PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Teacher Song at Eighty
Welcome Teacher Song for his thirty-sixth spring: hear Missus Wang marvel that he still comes at eighty, hear that he comes every year as long as he can walk, offer him a seat, hear him ask this year's price, say it is the old rule and no rise, hear him count the years, hear that he is an old friend, and hear him take his five jin.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The courtyard of Master Chen's house on an April afternoon, the new tea in its tins on the table, Teacher Song in the doorway with his stick, Missus Wang coming out to meet him, Owen behind her with the teapot.
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