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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Face-Changing on the Old Stage

Watch face-changing on the teahouse's old stage: be asked if you want to see it, ask what it is, hear that the face changes in a blink, say you cannot tell how it is done, hear it is a secret, hear from Little Deng that the tickets do not sell, and say such a show will find its audience.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The small wooden stage at the back of Grandma Deng's teahouse on a Saturday evening, a gong sounding as the face-changer steps out in his painted mask and cape.

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变脸。biànliǎnface-changing, word for word change face
今晚 有 变脸， 看 不 看？jīnwǎn yǒu biànliǎn, kàn bu kànThere's face-changing tonight. Want to watch?
当然 看！ 变脸 是 什么？dāngrán kàn! biànliǎn shì shénmeOf course! What is face-changing?
几 点 开始？jǐ diǎn kāishǐWhat time does it start?
眨 眼 就 变。zhǎ yǎn jiù biànIn a blink, it changes.
坐 这里， 看 得 清楚。zuò zhèlǐ, kàn de qīngchuSit here, you can see clearly.
看 不 出来！kàn bu chūláiI can't tell, word for word look not come out
怎么 变 的？ 看 不 出来！zěnme biàn de? kàn bu chūláiHow does he do it? I can't tell!
秘密。mìmìa secret, two falling syllables
这 是 秘密， 不 能 说。zhè shì mìmì, bù néng shuōIt's a secret. It can't be told.

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