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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Foreign Apprentice

Rehearse your story with the storyteller and Lan: open with it is told that six years ago an American came, be told to slow down, say he could not speak a word of Chinese, hear Lan ask what happened next, hook her with guess what, hear her ask the upshot, deliver the fake tea and the tuition, and be told to say it just like that.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The small stage at the back of Grandma Deng's teahouse in Chengdu, the chairs empty in the afternoon heat, Owen standing with the wake-block, the storyteller and Lan in the front row.

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来 了 个 美国人。lái le gè měiguórénan American came, word for word came, the light word, one American
话说 六 年 前， 来 了 个 美国人。huàshuō liù nián qián, lái le gè měiguórénIt is told that six years ago, an American came.
停！ 慢 一点。tíng! màn yìdiǎnStop! Slower.
大声 一点。dàshēng yìdiǎnLouder.
一 句 中文 都 不 会。yí jù zhōngwén dōu bú huìnot a word of Chinese, word for word one sentence Chinese all not able
他 一 句 中文 都 不 会。tā yí jù zhōngwén dōu bú huìHe couldn't speak a word of Chinese.
后来 呢？hòulái neWhat happened next?
看 着 大家 说。kànzhe dàjiā shuōSpeak looking at everyone.
猜 怎么 着？cāi zěnmezheguess what, word for word guess how it went
你们 猜 怎么 着？nǐmen cāi zěnmezheGuess what?

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