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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Her Side of That Day

Hear Missus Lin's side of the day in 1985: hear Lan ask whether she waited for him, hear that she waited an hour at the station, ask whether he came, hear that he did not even say goodbye, ask whether she kept the teapot all along, hear that she has carried it for forty-odd years, hear Lan ask why she came back, and hear that if it were not for the teapot she would not have.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Missus Lin's small front room in Longjing village on a wet March afternoon, the old teapot on the table between the three of them, rain on the tiles.

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林 阿姨， 您 等 他 了 吗？lín āyí, nín děng tā le maMissus Lin, did you wait for him? Politely.
等 了 一 个 小时。děng le yí gè xiǎoshíwaited an hour
我 在 车站 等 了 一 个 小时。wǒ zài chēzhàn děng le yí gè xiǎoshíI waited an hour at the station.
那 时候 没有 手机。nà shíhou méiyǒu shǒujīThere were no mobile phones then.
他 没 来？tā méi láiHe didn't come?
连 再见 都 没 说。lián zàijiàn dōu méi shuōdidn't even say goodbye; goodbye is again, see, both falling
他 连 再见 都 没 说。tā lián zàijiàn dōu méi shuōHe didn't even say goodbye.
这 把 壶 您 一直 带 着？zhè bǎ hú nín yìzhí dài zheYou kept this teapot with you all along? Politely.
带 了 四十 多 年。dài le sìshí duō niáncarried for forty-odd years
这 把 壶 我 带 了 四十 多 年。zhè bǎ hú wǒ dài le sìshí duō niánThis teapot I've carried for forty-odd years.

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