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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Handover

Hear Missus Lin hand her Seattle shop to your company: she wants to hand the shop over to you two, transfer it to the company and keep the name; from today on it is yours, and she'll mind it for you until the end of the year; thank her and promise the name stays.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

A video call on a June evening, Missus Lin in her Seattle shop with the old sign behind her, Owen and Lan side by side at the Chens' kitchen table.

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交给 你们。jiāogěi nǐmenhand over to you two, hand over is high and level, then low and dipping
我 想 把 店 交给 你们。wǒ xiǎng bǎ diàn jiāogěi nǐmenI want to hand the shop over to you two.
交给 我们？jiāogěi wǒmenTo us?
牌子 留着。páizi liúzhekeep the name, word for word the sign stays, with the light word for going on
转让 给 公司。 牌子 留着。zhuǎnràng gěi gōngsī, páizi liúzheTransfer it to the company. Keep the name.
林 阿姨， 真 的 吗？lín āyí, zhēn de maMissus Lin, really?
从 今天 起， 店 是 你们 的 了。cóng jīntiān qǐ, diàn shì nǐmen de leFrom today on, the shop is yours.
交给 我 吧。jiāogěi wǒ baHand it to me.
那 您 呢？nà nín neAnd you? Politely.
我 看 店， 到 年 底。wǒ kàn diàn, dào nián dǐI'll mind the shop, until the end of the year.

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