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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Missus Wang's Letter

Write a letter for Missus Wang to Missus Lin: ask whom it is for, open it with the four words that say seeing the letter is like seeing the face, write come home, we are all waiting for you, close it with the formal salute, post it, and hear the answer on the phone: she comes back in July.

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THE STORY

The Chens' kitchen table on a June evening, Missus Wang with her reading glasses, Owen with a pen and a sheet of paper, Master Chen listening from his chair.

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帮 我 写 一 封 信。bāng wǒ xiě yì fēng xìnWrite a letter for me.
好。 给 谁？hǎo, gěi shéiAll right. To whom?
信 寄 到 西雅图。xìn jì dào xīyǎtúPost the letter to Seattle.
见信 如面。jiànxìn rúmiànseeing the letter is like seeing the face, the opening of a letter
给 林 阿姨。 先 写 见信 如面。gěi lín āyí, xiān xiě jiànxìn rúmiànTo Missus Lin. First write: seeing the letter is like seeing the face.
见信 如面。 然后 呢？jiànxìn rúmiàn, ránhòu neSeeing the letter is like seeing the face. Then what?
回 家 吧， 我们 都 等 你。huí jiā ba, wǒmen dōu děng nǐCome home. We're all waiting for you. To a friend.
您 什么 时候 回来？nín shénme shíhou huíláiWhen are you coming back? Politely.
此致 敬礼。cǐzhì jìnglǐthe formal close of a letter, word for word herewith, a salute
最后 写 此致 敬礼。zuìhòu xiě cǐzhì jìnglǐAt the end, write the formal salute.

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