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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Buyer from Seattle

Meet a buyer from a Seattle coffee chain at the booth, through her Chinese colleague: hear who she is and how many stores they have, pass on what she wants to know, give your yearly supply, and promise her a quotation.

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THE STORY

The booth at the tea expo in Hangzhou in the afternoon, an American woman with a lanyard, her Chinese colleague speaking for her, and Owen and Lan behind the samples.

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您好。 她 是 西雅图 来 的 买家。nín hǎo. tā shì xīyǎtú lái de mǎijiāHello. She's a buyer from Seattle. Politely.
你好！nǐ hǎoHello! To a friend.
您好！ 欢迎 品尝。nín hǎo! huānyíng pǐnchángHello! Welcome to taste. Politely.
三百 家 门店。sānbǎi jiā méndiànthree hundred stores
咖啡 连锁。kāfēi liánsuǒa coffee chain
咖啡 连锁， 三百 家 门店。kāfēi liánsuǒ, sānbǎi jiā méndiànA coffee chain, three hundred stores.
麻烦 您 问 她 一下。máfan nín wèn tā yíxiàCould you ask her, please? Politely.
年 供应量。nián gōngyìngliàngthe yearly supply, word for word year supply amount
她 想 知道 年 供应量。tā xiǎng zhīdào nián gōngyìngliàngShe wants to know the yearly supply.
一 年 五百 公斤， 可以 更 多。yì nián wǔbǎi gōngjīn, kěyǐ gèng duōFive hundred kilos a year. It can be more.

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