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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Lease Call

Take a call from Missus Lin in Seattle: hear that her lease has run out, ask whether the landlord will renew, learn he's selling the building and she moves out at the end of June, hear that after forty years she's tired, and say you'll find a way together.

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THE STORY

A June evening in the Chens' yard, Owen on the phone to Seattle where it is early morning, Missus Lin at the counter of her tea shop.

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到期 了。dàoqī lehas run out, has reached its term, with the light word for the change
租约。zūyuēthe lease, word for word rent agreement
我 的 租约 到期 了。wǒ de zūyuē dàoqī leMy lease has run out.
租约 什么 时候 到期？zūyuē shénme shíhou dàoqīWhen does the lease run out?
续约。xùyuēto renew, word for word continue the agreement
房东 不 续约 吗？fángdōng bú xùyuē maWon't the landlord renew?
不 续约 了。 他 要 卖 房子。bú xùyuē le, tā yào mài fángziHe won't. He's selling the building.
什么 时候 搬？shénme shíhou bānwhen do you move, to move house is high and level
那 您 什么 时候 搬？nà nín shénme shíhou bānThen when do you move? Politely.
六月。liùyuèJune, word for word six month

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