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HSK 5Chapter 3 of 5586 characters

黑着的窗户

The dark window

此后，陈亮悄悄改了自己的习惯。他尽量把沈奶奶的单放在一趟的最后送，这样就能在门口多站一会儿，不用担心后面的客户。他们的话题也渐渐多了起来。沈奶奶问他女儿上学的事，教他怎样在电话里跟孩子沟通。陈亮跟她抱怨平台的规则，她不太懂，却听得很认真。有时候她会让他等一下，从厨房里拿出一个橘子或者两块点心，放到他手里。他推了几次，推不掉，后来也就收下了。有一回，她听说他女儿数学不好，就在一张纸上写了一些简单的数学题，让他拍照发回老家。“告诉她，不会做不要紧，慢慢来。”有一次她问：“你多久给家里打一次电话？”陈亮想了半天，说不出来。她没有再问，只说：“有空打一个吧，哪怕只说两句。”

当然，这样做也是有损失的。那个月，他平均每一单要比别人多花一分钟，在队里排到了后面。老周找他谈话：“再这样下去，下个月的奖励就没有了。”陈亮说知道了，可是第二天傍晚，他还是最后一个去敲沈奶奶的门。

十二月初的一个星期一，六点半过去了，那个单没有来。陈亮以为系统把单派给了别人，也没多想。可是那一整个晚上，他看了好几次手机，屏幕上始终没有出现那个熟悉的住址。星期二，还是没有。那天晚上他送单经过那个小区门口，犹豫了一下，还是没有进去。他安慰自己：说不定她儿子回来了，家里有人做饭，就不用点外卖了。星期三，他忍不住在平台上查了那个住址，发现最近三天没有任何人从那里下过单。星期四晚上，他正好有一单要送到同一个小区。送完以后，他没有马上走，而是站在三号楼下面，抬头往六楼看。别的窗户都亮着灯，只有沈奶奶家的窗户是黑的。他在楼下站了很久，直到手机响了，系统又给他派了新的单。

Words in this chapter (35)

The HSK 5 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.

  • 此后cǐhòu after this; afterwards; hereafter
  • 悄悄qiāoqiāo quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious
  • 尽量jǐnliàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent
  • 单dān bill; list; form
  • 客户kèhù client; customer
  • 话题huàtí subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
  • 渐渐jiànjiàn gradually
  • 沟通gōutōng to join; to connect; to link up
  • 抱怨bàoyuàn to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint
  • 平台píngtái platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
  • 规则guīzé rule; regulation; regular
  • 橘子júzi tangerine
  • 点心diǎnxin light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking)
  • 不要紧búyàojǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter
  • 哪怕nǎpà even; even if; even though
  • 损失sǔnshī to lose; to suffer damage; loss
  • 平均píngjūn average; on average; evenly
  • 谈话tánhuà to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk
  • 奖励jiǎnglì to reward; reward (as encouragement)
  • 傍晚bàngwǎn in the evening; when night falls; towards evening
  • 初chū (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first
  • 系统xìtǒng system
  • 派pài to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task)
  • 屏幕píngmù screen (TV, computer or movie)
  • 始终shǐzhōng from beginning to end; all along
  • 住址zhùzhǐ address
  • 犹豫yóuyù to hesitate
  • 安慰ānwèi to comfort; to console
  • 说不定shuōbudìng can't say for sure; maybe
  • 忍rěn to bear; to endure; to tolerate
  • 同一tóngyī identical; the same
  • 黑hēi black; dark; sinister
  • 粥zhōu congee; gruel; porridgeHSK 6
  • 配送pèisòng to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配货 and 送货); to deliver (goods)
  • 连续liánxù continuous; in a row; serial

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  1. 1.陈亮为什么把沈奶奶的单放在最后送？

    1. A粥店做粥做得很慢
    2. B老周要求他这样做
    3. C这样可以在她门口多待一会儿
    4. D沈奶奶希望晚一点吃饭

  2. 2.这样做给陈亮带来了什么问题？

    1. A配送时间变长，可能拿不到奖励
    2. B电动车经常没电
    3. C沈奶奶对他不满意
    4. D他没有时间吃饭

  3. 3.连续两天没有单，陈亮一开始是怎么想的？

    1. A她搬到别的城市了
    2. B可能是她儿子回来了
    3. C她换了一家粥店
    4. D她生他的气了

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