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Story · 1 min audio今天天气怎么样？What’s the weather like today?One friend is too hot. One is too cold. A brilliant plan for tomorrow.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio坐错了车The wrong busSame bus, same time, for ten years. One sleepy morning, the wrong one. The best mistake he has ever made.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio现在几点？What time is it?One boy. One question, all day long. Everyone wants to know what he is waiting for.HSK 1
Article · 1 min audio你住在哪儿？How to say where you live in ChineseTwo new friends. One simple question. The answers keep getting closer.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio我的书在哪儿？Where is my book?Seven o’clock. School is waiting. And one schoolbook is nowhere to be found.HSK 1
Article · 1 min audio谢谢桌子How to say thank you in ChineseA boy who thanks everyone. Even the table. Until someone thanks him.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio四杯咖啡How to order coffee in Chinese (and get four)Her first morning in Beijing. One sentence, practised all the way to the café. Then the girl at the counter starts asking questions.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio比爸爸还大My pet is older than my dadShow-and-tell day. The class must guess his pet: not big, not small, very slow, sleeps all winter. And it is older than his dad.HSK 1
Article · 1 min audio送什么水果？Fruits in Chinese: why apples, and why never share a pearWhy do young people in China give apples on Christmas Eve? And why won't two friends share a pear? The hidden meanings of fruit in Chinese.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio吃不完的饭A Chinese family dinner that never endsHer boyfriend's first dinner with her family. Grandma, Mum and Dad keep filling his bowl. He doesn't know the rule.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio家里的公园A rainy Sunday at home: the park in the living roomThe whole family planned a day in the park. Then it rains. So Dad brings the park inside.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio明年还能穿New clothes in Chinese: one size too bigA first day at school in new clothes, all a size too big, because Mum says “you can still wear them next year”. A year later they fit. Then Mum goes shopping again.HSK 1
