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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

His Side of That Day

Hear Master Chen's side of the day in 1985: hear that the day she left he was frying tea, ask whether he went to the station, hear that he did not, ask about the teapot, hear that he handed it to her and went back, ask whether he has ever regretted it, hear that tea does not wait for people, ask whether she knows, and hear that she knows now.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The top terrace above Longjing village on a still March afternoon, Master Chen on the stone wall where the path turns, Owen beside him, the roofs of the village below.

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我 在 炒 茶。wǒ zài chǎo cháI was frying tea, with the word for being in the middle of it
她 走 的 那 天， 我 在 炒 茶。tā zǒu de nà tiān, wǒ zài chǎo cháThe day she left, I was frying tea.
去 车站？qù chēzhànto the station, word for word vehicle stand; both syllables fall
您 没 去 车站？nín méi qù chēzhànYou didn't go to the station? Politely.
我 没 去 车站。wǒ méi qù chēzhànI didn't go to the station.
那 壶 呢？nà hú neAnd the teapot?
交 给 她， 就 回 去 了。jiāo gěi tā, jiù huí qù lehanded it to her, then went back
把 壶 交 给 她， 就 回 去 了。bǎ hú jiāo gěi tā, jiù huí qù leI handed her the teapot, then went back.
这 事 我 没 跟 人 说 过。zhè shì wǒ méi gēn rén shuō guoI've never told anyone this.
您 后悔 过 吗？nín hòuhuǐ guo maHave you ever regretted it? Politely.

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