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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Heat

Missus Wang brings water to the garden on the first hot day: say how hot it is, say you pull weeds and sing at the same time, accept a drink, and go and rest under a tree.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Late morning in the tea garden, the first really hot day of the year. Owen is pulling weeds between the rows when Missus Wang comes up the path with a bottle of water.

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今天 真 热！ 三十 度！jīntiān zhēn rè, sānshí dùIt's really hot today! Thirty degrees!
拔 草。bá cǎopull weeds, word for word pull grass
很 热！ 我 在 拔 草。hěn rè, wǒ zài bá cǎoVery hot! I'm pulling weeds.
今天 几 度？jīntiān jǐ dùHow many degrees today?
唱歌？chànggēsing, word for word sing song
一边 唱歌？yìbiān chànggēand sing at the same time
你 一边 拔 草， 一边 唱歌？nǐ yìbiān bá cǎo, yìbiān chànggēYou pull weeds and sing at the same time?
对！ 唱歌， 不 累。duì, chànggē, bú lèiYes! Singing, I don't get tired.
喝 水。hē shuǐdrink water
我 想 喝 水。wǒ xiǎng hē shuǐI'd like some water.

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