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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Exam

Teacher Lu hands back the first exam: say you're nervous, hear don't be nervous, ask how you did, hear eighty-five, and go for a coffee with Min-ji.

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THE STORY

It is a Friday morning in the middle of December in Teacher Lu's classroom at the university in Hangzhou, and the papers of the first exam are in a pile on his desk.

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考试 的 分kǎoshì de fēnthe exam marks, word for word exam of points
同学们，tóngxuémenclassmates, word for word same study, plural
同学们， 考试 的 分 来 了。tóngxuémen, kǎoshì de fēn lái leClass, the exam marks are here.
很 紧张！hěn jǐnzhāngvery nervous
欧文， 我 很 紧张！ōuwén, wǒ hěn jǐnzhāngOwen, I'm so nervous!
考试 几 点 开始？kǎoshì jǐ diǎn kāishǐWhat time does the exam start?
考 得 不 好。kǎo de bù hǎodidn't do well, word for word tested got not good
我 也 是。 我 考 得 不 好。wǒ yě shì, wǒ kǎo de bù hǎoMe too. I didn't do well.
别 紧张。bié jǐnzhāngdon't be nervous
欧文， 来。 别 紧张。ōuwén, lái, bié jǐnzhāngOwen, come. Don't be nervous.

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