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NederlandsDaily story · 黑猫 · A1 · Chapter 1 of 20
门外的猫 The cat at the door
Before you read
Lin Yue has just moved to a small Chinese town to study. It is her first morning in her new flat. Look at the title: someone is at the door.
Touch a word for its meaning; tap a sentence for its translation.
我是林月。 I'm Lin Yue.
我是学生。 I'm a student.
我在家喝茶。 I'm at home, drinking tea.
门外有一只猫。 There's a cat outside the door.
它是一只黑猫。 It's a black cat.
“你好。你是谁？” "Hello. Who are you?"
猫什么也不说。 The cat says nothing.
猫的嘴里有一张小纸条。 In the cat's mouth there is a small slip of paper.
纸条上写着“三”。 On the paper is written "三", three.
“三？这是什么？” "Three? What is this?"
猫走了。 The cat went away.
The words glossed, the English for each sentence, the notes and the questions.
New words in this chapter
- 门 mén — door
- 外 wài — outside
- 只 zhī — (measure word for animals)
- 黑 hēi — black
- 猫 māo — cat
- 嘴 zuǐ — mouth
- 里 lǐ — in, inside
- 张 zhāng — (measure word for paper)
- 纸条 zhǐtiáo — slip of paper
- 上 shàng — on, above
- 写 xiě — to write
- 走 zǒu — to walk, to leave
Grammar notes
门外有一只猫 — there's a cat outside the door
Place + 有 + thing: 'in that place there is a thing'. Between a number and a noun comes a measure word: 只 for animals, 张 for paper.
猫什么也不说 — the cat says nothing
什么也不 + verb means 'nothing at all': 什么也不说, 'says nothing at all'.
纸条上写着“三” — on the paper is written 'three'
Verb + 着 says a state goes on: 写着, 'is written there'. You see the writing, not the person who wrote it.
Questions
Read the story, then try these.
Summary (try reading it in Chinese (Mandarin) first)
On Lin Yue's first morning a black cat sits at her door with a small slip of paper in its mouth. On it is the number three. Then the cat walks away.
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