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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Week in the Village

Take Lan's call after a week cut off in the village: say the road has been cut for a week, hear if only it were open, say had you known you would have left earlier, and hear that she is flying over and has already bought a ticket.

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THE STORY

The seventh evening of rain in the Bulang village: Owen on the veranda with one bar of signal, Grandmother Yu by the fire behind him, and Lan on the line from Hangzhou.

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欧文， 你 还 在 山 上 吗？ōuwén, nǐ hái zài shān shang maOwen, are you still up the mountain?
对。 路 断 了 一 个 星期 了。duì, lù duàn le yí ge xīngqī leYes. The road has been cut for a week.
要是 路 通 了，yàoshi lù tōng leif the road were open
要是 路 通 了 就 好 了。yàoshi lù tōng le jiù hǎo leIf only the road were open.
早 知道。zǎo zhīdàohad I known, word for word early know
早 知道 就 早点 走 了。zǎo zhīdào jiù zǎodiǎn zǒu leHad I known, I'd have left earlier.
飞 过来。fēi guòlaifly over, come by plane
我 飞 过来。 我 已经 买 票 了。wǒ fēi guòlai, wǒ yǐjīng mǎi piào leI'll fly over. I've already bought a ticket.
你 来？ 路 还 没 通 呢！nǐ lái? lù hái méi tōng neYou're coming? The road isn't open yet!
没 事。 路 这 两 天 就 通 了。méi shì, lù zhè liǎng tiān jiù tōng leIt's all right. The road will be open in a day or two.

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