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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Old Schoolroom

Open the old schoolroom with Missus Lin on the day Mid-Autumn and National Day fall together: hear the village head say she once taught him, hear he is the village head now, ask why so many people, hear the two festivals are the same day, say then we must eat mooncakes, hear eight days off, and ask for a lesson.

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THE STORY

The old one-room school of Longjing village on the first of October, its desks dusted for the day, the village head at the door, Missus Lin with a piece of chalk and Owen at the back.

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林 老师， 您 教 过 我！lín lǎoshī, nín jiāo guò wǒTeacher Lin, you once taught me! Politely.
这 是 我们 的 老 教室。zhè shì wǒmen de lǎo jiàoshìThis is our old schoolroom.
你 是 我 的 学生？nǐ shì wǒ de xuéshengYou were my pupil? To a friend.
对。 现在 我 是 村长 了。duì. xiànzài wǒ shì cūnzhǎng leYes. Now I'm the village head.
你 那 时候 很 小。nǐ nà shíhou hěn xiǎoYou were very small then. To a friend.
今天 怎么 这么 多 人？jīntiān zěnme zhème duō rénWhy so many people today?
正好 是 同 一 天。zhènghǎo shì tóng yì tiānhappen to be the same day
中秋 和 国庆zhōngqiū hé guóqìngMid-Autumn and National Day
中秋 和 国庆 正好 是 同 一 天。zhōngqiū hé guóqìng zhènghǎo shì tóng yì tiānMid-Autumn and National Day happen to be the same day.
中秋 快乐！zhōngqiū kuàilèHappy Mid-Autumn!

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