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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Call from Anhui

Take a call from Little Wu: say you are still in Hangzhou, complain about the heat and the daily rain, and say how long you have been learning Chinese.

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THE STORY

A wet afternoon in Longjing village, and Owen's phone rings. It is Little Wu, calling from his family's tea farm in Anhui.

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还 在 杭州 吗？hái zài hángzhōu mastill in Hangzhou?
喂， 老欧！ 你 还 在 杭州 吗？wèi, lǎo'ōu! nǐ hái zài hángzhōu maHello, Old Oh! Are you still in Hangzhou?
还 在！ 小吴， 你 好 吗？hái zài! xiǎowú, nǐ hǎo maStill here! Little Wu, how are you?
好 久 不 见！hǎo jiǔ bú jiànLong time no see!
热 死 了！rè sǐ ledying of heat
天天tiāntiānevery day
热 死 了！ 安徽 天天 下 雨。rè sǐ le! ānhuī tiāntiān xià yǔDying of heat! In Anhui it rains every day.
杭州 也 是， 梅雨。hángzhōu yě shì, méiyǔHangzhou too, the plum rains.
你 的 中文 好 多 了！nǐ de zhōngwén hǎo duō leYour Chinese is a lot better!
我 天天 学 中文。wǒ tiāntiān xué zhōngwénI study Chinese every day.

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