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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Under the Thousand-Year Tree

Sit with Lan under the thousand-year tree: ask when to tell both families, hear wait until your parents come, say they come this summer, ask what if you asked her, and hear ask first, then we'll see.

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THE STORY

The last evening in the Bulang village, the sky washed clean after the rains: Owen and Lan on the roots of the great old tree above the houses, the valley going blue below them.

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那 棵 一千 年 的 树。nà kē yìqiān nián de shùthe thousand-year tree, word for word that thousand-year's tree
这 就是 那 棵 一千 年 的 树。zhè jiùshì nà kē yìqiān nián de shùThis is the thousand-year tree.
一千 年！ 比 爷爷 的 树 老 多 了。yìqiān nián! bǐ yéye de shù lǎo duō leA thousand years! Much older than my grandpa's trees.
我们 的 事， 什么 时候 告诉 两 家 人？wǒmen de shì, shénme shíhou gàosu liǎng jiā rénOur matter: when do we tell both families?
等 你 爸妈 来 了 再 说。děng nǐ bàmā lái le zài shuōWait until your parents come, then we'll talk.
他们 夏天 就 来 了。tāmen xiàtiān jiù lái leThey're coming this summer.
好， 夏天 一起 吃 饭。hǎo, xiàtiān yìqǐ chī fànGood. In summer, we eat together.
如果 我 问 你 呢？rúguǒ wǒ wèn nǐ neAnd if I asked you?
你 问 了 再 说。nǐ wèn le zài shuōAsk first, then we'll see.