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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The Last Year

Walk the terraces with Master Chen in March: hear that this year is the last year, ask whether he means it, hear that his father planted these bushes, ask whether his father fried tea too, hear that it is a long story, tell him to take his time, hear that it was sixty-odd years ago, and say you want to hear it all the more.

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Lesson 1 · The Last Year

Mandarin Chinese · 30 minutes

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THE STORY

The tea terraces above Longjing village on a grey March morning before the buds, the rows still bare, Master Chen with his hands behind his back and Owen a step behind.

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欧文， 今年 是 最后 一 年 了。ōuwén, jīnnián shì zuìhòu yì nián leOwen, this year is the last year.
师父， 最后 一 年？shīfu, zuìhòu yì niánMaster, the last year?
我 七十八 了。wǒ qīshíbā leI'm seventy-eight.
我 父亲 种 的。wǒ fùqīn zhòng deplanted by my father, word for word my father planted, of
这 几 棵 是 我 父亲 种 的。zhè jǐ kē shì wǒ fùqīn zhòng deThese few bushes were planted by my father.
您 父亲 也 炒 茶 吗？nín fùqīn yě chǎo chá maDid your father fry tea too? Politely.
说 来 话 长。shuō lái huà chángIt's a long story.
师父， 您 慢慢 说。shīfu, nín mànmàn shuōMaster, take your time. Politely.
六十 多 年 前 的 事 了。liùshí duō nián qián de shì lea matter of sixty-odd years ago, word for word sixty more years before, of, matter
那 是 六十 多 年 前 的 事 了。nà shì liùshí duō nián qián de shì leThat was sixty-odd years ago.
那 我 更 想 听 了。nà wǒ gèng xiǎng tīng leThen I want to hear it all the more.