HSK 3Chapter 1 of 4329 characters

星期一

Monday

星期一下午六点,外面下着大雨。林小雨站在公司楼下的门口,没有伞。早上出门的时候,天还是晴的。她看了看手机:雨要下到晚上十点。

门口左边放着一把红色的伞。伞已经很旧了,上面画着一只大熊猫。林小雨每天都从这里走过,好像见过它,可是一直没有注意过。

这时候,同事周文从电梯里出来了。他坐在林小雨旁边,已经半年了,可是两个人一共没聊过几次。他总是戴着耳机,好像不太喜欢跟别人说话。周文看了看她,什么也没说,就走了。

“王师傅,这是谁的伞?”林小雨问。王师傅在楼下工作了很多年,楼里的人他差不多都认识。可是这次,他也不知道:“早上就在这儿了,一直没人拿。”“我能借一下吗?明天早上就还回来。”“拿去吧,别感冒了。”

回到家,林小雨把伞打开,放在门口。她这才发现,伞里面写着一些字:“下雨了?拿去用吧。用完了,请还回来。”这么说,这把伞不是别人忘在那里的,是有人放在那里给大家用的。可是,是谁放的呢?

Words in this chapter (26)

The HSK 3 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.

  • 伞sǎn umbrella; parasol
  • 放fàng to put; to place; to release
  • 把bǎ classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; to hold
  • 旧jiù old; opposite: new 新; former
  • 大熊猫dàxióngmāo giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
  • 好像hǎoxiàng to seem like; as if
  • 可是kěshì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
  • 一直yìzhí straight (in a straight line); continuously; always
  • 注意zhùyì to take note of; to pay attention to
  • 同事tóngshì colleague; co-worker
  • 电梯diàntī elevator; escalator
  • 一共yígòng in total; altogether
  • 聊liáo (coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while
  • 总是zǒngshì always
  • 戴dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bearHSK 4
  • 耳机ěrjī headphones; earphones; telephone receiver
  • 别人biérén other people; others; other person
  • 差不多chàbuduō almost; nearly; more or less
  • 借jiè to borrow; to make use of; to avail oneself of
  • 还huán to pay back; to return
  • 感冒gǎnmào (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest
  • 才cái only then, not until; only just; only (so few)
  • 发现fāxiàn to notice; to become aware of; to discover
  • 用yòng to use; to make use of; to employ
  • 聊天儿liáotiānr to chat; to gossip
  • 经理jīnglǐ manager; director

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  1. 1.下班的时候,林小雨为什么站在门口不走?

    1. A她没有伞
    2. B她在等周文
    3. C她在等王师傅
    4. D她的手机坏了
  2. 2.周文这个人怎么样?

    1. A他很喜欢跟人聊天儿
    2. B他不太跟别人说话
    3. C他是林小雨的经理
  3. 3.看了伞里面的字,林小雨知道了什么?

    1. A伞是王师傅的
    2. B伞是周文忘在那里的
    3. C伞是有人放在那里给大家用的
    4. D伞已经坏了

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