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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

I Talk, You Pick It Up

Meet Mister Guo, the funny man: be introduced, greet him, hear who is the funny man and who the straight man, ask what the straight man does, hear I talk and you pick it up, hear the feed's two stock answers, try one yourself, and be told you were half a beat late.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The little stage of the crosstalk teahouse on a weekday afternoon, two long gowns on a hook, Mister Hou and his partner of twenty years, Mister Guo, on either side of the table.

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郭 老师。guō lǎoshīMister Guo, the surname high and level, then teacher
欧文， 这 位 是 郭 老师。ōuwén, zhè wèi shì guō lǎoshīOwen, this is Mister Guo.
郭 老师 好！guō lǎoshī hǎoHello, Mister Guo!
听说 你 想 学 相声？tīngshuō nǐ xiǎng xué xiàngshengI hear you want to learn crosstalk?
逗哏。dòugénthe funny man, word for word tease the joke
捧哏。pěnggénthe straight man, word for word hold up the joke
我 是 逗哏， 他 是 捧哏。wǒ shì dòugén, tā shì pěnggénI'm the funny man, he's the straight man.
捧哏 做 什么？pěnggén zuò shénmeWhat does the straight man do?
捧哏 最 难。pěnggén zuì nánThe straight man's part is the hardest.
我 说， 你 接。wǒ shuō, nǐ jiēI talk, you pick it up.

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