New Short Story for 2014 "Chinese Ghost Story"

[Shelley]

I have finally sorted out a couple of stories for us to be going on with while Meng lelan is away.

 

I think these are suitable for upper beginner lower intermediate, so maybe a bit of a challenge but not too difficult.

 

The first one I will post is the shorter of the two, just get us back in the swing of things and is entitled Chinese Ghost Story.

 

Later in the week I will try and post some more about it.

 

Good reading and I hope its enjoyable.

 

Any contributions, word lists etc would be greatly appreciated.

 

ChineseGhostStory1.docx

 

 

 

[Meng Lelan]

Looks nice...how did you find and select the story, any information about the author that you would like to share?

[Shelley]

I don't know the author, because the way I found it was to search the web for short stories in Chinese.

 

I choose it because it didn't have an author that I could find and so I hoped it was public domain.

 

I checked with Chinese text analyser the level it was at. Also it it seemed interesting.

[SiMaKe]

Shelley,
 
Thanks for digging this up. Using it to search the web，I found a few more of these (type and level) grouped with yours titled 七个让人睡不着的爆笑小故事 here:
http://joke.sina.cn/?sa=d25867t154v93&cid=124&cpage=2&vt=4

 
Some vocab I found interesting: (corrections to my glosses are more than welcome)
站牌 bus stop (stop, sign)
偏僻，偏远 remote, far-away
荒凉 bleak and desolate
拦车 flag down a bus
诡异 strange, weird （similar to 奇怪）
替死过 scapegoat，fall guy
大喊大叫 shout and scream
站稳 stand firm (standing and staying steady)
露出 expose, reveal, show

[Shelley]

Glad you like the story and thanks for the word list.

 

The link doesn't work for me, not sure why.

 

I have also done the story as a text file so you can use it in Pleco reader.

 

ChineseGhostStory1.txt

 

Enjoy

[SiMaKe]

I updated/corrected the link. See if it works for you.

抱歉！

 

FWIW, so far I noticed two differences/errors/typos in the attached link. 

1. your version used 指一指 to clarify who the "他们" that the 那个女人 was talking about; the link uses 比一比. The latter doesn't seem to apply but I am not an expert.

2. in 第二个故事, 的 instead of 地 is used. (find Waldo!).

[Shelley]

The link now works, Thank you.

 

i am sure there are going to be differences but as long as there are not mistakes either  version will do.

[Geiko]

I've just read the ghost story, I enjoyed it a lot! It's short, easy, and it caught my attention and scared me! I must have a look at SiMaKe's link and read the other stories. Thanks for suggesting it!

[Shelley]

Glad you liked it. I will also check out the other stories.