七楼 · 第十七天
The Seventh Floor, Episode 17: The Second Chair
Name: ________________ Date: ________
昨天，罗师傅说，今天有一个七楼的大快递，是从广州寄来的。邹爷爷说，他要自己来拿，而且白天来。
今天是星期六。早上八点，罗师傅的车刚到门口，邹爷爷已经在快递站里等着了。他穿着一件干净的衣服，头发也洗过了。
这个快递真的很大，比宁宁还高。罗师傅一个人很难拿，乔安马上过去帮他。
门一下子被推开了，是宁宁。他今天是骑自行车来的，一进门就大声说：“这么大的快递！”
箱子上还是那几个字：“六号楼，七楼。”没有名字，也没有电话。
邹爷爷说：“就在这儿打开。你们都帮过我，也应该看看。”
他慢慢地打开箱子。里面是一把绿色的椅子，很新。
宁宁有一点儿不开心：“只是一把椅子啊？我还以为是很多很多种子呢。”
可是乔安一看见它，就想起了七楼的小房间。那里也有一把这样的椅子，只是那把很旧。
邹爷爷看着椅子，很久没说话。最后，他说：“以前，七楼有两把这样的椅子。一把是我孙女的，一把是她奶奶的。她们两个常常坐在花中间，一坐就是一下午。”
宁宁问：“那您孙女的那把呢？”
“她去了广州以后，那把椅子坏了，我就没再买。”邹爷爷停了一下，又说：“这么多年了，她还记得。她记得七楼，也记得那两把椅子，记得很清楚。”
宁宁想了想，眼睛一下子亮了：“爷爷，我知道了！旧的是您的，新的是她的。她想回来，跟您一起坐在七楼！”
邹爷爷没有回答。他把手放在新椅子上，很久没动。乔安看见，他的眼睛又红了。
下午，乔安和罗师傅帮他把椅子拿上了七楼。两把椅子放在一起，一把旧，一把新。它们前面，就是那五个长出了小绿叶的花盆。
晚上，乔安回到家，看了看手机上的天气：今天晚上有大风，还有大雨。
她走到窗户旁边。外面的风更大了，楼下的树都在动。她想起了七楼那些小小的绿叶。
这时候，她的手机响了。是宁宁：“下雨了！七楼的花怎么办？”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 而且 | érqiě | and also; moreover |
| 刚 | gāng | just (a moment ago); exactly; barely |
| 干净 | gānjìng | clean; neat |
| 头发 | tóufa | hair (on the head) |
| 难 | nán | difficult; hard |
| 马上 | mǎshàng | right away; immediately |
| 骑 | qí | to ride (a horse, bike, etc.) |
| 自行车 | zìxíngchē | bicycle |
| 箱子 | xiāngzi | box; chest; suitcase |
| 应该 | yīnggāi | should; ought to |
| 开心 | kāixīn | happy; glad |
| 只是 | zhǐshì | merely; just; only |
Questions
邹爷爷为什么要自己来拿快递？
Why did Grandpa Zou want to pick up the package himself?
箱子里面是什么？
What was inside the box?
邹爷爷说，以前七楼的两把椅子是谁的？
Whose were the two chairs on the seventh floor before?
Lesson plan: 45 minutes (for the teacher)
HSK 3 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 17: The Second Chair. By the end, students can read it aloud, say what it is about and use 而且 and 刚 in sentences of their own.
Warm-up 5 min
Write 七楼 · 第十七天 on the board. Ask what the class thinks it is about, then give the English: “The Seventh Floor, Episode 17: The Second Chair”.
Key words 10 min
Teach 而且 (érqiě, and also; moreover), 刚 (gāng, just (a moment ago); exactly; barely), 干净 (gānjìng, clean; neat), 头发 (tóufa, hair (on the head)), 难 (nán, difficult; hard), 马上 (mǎshàng, right away; immediately). 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-17-the-second-chair: 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 而且 and one with 刚, 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)
Yesterday Mr Luo said a big seventh-floor parcel would arrive today, sent from Guangzhou. Zou Yeye said he would come for it himself, and in the daytime.
Today was Saturday. At eight in the morning, Mr Luo's van had only just reached the door, and Zou Yeye was already waiting inside the parcel station. He was wearing a clean shirt, and he had washed his hair too.
The parcel really was big, taller than Ningning. It was hard for Mr Luo to carry it on his own, so Qiao An hurried over to help him.
The door was suddenly pushed open: it was Ningning. He had come on his bike today, and the moment he walked in he shouted, "What a huge parcel!"
On the box were the same few words as always: "Building Six, seventh floor." No name, and no phone number.
Zou Yeye said, "Open it right here. You've all helped me, so you should see it too."
He slowly opened the box. Inside was a green chair, very new.
Ningning was a little disappointed: "Just a chair? I thought it would be loads and loads of seeds."
But as soon as Qiao An saw it, she thought of the little room on the seventh floor. There was a chair just like this one in there, only that one was very old.
Zou Yeye looked at the chair and said nothing for a long time. At last he said, "There used to be two chairs like this on the seventh floor. One was my granddaughter's, and one was her grandma's. The two of them would sit among the flowers, and once they sat down they'd stay all afternoon."
Ningning asked, "So where's your granddaughter's chair?"
"After she went to Guangzhou, that chair broke, and I never bought another." Zou Yeye paused, then said, "After all these years, she still remembers. She remembers the seventh floor, and those two chairs, very clearly."
Ningning thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up: "Grandpa, I get it! The old one is yours, and the new one is hers. She wants to come back and sit with you on the seventh floor!"
Zou Yeye didn't answer. He put his hand on the new chair and didn't move for a long time. Qiao An saw that his eyes had gone red again.
In the afternoon, Qiao An and Mr Luo helped him carry the chair up to the seventh floor. The two chairs stood side by side, one old, one new. In front of them were the five pots with their little green leaves.
That evening, back home, Qiao An checked the weather on her phone: strong wind tonight, and heavy rain.
She went to the window. The wind outside had grown stronger, and all the trees below were swaying. She thought of those tiny green leaves on the seventh floor.
Just then her phone rang. It was Ningning: "It's started raining! What about the flowers on the seventh floor?"
Answers
- C. 他想白天自己来拿: 邹爷爷说，他要自己来拿，而且白天来。
- B. 一把绿色的椅子: 里面是一把绿色的椅子，很新。
- A. 孙女的和奶奶的: 一把是我孙女的，一把是她奶奶的。