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坐错了车

The wrong bus

Name: ________________ Date: ________

孙海峰sūnhǎifēng每天měitiān早上zǎoshang七qī点diǎn坐zuò公交车gōngjiāochē上班shàngbān。七qī点diǎn上车shàngchē，八bā点diǎn到dào公司gōngsī，十shí年nián都dōu一样yíyàng。

今天jīntiān他tā太tài累lèi了le，一yí上车shàngchē就jiù睡shuì了le。

司机sījī叫jiào他tā：“先生xiānsheng，先生xiānsheng！到dào了le！”

孙海峰sūnhǎifēng下xià了le车chē，看kàn了le看kàn：没有méiyǒu公司gōngsī，没有méiyǒu楼lóu。水shuǐ，很hěn多duō很hěn多duō的de水shuǐ。

“这zhè是shì哪儿nǎr？”

“海边hǎibiān。你nǐ坐zuò错cuò了le车chē！”

孙海峰sūnhǎifēng打电话dǎdiànhuà说shuō：“对不起duìbuqǐ，我wǒ坐zuò错cuò了le车chē，今天jīntiān不bú去qù上班shàngbān了le。”

他tā在zài海边hǎibiān坐zuò了le一yí上午shàngwǔ。天tiān很hěn蓝lán，风fēng很hěn大dà。他tā十shí年nián没méi看kàn海hǎi了le。

晚上wǎnshang回家huíjiā，他tā对duì儿子érzi说shuō：“爸爸bàba今天jīntiān坐zuò错cuò了le车chē。”

“你nǐ去qù哪儿nǎr了le？”

“海边hǎibiān。”

儿子érzi大dà叫jiào：“爸爸bàba，星期六xīngqīliù我们wǒmen也yě坐zuò错cuò一次yícì车chē吧ba！”

Key words

Every morning at seven, Sun Haifeng takes the bus to work. On the bus at seven, at the office at eight, the same for ten years.

Today he is so tired that he falls asleep as soon as he gets on.

The driver calls him: “Sir, sir! We’re here!”

Sun Haifeng gets off and looks around: no office, no buildings. Water, lots and lots of water.

“Where is this?”

“The seaside. You took the wrong bus!”

Sun Haifeng phones in: “Sorry, I took the wrong bus, so I’m not coming in today.”

He sits by the sea all morning. The sky is blue and the wind is strong. He hasn’t seen the sea in ten years.

That evening at home, he tells his son: “Daddy took the wrong bus today.”

“Where did you go?”

“The seaside.”

His son shouts: “Daddy, on Saturday let’s take the wrong bus too!”