PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
First, a Cup of Tea
It's Monday morning, and Lan drives Owen up into the tea hills, to a white house where a small old man is waiting in the doorway. Owen meets Master Chen and his wife, and hands over his jin of tea. Then, in the evening, the box. Greet someone you've been expecting and offer them tea, say who someone is to you, greet a master's wife by her title, say this is something you bought and that something isn't what it seems, ask if someone is tired, and tell someone not to ask.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
It's Monday morning, high in the tea hills above West Lake. In the doorway of a white house, a small old man is waiting for Owen. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.
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