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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two Mothers

Sit between Doctor Yang and your mother: say she's a nurse too, relay how many hours a day each of them works, hear that Doctor Yang used to worry about Lan, report that your mother worries too, and hear that all mothers are the same.

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THE STORY

Doctor Yang's sitting room in Hangzhou on a Sunday afternoon, a pot of tea on the table, two mothers on the sofa and Owen on a stool between them.

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阿姨， 这 是 我 妈。 她 是 护士。āyí, zhè shì wǒ mā, tā yě shì hùshiAuntie, this is my mum. She's a nurse too.
你好！ 你好！nǐ hǎo! nǐ hǎoHello! Hello!
护士？ 太 好 了！ 工作 多少 年 了？hùshi? tài hǎo le! gōngzuò duōshao nián leA nurse? Wonderful! How many years has she worked?
三十 年 了。 她 问 您 一 天 几 个 小时。sānshí nián le, tā wèn nín yì tiān gōngzuò jǐ ge xiǎoshíThirty years. She asks how many hours a day you work. Politely.
十 个 小时。 以前 我 很 担心 兰兰。shí ge xiǎoshí, yǐqián wǒ hěn dānxīn lánlanTen hours. Before, I worried a lot about Lan Lan.
她 说 她 也 担心 我。tā shuō tā yě yíyàng, yě dānxīn wǒShe says she's the same, she worries about me too.
做 妈妈 的 都 一样。zuò māma de dōu yíyàngThose who are mothers are all the same.
她 说 您 说 得 对。tā shuō nín shuō de duìShe says you're right. Politely.