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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Test Purchase

Open the parcel from the online shop with Lan and Missus Wang: hear the delivery has come, ask if it is that box of tea, hear it was ordered three days ago, say open it and look, hear the packaging is made to look just like yours, have Missus Wang taste it, hear it is not Longjing at all, and say to keep the box and the tea.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The Chens' courtyard in Longjing village three days after the order, a parcel on the tea table, Lan with the scissors, Missus Wang with a cup and Owen watching the lid come off.

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欧文， 快递 到 了！ōuwén, kuàidì dào leOwen, the delivery's here!
是 那 盒 茶 吗？shì nà hé chá maIs it that box of tea?
一 盒 才 一百 块。yì hé cái yìbǎi kuàiOnly a hundred a box.
三 天 前 下单 的。sān tiān qián xiàdān deordered it three days ago
对。 我 三 天 前 下单 的。duì. wǒ sān tiān qián xiàdān deYes. I ordered it three days ago.
打开 看看。dǎkāi kànkanOpen it and have a look.
先 闻， 再 尝。xiān wén, zài chángSmell first, then taste.
包装。bāozhuāngthe packaging, word for word wrap and dress
包装 做 得 真 像！bāozhuāng zuò de zhēn xiàngThe packaging is made to look just like ours!
师母， 您 尝尝。shīmǔ, nín chángchangMissus Wang, you taste it. Politely.

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