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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

On the News

Watch the evening news with Lan's father: hear that you're on TV, hear he never thought you really would be, hear that third place is better than he thought, and hear that the flat can wait.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Seven in the evening in Lan's parents' flat in Hangzhou, the news on the television, Lan's father in his armchair, Lan and Owen on the sofa.

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你 上 电视 了！nǐ shàng diànshì leyou're on TV, word for word up television, changed
欧文， 快 看！ 你 上 电视 了！ōuwén, kuài kàn! nǐ shàng diànshì leOwen, look! You're on TV!
我们 一起 看 吧。wǒmen yìqǐ kàn baLet's watch together.
叔叔， 这 是 比赛 那 天。shūshu, zhè shì bǐsài nà tiānUncle, that's the day of the contest.
没 想到。méi xiǎngdàonever thought, word for word not think reach
没 想到 你 真 的 上 电视 了。méi xiǎngdào nǐ zhēn de shàng diànshì leI never thought you'd really be on TV.
爸， 他 是 第 三 名！bà, tā shì dì sān míngDad, he came third!
比 我 想 的 好。bǐ wǒ xiǎng de hǎobetter than I thought, word for word than I think of good
第 三 名 不错， 比 我 想 的 好。dì sān míng búcuò, bǐ wǒ xiǎng de hǎoThird is good, better than I thought.
真 没 想到！zhēn méi xiǎngdàoI really never thought!

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