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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Road Is Cut

Be stopped on the mountain road in a storm with Yan Wen: hear it is thundering, hear from the officer that a landslide has cut the road, ask when it can open, hear that it depends on the rain, and turn back.

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THE STORY

Yan Wen's small truck on the mountain road down to Menghai, the first storm of the rainy season: rain on the roof, thunder, and a police car across the road ahead.

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打 雷 了。dǎ léi lethunder, word for word hit thunder
打 雷 了。 雨 太 大 了。dǎ léi le, yǔ tài dà leIt's thundering. The rain is too heavy.
雨 什么 时候 停？yǔ shénme shíhou tíngWhen will the rain stop?
怎么 停 了？zěnme tíng leWhy have we stopped?
塌方 了，tāfāng lea landslide, word for word collapsed slope
塌方 了， 路 断 了。tāfāng le, lù duàn leThere's been a landslide; the road is cut.
路 断 了！ 什么 时候 能 通？lù duàn le! shénme shíhou néng tōngThe road is cut! When can it open?
不 一定，bù yídìngnot necessarily, you cannot be sure
不 一定， 要 看 雨。bù yídìng, yào kàn yǔCan't say. It depends on the rain.
要 等 几 天？yào děng jǐ tiānHow many days do we have to wait?

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