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Play line 1: 上次，小美不在家，她的手机在桌子上。 Shàngcì, Xiǎo Měi bú zàijiā, tā de shǒujī zài zhuōzi shàng. Last time, Xiao Mei was not at home, and her phone was on the table. 0:08 ⟲ Repeat line 1
Play line 2: 林早早起床，家里很安静。 Lín zǎo zǎo qǐchuáng, jiālǐ hěn ānjìng. Lin got up early, and the flat was very quiet. 0:27 ⟲ Repeat line 2
Play line 3: 小美的床上没有人，外边在下雨。 Xiǎo Měi de chuáng shàng méi yǒurén, wàibian zài xiàyǔ. Xiao Mei's bed was empty, and it was raining outside. 0:40 ⟲ Repeat line 3
Play line 4: 林心里想：她一定会回来的。 Lín xīnli xiǎng: tā yídìng huì huílai de. Lin thought: she will surely come back. 0:55 ⟲ Repeat line 4
Play line 5: 可是桌子上的手机又亮了。 Kěshì zhuōzi shàng de shǒujī yòu liàng le. But the phone on the table lit up again. 1:10 ⟲ Repeat line 5
Play line 6: 过了一会儿，林看了看手机。 Guò le yíhuìr, Lín kàn le kàn shǒujī. After a while, Lin looked at the phone. 1:34 ⟲ Repeat line 6
Play line 7: 手机上是一个她不认识的电话。 Shǒujī shàng shì yí gè tā bú rènshi de diànhuà. On the phone was a number she did not know. 1:44 ⟲ Repeat line 7
Play line 8: 她不想打开，也不想不看。 Tā bù xiǎng dǎkāi, yě bù xiǎng bú kàn. She did not want to open it, nor to ignore it. 1:57 ⟲ Repeat line 8
Play line 9: 手机很快就不亮了。 Shǒujī hěn kuài jiù bú liàng le. The phone soon stopped lighting up. 2:12 ⟲ Repeat line 9
Play line 10: 林在心里说：这是谁的电话？ Lín zài xīnli shuō: zhè shì shuí de diànhuà? Lin said in her heart: whose call is this? 2:23 ⟲ Repeat line 10
Play line 11: 中午了，小美还是没有回来。 Zhōngwǔ le, Xiǎo Měi háishi méiyǒu huílai. It was noon, and Xiao Mei still had not come back. 2:37 ⟲ Repeat line 11
Play line 12: 林没有去上班，她给公司打了电话。 Lín méiyǒu qù shàngbān, tā gěi gōngsī dǎ le diànhuà. Lin did not go to work; she called the company. 2:50 ⟲ Repeat line 12
Play line 13: 她说：对不起，我今天不太舒服。 Tā shuō: duìbùqǐ, wǒ jīntiān bútài shūfu. She said: sorry, I do not feel well today. 3:06 ⟲ Repeat line 13
Play line 14: 然后她坐在门口，一直等。 Ránhòu tā zuò zài ménkǒu, yìzhí děng. Then she sat by the door and kept waiting. 3:20 ⟲ Repeat line 14
Play line 15: 下午的雨越来越大。 Xiàwǔ de yǔ yuèláiyuè dà. The afternoon rain got heavier and heavier. 3:32 ⟲ Repeat line 15
Play line 16: 下午三点，林去楼下找王姐。 Xiàwǔ sān diǎn, Lín qù lóuxià zhǎo Wáng Jiě. At three in the afternoon, Lin went downstairs to find Wang Jie. 3:43 ⟲ Repeat line 16
Play line 17: 王姐开了门，笑着说：小林，找我吗？ Wáng Jiě kāi le mén, xiào zhe shuō: xiǎo Lín, zhǎo wǒ ma? Wang Jie opened the door and said with a smile: Lin, looking for me? 3:59 ⟲ Repeat line 17
Play line 18: 林问：您看见小美了吗？ Lín wèn: nín kànjiàn Xiǎo Měi le ma? Lin asked: have you seen Xiao Mei? 4:13 ⟲ Repeat line 18
Play line 19: 王姐的笑马上没有了。 Wáng Jiě de xiào mǎshàng méiyǒu le. Wang Jie's smile vanished at once. 4:26 ⟲ Repeat line 19
