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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Stranger at the Gate

Answer a young woman with a backpack at the gate: hear her ask for Master Ou, say that is you and ask who she is, hear she has come from Shanghai, ask what she wants, hear she saw you on television, ask what happened next, hear she has quit her job to learn to fry tea, and greet her with the words you were greeted with.

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THE STORY

The gate of Master Chen's house on an April afternoon in the harvest, the frying room loud behind it, a young woman of twenty-six with a backpack on the step, Owen coming out with his sleeves rolled up.

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欧 师傅。ōu shīfuMaster Ou, Owen's surname and the craftsman's title
请问， 欧 师傅 在 吗？qǐngwèn, ōu shīfu zài maExcuse me, is Master Ou in?
我 就是。 你 是？wǒ jiùshì. nǐ shìThat's me. And you are? To Zhou Yu.
打扰 您 了。dǎrǎo nín leSorry to trouble you. Politely.
你 一 个 人 来 的？nǐ yí ge rén lái deYou came alone? To Zhou Yu.
从 上海 来 的。cóng shànghǎi lái defrom Shanghai, come, with the little word of that closes the frame
我 是 从 上海 来 的。wǒ shì cóng shànghǎi lái deI've come from Shanghai.
上海？ 有 什么 事？shànghǎi? yǒu shénme shìShanghai? What can I do for you?
我 叫 周 雨。wǒ jiào zhōu yǔMy name is Zhou Yu.
看 到 您 了。kàn dào nín lesaw you, word for word look, arrive, you, changed

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