HSK 2Chapter 3 of 4237 characters

在安平的一个晚上

A night in Anping

安娜给朋友打了电话,告诉她自己在安平,没事。朋友听了,在电话里笑了很长时间。

老王说:“今天晚上就住我们家吧,你跟芳芳住一个房间。”安娜说:“太谢谢你们了!”

晚上,很多人来饭馆吃面,安娜也开始帮忙,给大家送面。车站的那位奶奶也来了。她看见安娜,笑着问:“你怎么还在这儿?”安娜说:“我在这儿上班了!”饭馆里的人都笑了。

第二天早上,老王和芳芳送安娜去车站。安娜拿出手机,要给老王钱,但是老王说什么也不要。他说:“你真想给,就下个月再来,跟芳芳说说外国的事情。”芳芳在旁边说:“姐姐,下个月你要来啊!”

火车开了。安娜想起来,她还是没有去天河。但是她觉得,这是她在中国最快乐的两天。

Words in this chapter (29)

The HSK 2 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.

  • 打dǎ to hit; to strike; to play (a sport)
  • 告诉gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
  • 自己zìjǐ oneself; (attributive) one's own
  • 笑xiào to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
  • 长cháng long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point
  • 就jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as
  • 跟gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with
  • 饭馆fànguǎn restaurant
  • 面miàn noodles; face; side, surface
  • 开始kāishǐ to begin; to start; beginning
  • 帮忙bāngmáng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor
  • 送sòng to send; to deliver; to transmit
  • 车站chēzhàn rail station; bus stop
  • 位wèi classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); position
  • 奶奶nǎinai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies
  • 着zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 拿ná to hold; to seize; to catch
  • 出chū to go out; to come out; to arise
  • 但是dànshì but; however
  • 外国wàiguó foreign country
  • 事情shìqing affair; matter; thing
  • 旁边pángbiān side; adjacent place
  • 啊a modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
  • 起来qǐlái (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  • 还是háishi still (as before); had better; unexpectedly
  • 最zuì (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; -est
  • 快乐kuàilè happy; joyful
  • 酒店jiǔdiàn wine shop; pub (public house); hotel
  • 让ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth

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  1. 1.那天晚上,安娜住在哪儿?

    1. A朋友家
    2. B芳芳家
    3. C车站里
    4. D天河的酒店
  2. 2.老王想让安娜怎么“给钱”?

    1. A下个月再来,跟芳芳说说外国的事情
    2. B在饭馆里工作一年
    3. C给他一个新手机

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