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Story · 1 min audio一天吃一次Buying medicine in Chinese: a night at the pharmacyA headache, no appetite, three hours of sleep. The pharmacist asks a few questions and finds the right medicine.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio第一次见面The first date: both late for the same reasonTheir first date is at seven. She is late. He is even later. The reason is in their hands.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio十二排F座Taking the high-speed train in China: seat 12FHis first high-speed train on his own. He finds his seat, and an old lady sitting in it, with the very same ticket.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio什么时候去北京最好？The four seasons in Chinese: when is the best time to visit Beijing?A friend wants to visit Beijing and asks when to come. Spring has wind, summer has rain, winter has cold. And autumn?HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio你属什么？What is my Chinese zodiac sign? How to ask 你属什么A friend's grandma asks what you “belong to”. She is not asking about your family. She is working out your age.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio八种笔画Chinese calligraphy for beginnersAnna wants to write one 福 for Spring Festival. Her calligraphy teacher gives her a different character, and only that one, for three weeks.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio七十五岁的同学The kung fu class story: the oldest studentOur kung fu class has eleven children and one new student. He is seventy-five, and he is the slowest of us all.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio一米长的茶壶At a Chinese tea house: the metre-long teapotIn a Chengdu tea house, the waiter pours from a teapot with a spout a metre long. Mark thinks he's standing much too far away, and decides to help.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio房子和猫How to rent an apartment in ChineseNear the office, two rooms, only 3,000 a month. The landlady has just one condition, and it's asleep on the bed.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio地铁上的面试官A job interview in Chinese: the man on the metroOn the metro to her big interview, Su Qing asks a man to stop singing. An hour later, she meets him again, across the interview table.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio老师，别走丢了！A school trip story in Chinese: don't get lost, teacher!Thirty-two children, thirty-two yellow hats, one coach to the zoo. The teacher counts everyone on board, then gets off to buy water.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio共享单车怎么骑？How to use shared bikes in ChinaToo far to walk, too close for a taxi. Outside every metro station in China there are rows of yellow, blue and green bikes. Here's how to ride one in three steps.HSK 2
