快递到了 My Package Arrived in Chinese

我wǒ在zài网上wǎngshàng买mǎi了le一件yí jiàn衣服yīfu，已经yǐjīng等děng了le三sān天tiān。

I bought a piece of clothing online, and I'd already been waiting three days.

今天jīntiān下午xiàwǔ，手机shǒujī响xiǎng了le，我wǒ收到shōudào消息xiāoxi：“您nín的de快递kuàidì到dào了le，我们wǒmen放fàng在zài门口ménkǒu了le。”

This afternoon my phone rang, and I got a message: "Your package has arrived — we've left it by the door."

我wǒ马上mǎshàng下去xiàqu拿ná，看见kànjiàn门口ménkǒu放fàng着zhe一个yí ge不bù小xiǎo的de箱子xiāngzi。

I went straight down to get it, and saw a good-sized box sitting by the door.

箱子xiāngzi有点儿yǒudiǎnr重zhòng，我wǒ搬bān的时候de shíhou很hěn小心xiǎoxīn。

The box was a bit heavy, and I carried it carefully.

同学tóngxué看见kànjiàn我wǒ搬bān箱子xiāngzi，问wèn：“是shì你nǐ的de快递kuàidì吗ma？”

A classmate saw me carrying the box and asked: "Is that your package?"

我wǒ说shuō：“是shì，就jiù是shì我wǒ买mǎi的de那nà件jiàn衣服yīfu。”

I said: "Yes, it's exactly the clothes I bought."

回huí到dào家jiā，我wǒ打开dǎkāi箱子xiāngzi，看见kànjiàn那nà件jiàn衣服yīfu，颜色yánsè和hé照片zhàopiàn上shàng一样yíyàng。

Back home, I opened the box and saw the clothes — the color matched the photo exactly.

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Key words 生词

快递kuàidìexpress delivery; courier

消息xiāoximessage

门口ménkǒudoorway

搬bānto move; to carry

小心xiǎoxīncareful

打开dǎkāito open

您的快递到了（Your package has arrived）

This is the standard line a delivery notification or courier uses — 到 plus 了 marks that the package has just arrived.

您的快递到了，我们放在门口了。— Your package has arrived — we've left it by the door.

有点儿 + adjective（a bit / somewhat）

有点儿 softens an adjective, often for something mildly inconvenient, like a box being heavy.

箱子有点儿重，我搬的时候很小心。— The box was a bit heavy, and I carried it carefully.

下去 after a verb（to go down）

verb + 下去 shows movement downward from where the speaker is, such as going downstairs to get something.

我马上下去拿。— I went straight down to get it.

1. Why has the narrator been waiting?

2. Who does the narrator meet while carrying the box?

3. What does the narrator find when she opens the box?

After this reading

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