HSK 2Chapter 4 of 4266 characters

每个月的星期六

One Saturday a month

从那个星期六开始,安娜每个月都坐火车去安平。这一次,她没有坐错车。

每次去,她都跟芳芳说外国的事情,也帮她准备考试。老王教安娜做面。开始的时候,安娜做的面不太好吃。老王吃了一口,想了想,说:“这个……很有意思的面。”但是半年过去,她做的面已经很好吃了。有的人还问老王:“这是你家的外国女儿吗?”

一年过去了。芳芳考试考得很好,明年就要出国上大学了。老王虽然有点儿不想让她走,但是他比谁都高兴。

一个星期六的上午,安娜在安平下了车。她看见车站门口站着一个外国男孩儿,手里拿着手机,不知道去哪儿。安娜走过去问:“你好,你坐错车了吧?手机也没电了?”男孩儿看着她:“你……你怎么知道?”安娜笑了:“没关系,你跟我来。我知道一家饭馆,那儿的面最好吃。”

Words in this chapter (38)

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

  • 从cóng from; through; via
  • 开始kāishǐ to begin; to start; beginning
  • 每měi each; every
  • 次cì classifier for enumerated events: time; next in sequence; second
  • 错cuò mistake; wrong; bad
  • 跟gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with
  • 外国wàiguó foreign country
  • 事情shìqing affair; matter; thing
  • 帮bāng to help; to assist; to support
  • 准备zhǔnbèi to prepare; to intend; to be about to
  • 考试kǎoshì to take an exam; exam
  • 教jiāo to teach; to instruct
  • 面miàn noodles; face; side, surface
  • 有意思yǒu yìsi interesting; meaningful; enjoyable
  • 但是dànshì but; however
  • 过去guòqù to go over; to pass by; (in the) past
  • 已经yǐjīng already
  • 考kǎo to check; to verify; to test
  • 得de
  • 就jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as
  • 出国chūguó to go abroad; to leave the country
  • 虽然suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc)
  • 让ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth
  • 走zǒu to walk; to go; to run
  • 比bǐ to compare; to gesture; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  • 车站chēzhàn rail station; bus stop
  • 门口ménkǒu doorway; gate
  • 站zhàn station; branch of a company or organization; website
  • 着zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 男孩儿nánháir erhua form of 男孩
  • 手shǒu hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
  • 拿ná to hold; to seize; to catch
  • 电diàn lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)HSK 3
  • 笑xiào to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
  • 饭馆fànguǎn restaurant
  • 最zuì (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; -est
  • 长cháng long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point
  • 等děng to wait for; to await; by the time

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  1. 1.安娜多长时间去一次安平?

    1. A每个星期
    2. B每个月
    3. C每年
  2. 2.明年芳芳要做什么?

    1. A出国上大学
    2. B在饭馆工作
    3. C去天河找安娜
  3. 3.车站门口的男孩儿怎么了?

    1. A他在等芳芳
    2. B他想买面
    3. C他坐错车了,手机也没电了

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