Thick Fried Omelette 厚煎鸡蛋卷 by 殳俏

 

“The doorbell rang at 2:56. She was certainly a punctual¹ guest. A white-skinned girl stood at the doorway…” Written by Shu Qiao, who was born in 1980 in Shanghai, this short story has been selected from the book The Sound of Salt Forming – Short Stories by the Post-'80s Generation in China, published by the Foreign Language Teaching² and Research Press in 2016. Shu Qiao, a graduate of Fudan University, has published a number of novels and essays. Her short story “Deadly Delicious” has also been adapted as a film.

1 punctual   

adj.严格守时的；正确的，精确的；点状的

参考例句：

• I have to go now because I must be punctual for class.我现在不得不走了，因为我得准时去上课。
• If you are punctual you are not late.如果你严守时间，你就不会迟到。

2 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。