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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tasting, Then Testing

Taste Boss Liang's tea and hold your ground: say it's fragrant but it goes for testing first, hear him protest that his tea is fine, say that America wants a test report, and set the rule: unless it passes, you don't sign; results in three days.

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THE STORY

Boss Liang's tasting table in the Guangzhou tea market, three small cups poured, Owen and Lan on stools across from him.

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怎么样？ 香 不 香？zěnmeyàng? xiāng bu xiāngWell? Is it fragrant?
先 尝， 再 买。xiān cháng, zài mǎiTaste first, then buy.
送检。sòngjiǎnto send for testing, word for word send check
很 香。 但是 要 送检。hěn xiāng, dànshì yào sòngjiǎnVery fragrant. But it has to go for testing.
送检？ 我 的 茶 没 问题！sòngjiǎn? wǒ de chá méi wèntíTesting? My tea has no problem!
美国 要 检测 报告。měiguó yào jiǎncè bàogàoAmerica wants a test report.
合格 了 就 签。hégé le jiù qiānIf it passes, we sign.
否则 不 签。fǒuzé bù qiānotherwise we don't sign
除非 合格，chúfēi hégéunless it passes
除非 合格， 否则 不 签。chúfēi hégé, fǒuzé bù qiānUnless it passes, we don't sign.

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