HSK 3Chapter 2 of 4320 characters

送外卖的人

The delivery man

星期二早上,雨小了一点儿。林小雨八点就到了,把伞放回了门口左边。王师傅笑着说:“这么早就还回来了?”

中午,林小雨下楼拿外卖。外面的雨又大了。送外卖的是一个年轻人,从头到脚都是水。“对不起,晚了十分钟。”他着急地说,“我的雨衣坏了,下午还要跑二十多个地方。”

林小雨想了想,拿起门口那把伞,给了他。“这把伞你先用吧。用完了,放回这里就行。”年轻人很奇怪:“这是你的伞吗?”“不是。”林小雨笑了,“是大家的。”

下午六点,林小雨下楼的时候,门口左边什么也没有。她有点儿担心:那个年轻人会不会不还了?她对王师傅说:“都是我不好,我不应该把伞给一个不认识的人。”王师傅听了,笑了:“别担心。这把伞,在这儿已经两年了。”“两年?”

“其实,也不总是这一把。”王师傅说,“每次伞不见了,第二天早上,这里就会有一把新的。一样的红伞,一样的大熊猫。”“是谁放的?”王师傅想了想:“我也不知道。每次我来的时候,伞已经在那儿了。”

Words in this chapter (27)

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

  • 把bǎ classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; to hold
  • 伞sǎn umbrella; parasol
  • 放fàng to put; to place; to release
  • 还huán to pay back; to return
  • 外卖wàimài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal)
  • 又yòu (once) again; also
  • 年轻niánqīng young
  • 脚jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
  • 着急zháojí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency
  • 雨衣yǔyī raincoat
  • 地方dìfang place; location; area
  • 起qǐ to rise; to raise; to get up
  • 先xiān beforehand; first; earlier
  • 用yòng to use; to make use of; to employ
  • 行xíng (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
  • 奇怪qíguài strange; odd; to marvel
  • 担心dānxīn to worry; to be anxious; anxious
  • 应该yīnggāi ought to; should; must
  • 其实qíshí actually; in fact; really
  • 总是zǒngshì always
  • 不见bújiàn to have disappeared; to be missing; not to see
  • 一样yíyàng same; like; equal to
  • 红hóng red; popular; revolutionaryHSK 5
  • 大熊猫dàxióngmāo giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
  • 越yuè to exceed; to climb over; to surpass
  • 以后yǐhòu after; later; afterwards
  • 经理jīnglǐ manager; director

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  1. 1.林小雨为什么把伞给了送外卖的年轻人?

    1. A他想买这把伞
    2. B他的雨衣坏了,下午还要去很多地方
    3. C他是林小雨的朋友
    4. D王师傅让她给的
  2. 2.下午六点,林小雨为什么有点儿担心?

    1. A雨越来越大了
    2. B她找不到王师傅
    3. C伞还没有回来
    4. D她的外卖没有到
  3. 3.王师傅说,伞不见了以后,会怎么样?

    1. A他会去买一把
    2. B第二天早上会有一把新的
    3. C大家都没有伞用了
    4. D他会告诉经理

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