HSK 4Chapter 2 of 5536 characters
楼下的郑师傅
The caretaker downstairs
两个人坐在地上，谁也没说话。过了一会儿，林佳忽然站起来：“有办法了！楼门口每天的视频都存在郑师傅的电脑里。”“视频里也许能看到那辆车。”听到“郑师傅”三个字，安娜心里有点儿怕。
郑师傅六十多岁，负责管理这座楼的大门。他脾气不好，老是批评学生：垃圾扔错了要说，回来晚了要说，说话声音大了也要说。安娜刚来的时候听不懂他说什么，他就大声地再说一遍，好像她是故意听不懂的。从那以后，她每次经过大门都低着头，走得很快。
可是现在已经没有别的办法了。快十一点了，大门旁边郑师傅的房间已经关了灯。林佳敲了敲窗户，敲了三次，灯才亮起来。郑师傅打开窗户，很不高兴：“这么晚了，敲什么敲？不知道几点了吗？”
“郑师傅，真抱歉，打扰您休息了。”林佳赶紧把事情说了一遍。郑师傅听完，没说话，只是看了看安娜。安娜以为他会拒绝，没想到他问：“昨天下午几点？”“四点左右。”他没再说什么，打开门让她们进去，接着打开了电脑。
三个人一分钟一分钟地看视频。四点十二分，一辆出租车停在了楼门口，安娜拿着材料从车上下来，很快地走进了大门。“停！”郑师傅让视频停下来，戴上眼镜，仔细地看。车后面的号码不太清楚，只能看出最后两个数字是3和8。
安娜失望地说：“只有两个数字，没有用。”“谁说没有用？”郑师傅指着车门说，“这种颜色的车，是城东那家出租车公司的。”林佳吃惊地问：“您怎么知道？”郑师傅拿起手机，一边找号码一边说：“我在那家公司开了二十年出租车。”电话通了。已经是晚上十一点，他却大声地说：“老王，是我。帮我找一辆车，有急事！”
Words in this chapter (38)
The HSK 4 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.
- 忽然hūrán suddenly; all of a sudden
- 视频shìpín video
- 存cún to exist; to deposit; to store
- 师傅shīfu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
- 也许yěxǔ perhaps; maybe
- 负责fùzé to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for
- 管理guǎnlǐ to supervise; to manage; to administer
- 座zuò seat; base; stand
- 脾气píqi character; temperament; disposition
- 老是lǎoshì always
- 批评pīpíng to criticize; criticism
- 垃圾lājī trash; refuse; garbage
- 扔rēng to throw; to throw away
- 再说zàishuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover
- 故意gùyì deliberately; on purpose
- 低dī low; beneath; to lower (one's head)
- 敲qiāo to hit; to strike; to tap
- 窗户chuānghu window
- 亮liàng bright; light; to shine
- 抱歉bàoqiàn to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- 打扰dǎrǎo to disturb; to bother; to trouble
- 赶紧gǎnjǐn hurriedly; without delay
- 拒绝jùjué to refuse; to decline; to reject
- 左右zuǒyòu left and right; nearby; approximately
- 接着jiēzhe to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth
- 停tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- 材料cáiliào (raw) material; data
- 戴dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
- 眼镜yǎnjìng spectacles; eyeglasses
- 仔细zǐxì careful; attentive; cautious
- 数字shùzì numeral; digit; number
- 失望shīwàng to lose hope; to despair; disappointed
- 指zhǐ to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on
- 城chéng city walls; city; town
- 吃惊chījīng to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- 通tōng to go through; to know well; to connect
- 却què but; yet; however
- 普通话pǔtōnghuà Putonghua; standard Mandarin
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1.安娜为什么有点儿怕郑师傅？
- A他不让学生进楼
- B他老是批评学生
- C他不会说普通话
- D他是林佳的爸爸
2.从视频里能看出什么？
- A司机的名字
- B护照放在哪儿
- C车后面号码的最后两个数字
3.郑师傅为什么知道是哪家公司的车？
- A他以前在那家公司开过出租车
- B视频里有公司的名字
- C安娜记得公司的名字
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