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The Parcel at the Birthday Dinner

生日晚饭上的快递

Shēngrì wǎnfàn shàng de kuàidì

0:34 min video · 2 sentences · 4 key words

Conversation script with pinyin and English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. 小云 Xiǎo Yún你正在看什么？Nǐ zhèngzài kàn shénme?What are you looking at right now?
  2. 大伟 Dà Wěi我正在看你的生日快递。Wǒ zhèngzài kàn nǐ de shēngrì kuàidì.I'm checking on your birthday parcel right now.

About this lesson

At a friend's thirtieth birthday dinner, a reluctant client asks her personal trainer why he is working with his phone out, and he explains he is tracking the parcel with her gift.

How to practise

  1. Listen to the conversation with pinyin and English.
  2. When you see 你会怎么说？, answer out loud in your own words before the reply plays.
  3. Then repeat the real reply in the 跟读 · Your turn pause.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
正在zhèngzàiin the middle of doingHSK 1
看kànto lookHSK 1
什么shénmewhatHSK 1
生日shēngrìbirthdayHSK 1

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