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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Deal

Owen places his first order for Lin's Tea. Ask which is the best, hear the first tea is the best, say what you want to buy, hear the prices, ask the total, ask for a discount, hear no and a gift, and say deal.

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THE STORY

In the tea room on the ground floor of the Chen house, with the scales on the counter and the tins on the shelves, Owen is about to buy tea for the first time on behalf of the shop in Seattle.

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师母， 哪个 最 好？shīmǔ, nǎge zuì hǎoMissus Wang, which is the best?
明前míngqiánthe first tea
明前 最 好。 一 斤 四千。míngqián zuì hǎo. yì jīn sìqiānThe first tea is the best. Four thousand a jin.
雨前yǔqiánthe rain tea
我 想 买 两 斤 明前， 十 斤 雨前！wǒ xiǎng mǎi liǎng jīn míngqián, shí jīn yǔqiánI'd like to buy two jin of the first tea, and ten of the rain tea.
雨前 一 斤 一千 五 块。yǔqián yì jīn yìqiān wǔ kuàiThe rain tea is fifteen hundred a jin.
一共yígòngin all
一共 多少 钱？yígòng duōshao qiánHow much in all?
一共 两万 三 块。yígòng liǎngwàn sān kuàiTwenty-three thousand in all.
能 便宜 一点 吗？néng piányi yìdiǎn maCan it be a little cheaper?

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