HSK 3Chapter 3 of 4314 characters

九层的马丽

Ma Li from the ninth floor

星期三早上,红伞回来了。伞旁边还放着奶茶。王师傅说:“送外卖的年轻人给你的。”奶茶上有一张小纸,写着:“谢谢你!昨天下午,我一次也没有迟到。”奶茶很甜,林小雨开心了一上午。

中午吃饭的时候,她把伞的故事讲给同事们听。大家都觉得很有意思,只有周文还是戴着耳机,一个人坐在一边吃饭。林小雨想:这个人,好像对什么都不感兴趣。

星期四下午,雨越下越大。林小雨在电梯里遇到了九层的同事马丽。马丽好像刚哭过。“怎么了?”林小雨问。“学校刚才打电话来,说我儿子发烧了。”马丽很着急,“我得马上去,可是我没带伞。”

电梯一到一楼,林小雨就跑到门口,拿起那把伞,放在马丽手里。“快去吧!”马丽拿着伞跑进了雨里,很快就不见了。

那天晚上,伞没有回来。林小雨想起王师傅说过:伞不见了,第二天早上,就会有一把新的。那么,明天早上,一定会有人来放伞。林小雨决定,明天她要来得比谁都早。

Words in this chapter (39)

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

  • 红hóng red; popular; revolutionaryHSK 5
  • 伞sǎn umbrella; parasol
  • 放fàng to put; to place; to release
  • 外卖wàimài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal)
  • 年轻niánqīng young
  • 张zhāng measure word for flat things (paper, photos, tables, faces); to open, to spread
  • 纸zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letters etc
  • 迟到chídào to arrive late
  • 甜tián sweet
  • 开心kāixīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time
  • 把bǎ classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; to hold
  • 故事gùshi narrative; story; tale
  • 讲jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate
  • 同事tóngshì colleague; co-worker
  • 只有zhǐyǒu
  • 戴dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bearHSK 4
  • 耳机ěrjī headphones; earphones; telephone receiver
  • 一边yìbiān one side; either side; on the one hand
  • 好像hǎoxiàng to seem like; as if
  • 感兴趣gǎn xìngqù to be interested (in sth)
  • 越yuè to exceed; to climb over; to surpass
  • 电梯diàntī elevator; escalator
  • 遇到yùdào to meet; to run into; to come across
  • 层céng classifier for layers; to pile on top of one another; layer
  • 刚gāng just, only a moment ago; exactly; barely
  • 哭kū to cry; to weep
  • 刚才gāngcái just now; a moment ago
  • 发烧fāshāo to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
  • 着急zháojí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency
  • 得děi to have to; to need to; must
  • 马mǎ horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
  • 可是kěshì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
  • 带dài to wear; to carry; to take along
  • 起qǐ to rise; to raise; to get up
  • 不见bújiàn to have disappeared; to be missing; not to see
  • 一定yídìng surely; certainly; definitely
  • 决定juédìng to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind
  • 借jiè to borrow; to make use of; to avail oneself of
  • 丢diū to lose; to put aside; to throw

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  1. 1.送外卖的年轻人为什么给林小雨奶茶?

    1. A他想跟林小雨做朋友
    2. B他想谢谢林小雨借给他伞
    3. C他送错了外卖
    4. D王师傅让他买的
  2. 2.马丽为什么很着急?

    1. A她上班迟到了
    2. B她儿子发烧了
    3. C她丢了手机
    4. D她找不到电梯
  3. 3.星期四晚上,林小雨决定做什么?

    1. A去马丽家拿伞
    2. B自己去买一把新伞
    3. C明天早上早一点儿来,看看是谁放伞

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