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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

At the Airport

Meet your parents at Hangzhou's airport with Lan: introduce her, hear her greet them as elders, report that they asked whether she speaks English, say twelve hours on the plane has left them dead tired, and pass on your father's thanks.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The arrivals hall of Hangzhou's airport on a September afternoon, a trolley of suitcases, and two tired travellers from Seattle coming through the gate.

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飞机 几 点 到？fēijī jǐ diǎn dàoWhat time does the plane get in?
爸， 妈， 这 是 陈兰。bà, mā, zhè shì chénlánDad, Mum, this is Lan.
叔叔 好， 阿姨 好！ 欢迎 来 中国！shūshu hǎo, āyí hǎo! huānyíng lái zhōngguóHello, Uncle, hello, Auntie! Welcome to China!
你好， 陈兰！nǐ hǎo, chénlánHello, Lan!
是不是 会 说 英文。shìbushì huì shuō yīngwénwhether you can speak English, word for word is not is can speak English
他们 问 我 你 是不是 会 说 英文。tāmen wèn wǒ nǐ shìbushì huì shuō yīngwénThey asked me whether you can speak English.
会 一点。 他们 累 不 累？huì yìdiǎn, tāmen lèi bu lèiA little. Are they tired?
十二 个 小时 的 飞机。shí'èr ge xiǎoshí de fēijīa twelve-hour plane, word for word twelve hours of plane
坐 了 十二 个 小时 的 飞机， 累 死 了。zuò le shí'èr ge xiǎoshí de fēijī, lèi sǐ leTwelve hours on the plane, they're dead tired.
那 先 回去 休息 吧。 车 在 外面。nà xiān huíqu xiūxi ba, chē zài wàimiànThen go back and rest first. The car's outside.

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