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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Birthday Present

Choose a birthday present with Master Chen and Lan: ask what would be good to give, hear the master offer his own tea, object that she drinks it every day, settle on an old photograph enlarged for the wall, and agree that the thought matters most.

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THE STORY

Master Chen's front room in Longjing village on a December evening, the stove lit, a box of old photographs open on the table between Lan and Owen.

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送 什么 好 呢？sòng shénme hǎo newhat would be good to give
师父， 送 林 阿姨 什么 好 呢？shīfu, sòng lín āyí shénme hǎo neMaster, what would be good to give Missus Lin?
送 茶。 我 自己 炒 的。sòng chá, wǒ zìjǐ chǎo deTea. Fried by me myself.
爷爷， 她 天天 喝 你 的 茶！yéye, tā tiāntiān hē nǐ de cháGrandpa, she drinks your tea every day!
那 你们 说， 送 什么？nà nǐmen shuō, sòng shénmeThen you two say: give what?
一 张 老 照片，yì zhāng lǎo zhàopiànan old photograph
一 张 老 照片， 一 九 八 五 年 的。yì zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn, yī jiǔ bā wǔ nián deAn old photo, from 1985.
放大。fàngdàto enlarge, word for word let go big
放大， 挂 在 墙 上。fàngdà, guà zài qiáng shàngEnlarge it, and hang it on the wall.
爷爷 的 茶 也 一起 送。yéye de chá yě yìqǐ sòngGrandpa's tea goes with it too.

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