HSK 5Chapter 1 of 5612 characters
同一碗粥
The same bowl of porridge
陈亮在杭州送外卖,已经是第三年了。他每天中午十一点开始接单,晚上十点才回家,中间几乎不休息。他的手机放在电动车的车头,屏幕上显示着每一单还剩多少分钟。平台的系统会给每一单算好时间,超出一分钟,收入就可能少一点。所以他最怕两种单:一种是下大雨的时候,一种是没有电梯的老小区。
城西有一个老小区,至少有三十年了,楼梯上的灯光很暗,台阶又窄又高。每天傍晚六点半左右,小区里三号楼二单元的六楼都会有人下同一个单:小区门口那家粥店的一碗白粥,八块钱。留言也始终是同一句:“不急,慢慢来。”第一次接到这个单的时候,陈亮心里有点儿不高兴。他在心里算过:爬一次六楼的时间,够他在别的地方多送一单了。
可是他很快发现,这个单几乎每天都是他的。这个小区离他常去的几家店很近,系统总是把它派给他。每次他爬到六楼,门都已经开着,一位头发全白的老人站在门里等他。她好像每天都算好了时间,一听见楼梯上的脚步声,就先把门打开。她个子不高,说话很慢,声音却很清楚。陈亮一般把袋子递过去,说一句“您的外卖到了”,就急忙往楼下走。老人却总要在后面问上两三句:“今天外面冷不冷?”“路上堵不堵?”“吃饭了吗?”他一边下楼一边回答:“不冷,不堵,吃了。”其实他很少在十点以前吃饭。
有一天,他送得比平时早,老人还没来得及开门。他在门口等了一会儿,看见门边放着一个装垃圾的袋子。袋子没有系好,里面是一个粥店的盒子,盒子里的粥几乎是满的。门开了,老人笑着接过新的一碗,说:“辛苦了,路上小心。”陈亮下楼的时候,第一次放慢了脚步。那天晚上十点多,他坐在路边吃一份凉了的盒饭,又想起了那碗几乎没有动过的粥。他想不明白:一个人每天点一碗粥,却不吃,为的是什么?
Words in this chapter (24)
The HSK 5 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.
- 单dān bill; list; form
- 屏幕píngmù screen (TV, computer or movie)
- 显示xiǎnshì to show; to illustrate; to display
- 平台píngtái platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
- 系统xìtǒng system
- 超出chāochū to exceed; to overstep; to go too far
- 灯光dēngguāng (stage) lighting; light
- 暗àn dark; to turn dark; secret
- 台阶táijiē steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle)
- 窄zhǎi narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
- 傍晚bàngwǎn in the evening; when night falls; towards evening
- 单元dānyuán unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
- 同一tóngyī identical; the same
- 粥zhōu congee; gruel; porridgeHSK 6
- 白bái white; in vain; free of charge
- 留言liúyán to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
- 始终shǐzhōng from beginning to end; all along
- 派pài to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task)
- 脚步jiǎobù footstep; step
- 递dì to hand over; to pass on; to deliver
- 急忙jímáng hastily
- 堵dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); wall (literary)
- 系jì to tie; to fasten; to button up
- 盒饭héfàn meal in a partitioned box
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1.陈亮为什么一开始不喜欢这个单?
- A老人说话太慢
- B爬一次六楼太花时间
- C粥店离小区太远
- D老人总是不在家
2.陈亮在门口发现了什么?
- A老人前一天的粥几乎没吃
- B门没有关好
- C粥店送错了地址
- D有客人来看老人
3.陈亮回答老人“吃了”,实际情况是什么?
- A他刚在粥店吃过
- B他不喜欢吃晚饭
- C他常常十点以后才吃饭
- D老人请他吃过粥
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