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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Up the Mountain

Ride a minibus up to Bulang Mountain: ask the driver how long it takes, hear three hours because the mountain road is bad, say that if it rains it takes four, and ask him to drive slowly if the fog is thick.

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THE STORY

A minibus at the bus station in Menghai, in Yunnan, early in the morning: Owen in the front seat, the driver with a thermos of tea, and the road climbing into the mist.

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到 布朗山。dào bùlǎngshānto Bulang Mountain
师傅， 到 布朗山 要 多久？shīfu, dào bùlǎngshān yào duōjiǔDriver, how long to Bulang Mountain?
要 三 个 小时。 山路 不 好 走。yào sān ge xiǎoshí, shānlù bù hǎo zǒuThree hours. The mountain road is bad going.
到 布朗山 多少 钱？dào bùlǎngshān duōshao qiánHow much to Bulang Mountain?
三 个 小时！ 这么 远？sān ge xiǎoshí! zhème yuǎnThree hours! That far?
下 雨 的 话，xià yǔ de huàif it rains, word for word rain falls, the talk
不 远。 下 雨 的 话， 要 四 个 小时。bù yuǎn, xià yǔ de huà, yào sì ge xiǎoshíNot far. If it rains, it takes four hours.
今天 会 下 雨 吗？jīntiān huì xià yǔ maWill it rain today?
不 知道。 山 上 雾 很 大。bù zhīdào, shān shang wù hěn dàDon't know. Up the mountain the fog is thick.
雾 大 的 话， 您 慢 一点 开。wù dà de huà, nín màn yìdiǎn kāiIf the fog is thick, drive a bit slower. Politely.

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