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Story · 1 min audio跟我回家的小狗The little dog that followed me homeA little dog follows a girl home from school. Nobody knows where it lives. The answer is closer than she thinks.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio楼上的声音The noisy neighbourTen o’clock. Every night. A noise from upstairs. One evening, someone finally knocks on the door.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio红伞The red umbrellaA rainy afternoon. A man with no umbrella. On Monday, the red umbrella comes back, and it isn’t alone.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio路口的小商店Shopping in Chinese at the corner shopA corner shop owner who knows what everyone buys. A regular who orders something new. A birthday cake, and a small surprise.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio老师的眼镜在哪儿？Where are the teacher’s glasses?The teacher has lost her glasses. The whole class can see them. Telling her without laughing is the hard part.HSK 1
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
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
Story · 1 min audio地铁里的阿姨How to take the subway in ChinaHis first rush hour. A kind auntie who is going his way at every stop. A friend who isn't at Exit B.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio牛肉面在哪儿？How to order takeaway in ChineseOne bowl of beef noodles. Building 8 has five floors; she lives on the sixth. The dog knows the way.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio再短一点儿How to get a haircut in ChineseNew job tomorrow. “A little shorter,” he tells the barber, then twice more without looking up from his phone.HSK 2
