrow?

    A. 一封信B. 一个朋友C. 一个很大的快递

Lesson plan: 45 minutes (for the teacher)

HSK 3 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 16: The Granddaughter in Guangzhou. By the end, students can read it aloud, say what it is about and use 箱子 and 楼 in sentences of their own.

  1. Warm-up 5 min

    Write 七楼 · 第十六天 on the board. Ask what the class thinks it is about, then give the English: “The Seventh Floor, Episode 16: The Granddaughter in Guangzhou”.

  2. Key words 10 min

    Teach 箱子 (xiāngzi, box; chest; suitcase), 楼 (lóu, building (with more than one story)), 站 (zhàn, station; stop), 门口 (ménkǒu, doorway; entrance; gate), 拿 (ná, to take; to hold; to carry), 着 (zhe, durative 着: ongoing or continuous state — "-ing", "while"). 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-16-the-granddaughter-in-guangzhou: 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 箱子 and one with 楼, 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, Ningning found half of the character “Zou” on the seventh-floor parcel. Just then, Zou Yeye came. He stood in the doorway and asked whose name was written on the box.

Qiao An showed him the box: “There's no name, only half a character. Ningning says it's ‘Zou’.”

He looked at the box for a long time. He slowly walked in and sat down beside Zou Nainai's desk without saying a word.

After a while, he said quietly, “I have a granddaughter, in Guangzhou.”

Everyone went quiet. Ningning and Mr Luo both looked at Qiao An.

She said, “But just now on the seventh floor, you said no one in your family was in Guangzhou.”

“It's been five years,” he said. “I don't even know how tall my granddaughter is now.”

“Five years ago, my son and I said a lot of ugly things to each other. Thinking about it now, it was only a small thing. But neither of us would say ‘sorry’. Later he took the whole family down south, and after that we never phoned each other again.”

Then she asked, “Did your granddaughter come here often when she was little?”

“All the time. She loved planting flowers with her grandma on the seventh floor. The two of them would sit among the flowers, and once they sat down, they'd stay the whole afternoon.”

Ningning asked, “Then why don't you call her?”

Zou Yeye looked at the old shoes on his feet. “I'm the grandfather, so I felt they should call me first. Every day I thought: I'll call tomorrow. Day after day, five years went by like that.”

She said quietly, “But your granddaughter sends you seeds every month. She hasn't forgotten you, and she hasn't forgotten the seventh floor.”

He didn't answer. But she saw that his eyes had turned red.

Ningning came over to her and whispered, “I don't want today's bread anymore. Buy Grandpa a big loaf instead.”

Just then, Mr Luo's phone rang. He looked at his phone and said, “There's another seventh-floor parcel tomorrow, also sent from Guangzhou.” He paused: “It's big. In all these years, I've never seen a parcel this big.”

Zou Yeye suddenly stood up. “Tomorrow, I'll come and get it myself.” He looked at Qiao An and added, “Not at midnight. I'll come in the daytime.”

Answers

  1. B. 他觉得他们应该先给他打电话: 我是爷爷，我觉得他们应该先给我打电话。
  2. A. 种花: 她最喜欢跟奶奶在七楼种花。
  3. C. 一个很大的快递: 明天还有一个七楼的快递，也是从广州寄来的。