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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Missus Lin Lands in Hangzhou

Meet Missus Lin at the airport with Lan: greet her after her long journey, hear that Hangzhou has changed so much in forty-five years, say that the hills and the tea haven't changed, answer whether Master Chen has, and take her straight back to the village.

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THE STORY

The arrivals hall of Hangzhou airport on an October morning, Owen holding a sign with Missus Lin's name that he doesn't need, Lan with a thermos of tea.

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一路 辛苦 了！yílù xīnkǔ leyou've had a long journey, word for word whole road hard work, changed
林 阿姨！ 一路 辛苦 了！lín āyí! yílù xīnkǔ leMissus Lin! You've had a long journey!
变 了 很 多！biàn le hěn duōhas changed so much: to change falls, then the light word, then very much
不 辛苦。 杭州 变 了 很 多！bù xīnkǔ. hángzhōu biàn le hěn duōNot at all. Hangzhou has changed so much!
行李 我 来 拿。xíngli wǒ lái náThe luggage, I'll carry.
四十五 年 了， 都 变 了。sìshíwǔ nián le, dōu biàn leForty-five years: everything has changed.
机场。jīchǎngthe airport, word for word machine field
以前 没有 机场。yǐqián méiyǒu jīchǎngThere was no airport before.
山 没 变， 茶 也 没 变。shān méi biàn, chá yě méi biànThe hills haven't changed, nor has the tea.
陈 师傅 变 了 吗？chén shīfu biàn le maHas Master Chen changed?

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