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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Missus Wang Seats the Room

Watch Missus Wang seat thirty people: hear that no one talks while the tea is fried, hear Old Hu agree, hear that phones are to be off, hear Teacher Song say his is long since off, hear Old Hu sent to the back, hear him ask why, hear that he talks too much, and hear that nobody is to move.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The frying room at noon on Grain Rain, every chair of Old Hu's taken, children on laps, Missus Wang at the door in her good jacket, the wok warming behind her.

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不 许 说话！bù xǔ shuōhuàno talking allowed, word for word not allow speak words
炒 茶 的 时候 不 许 说话！chǎo chá de shíhou bù xǔ shuōhuàNo talking while the tea is fried!
知道 了， 知道 了。zhīdào le, zhīdào leGot it, got it.
我 坐 哪里？wǒ zuò nǎliWhere do I sit?
手机 都 关 了！shǒujī dōu guān lePhones all off!
我 的 早 关 了。wǒ de zǎo guān leMine's long since off.
我 坐 前面。wǒ zuò qiánmiànI'll sit at the front.
坐 后面。zuò hòumiànsit at the back
老胡， 你 坐 后面。lǎohú, nǐ zuò hòumiànOld Hu, you sit at the back. To a friend.
为什么 我 坐 后面？wèishénme wǒ zuò hòumiànWhy do I sit at the back?

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