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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Double Eleven

Help Lan through Double Eleven in her shop: hear that the orders keep growing and there's no time even to eat, offer to pack, ask where a box goes, hear that the busier it gets the messier, and tell her to take it slowly.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Lan's tea shop in Hangzhou on the eleventh of November, boxes to the ceiling, the phone chiming every few seconds and the kettle forgotten.

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欧文， 快 来！ 今天 双十一！ōuwén, kuài lái! jīntiān shuāngshíyīOwen, come quick! It's Double Eleven today!
订单 多 吗？dìngdān duō maMany orders?
没 时间 吃。méi shíjiān chīno time to eat
连 饭 都 没 时间 吃。lián fàn dōu méi shíjiān chīnot even a meal: even, meal, all, no time to eat
越来越 多！ 连 饭 都 没 时间 吃。yuèláiyuè duō! lián fàn dōu méi shíjiān chīMore and more! No time even to eat.
先 吃 饭， 再 打 包。xiān chī fàn, zài dǎ bāoEat first, then pack.
我 帮 你 打 包 吧。wǒ bāng nǐ dǎ bāo baI'll help you pack.
她 让 我 帮 她 打 包。tā ràng wǒ bāng tā dǎ bāoShe told me to help her pack.
好。 你 打 包， 我 卖。hǎo. nǐ dǎ bāo, wǒ màiGood. You pack, I sell.
这 盒 寄 到 哪里？zhè hé jì dào nǎlǐWhere does this box go?

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