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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Storyteller's Lesson

Meet the old storyteller of the teahouse stage: be introduced, ask how many years he has told stories, hear fifty and be asked if you want to learn, ask how to begin, hear about the wake-block and the opening words, ask what comes next, hear that you stop at the best part, and hear Grandma name the trick.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The small stage at the back of Grandma Deng's teahouse in Chengdu on a quiet afternoon, an old man in a long gown with a block of dark wood on the table before him.

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说书。shuōshūto tell stories, the old art, word for word speak the book
欧文， 这 位 是 说书 先生。ōuwén, zhè wèi shì shuōshū xiānshengOwen, this is the storyteller.
先生， 您 说书 多少 年 了？xiānsheng, nín shuōshū duōshao nián leSir, how many years have you been telling stories? Politely.
讲 个 故事 吧。jiǎng gè gùshi baTell a story!
五十 年 了。 你 想 学？wǔshí nián le. nǐ xiǎng xuéFifty years. You want to learn?
开头。kāitóuto begin, word for word open the head
想 学。 怎么 开头？xiǎng xué. zěnme kāitóuI do. How do you begin?
接 着 说。jiēzhe shuōGo on.
醒木。xǐngmùthe wake-block, the storyteller's slab of wood, word for word wake wood
话说。huàshuōit is told, the storyteller's opening, word for word talk says

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