Play line 20: 她说：我不知道，我没看见。 Tā shuō: wǒ bù zhīdào, wǒ méi kànjiàn. She said: I do not know, I did not see. 4:36 ⟲ Repeat line 20
Play line 21: 林又问：她昨天晚上出去了吗？ Lín yòu wèn: tā zuótiān wǎnshang chūqù le ma? Lin asked again: did she go out last night? 4:51 ⟲ Repeat line 21
Play line 22: 王姐说：可能吧，我睡得很早。 Wáng Jiě shuō: kěnéng ba, wǒ shuì de hěn zǎo. Wang Jie said: maybe; I slept very early. 5:06 ⟲ Repeat line 22
Play line 23: 林说：可是你的灯昨天晚上是亮着的。 Lín shuō: kěshì nǐ de dēng zuótiān wǎnshang shì liàng zhe de. Lin said: but your light was on last night. 5:18 ⟲ Repeat line 23
Play line 24: 王姐的手放在身上，不看林的眼睛。 Wáng Jiě de shǒu fàng zài shēnshang, bú kàn Lín de yǎnjing. Wang Jie kept her hands at her sides, not looking at Lin's eyes. 5:35 ⟲ Repeat line 24
Play line 25: 她说：你别想太多，她会回来的。 Tā shuō: nǐ bié xiǎng tài duō, tā huì huílai de. She said: do not think too much, she will come back. 5:51 ⟲ Repeat line 25
Play line 26: 林走回楼上，走得很慢。 Lín zǒu huí lóushàng, zǒu de hěn màn. Lin walked back upstairs, very slowly. 6:04 ⟲ Repeat line 26
Play line 27: 她心里想：王姐一定知道什么。 Tā xīnli xiǎng: Wáng Jiě yídìng zhīdào shénme. She thought: Wang Jie must know something. 6:17 ⟲ Repeat line 27
Play line 28: 楼里很安静，林只听到雨的声音。 Lóu lǐ hěn ānjìng, Lín zhī tīngdào yǔ de shēngyīn. The building was quiet; Lin heard only the sound of rain. 6:33 ⟲ Repeat line 28
Play line 29: 回到家，她关上门，坐下了。 Huídào jiā, tā guān shàngmén, zuòxia le. Back home, she closed the door and sat down. 6:48 ⟲ Repeat line 29
Play line 30: 她想：我得自己去找。 Tā xiǎng: wǒ děi zìjǐ qù zhǎo. She thought: I must go and look myself. 7:01 ⟲ Repeat line 30
Play line 31: 那天晚上，林走进小美的房间。 Nà tiān wǎnshang, Lín zǒujìn Xiǎo Měi de fángjiān. That night, Lin walked into Xiao Mei's room. 7:12 ⟲ Repeat line 31
Play line 32: 她心里很不好意思，可是她必须找。 Tā xīnli hěn bùhǎoyìsi, kěshì tā bìxū zhǎo. She felt bad, but she had to look. 7:25 ⟲ Repeat line 32
Play line 33: 床上有一条红色的围巾，是小美的。 Chuáng shàng yǒu yì tiáo hóngsè de wéijīn, shì Xiǎo Měi de. On the bed was a red scarf, Xiao Mei's. 7:42 ⟲ Repeat line 33
Play line 34: 林拿起围巾，看了很久。 Lín ná qǐ wéijīn, kàn le hěn jiǔ. Lin picked up the scarf and looked at it for a long time. 7:57 ⟲ Repeat line 34
Play line 35: 外边的雨还在下。 Wàibian de yǔ hái zài xià. Outside, the rain was still falling. 8:09 ⟲ Repeat line 35
Play line 36: 桌子旁边有几本老书。 Zhuōzi pángbiān yǒu jǐ běn lǎo shū. Beside the desk there were a few old books. 8:19 ⟲ Repeat line 36
Play line 37: 林一本一本地看，什么也没有。 Lín yì běn yi běndì kàn, shénme yě méiyǒu. Lin looked at them one by one; there was nothing. 8:31 ⟲ Repeat line 37
Play line 38: 她打开最后一本书。 Tā dǎkāi zuìhòu yì běn shū. She opened the last book. 8:46 ⟲ Repeat line 38
Play line 39: 这本书很重，也很老。 Zhè běn shū hěn zhòng, yě hěn lǎo. This book was heavy and very old. 8:57 ⟲ Repeat line 39
