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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Oral Exam

Sit the oral of your advanced Chinese exam: hear it begin, be asked to talk about your work, say you're afraid you don't speak very well, be told to take your time, give your answer, and hear that you've passed.

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THE STORY

A small classroom at a university in Hangzhou on a November morning, a desk, a microphone, and an examiner with a grey folder who says the polite you to everyone.

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口语 考试。kǒuyǔ kǎoshìthe oral exam, word for word mouth language exam
您好。 现在 开始 口语 考试。nín hǎo. xiànzài kāishǐ kǒuyǔ kǎoshìHello. The oral exam begins now. Politely.
好 的， 老师。hǎo de, lǎoshīAll right, teacher.
不好意思， 请 再 说 一 遍。bùhǎoyìsi, qǐng zài shuō yí biànSorry, please say that again.
请 谈谈 您 的 工作。qǐng tántan nín de gōngzuòPlease talk about your work. Politely.
说 得 不 太 好。shuō de bú tài hǎodon't speak very well, word for word speak not too well
恐怕 我 说 得 不 太 好。kǒngpà wǒ shuō de bú tài hǎoI'm afraid I don't speak very well.
没 关系， 慢慢 说。méi guānxi, mànmān shuōNever mind, take your time.
我 可以 再 想 一下 吗？wǒ kěyǐ zài xiǎng yíxià maMay I think a moment longer?
已经 三 年 了。yǐjīng sān nián lethree years now, word for word already three years, changed

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