Play line 40: 她的手有一点儿冷。 Tā de shǒu yǒuyìdiǎnr lěng. Her hands felt a little cold. 9:09 ⟲ Repeat line 40
Play line 41: 书里掉出来一个小东西。 Shū lǐ diào chūlái yí gè xiǎo dōngxi. A small thing fell out of the book. 9:20 ⟲ Repeat line 41
Play line 42: 林拿起来一看，是火车票。 Lín ná qǐlai yí kàn, shì huǒ chēpiào. Lin picked it up: it was a train ticket. 9:32 ⟲ Repeat line 42
Play line 43: 票是去年的，日期很清楚。 Piào shì qùnián de, rìqī hěn qīngchu. The ticket was from last year, the date very clear. 9:44 ⟲ Repeat line 43
Play line 44: 林看着它，不太明白。 Lín kàn zhe tā, bútài míngbai. Lin looked at it, not quite understanding. 9:59 ⟲ Repeat line 44
Play line 45: 这个票为什么放在书里？ Zhège piào wèishénme fàng zài shū lǐ? Why was this ticket kept in a book? 10:10 ⟲ Repeat line 45
Play line 46: 火车票是从上海到杭州的。 Huǒ chēpiào shì cóng shàng hǎi dào hángzhōu de. The train ticket was from Shanghai to Hangzhou. 10:22 ⟲ Repeat line 46
Play line 47: 林想：小美说过她没去过杭州。 Lín xiǎng: Xiǎo Měi shuō guò tā méi qù guò hángzhōu. Lin thought: Xiao Mei said she had never been to Hangzhou. 10:35 ⟲ Repeat line 47
Play line 48: 她又看了一遍，手很冷。 Tā yòu kàn le yí biàn, shǒu hěn lěng. She looked again, her hands cold. 10:49 ⟲ Repeat line 48
Play line 49: 这时，门外有人走过，然后又安静了。 Zhèshí, mén wài yǒurén zǒuguò, ránhòu yòu ānjìng le. Just then someone walked past outside the door, and then it was quiet again. 11:03 ⟲ Repeat line 49
Play line 50: 她看见了票上的名字。 Tā kànjiàn le piào shàng de míngzi. She saw the name on the ticket. 11:20 ⟲ Repeat line 50
Play line 51: 那不是小美的名字。 Nà bú shì Xiǎo Měi de míngzi. That was not Xiao Mei's name. 11:32 ⟲ Repeat line 51
Play line 52: 林看着票，一动也不动。 Lín kàn zhe piào, yí dòng yě bú dòng. Lin looked at the ticket without moving. 11:42 ⟲ Repeat line 52
Play line 53: 手机在桌子上又亮了。 Shǒujī zài zhuōzi shàng yòu liàng le. The phone lit up again on the table. 11:53 ⟲ Repeat line 53
Play line 54: 雨一直在下，房间里很冷。 Yǔ yìzhí zài xià, fángjiān lǐ hěn lěng. The rain kept falling and the room felt cold. 12:04 ⟲ Repeat line 54
Play line 55: 票上的名字是「陈雪」，陈雪是谁？ Piào shàng de míngzi shì「 Chén Xuě」, Chén Xuě shì shuí? The name on the ticket is Chen Xue. Who is Chen Xue? 12:18 ⟲ Repeat line 55
About this lesson Lin waits all day for her missing roommate and gets only vague answers from the landlady. Searching for a clue, she finds an old train ticket to Hangzhou with a name that is not Xiao Mei's.
How to practise Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the 跟读 · Your turn pause. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time. Key words 生词 Chinese Pinyin English Level 火车票 huǒchēpiào train ticket 手机 shǒujī mobile phone HSK 1 名字 míngzi name HSK 1 等 děng to wait HSK 1 围巾 wéijīn scarf HSK 4 杭州 hángzhōu Hangzhou 日期 rìqī date HSK 1
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