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Story · 2 min audio最后一单A day in the life of a delivery riderLunch rush, broken lifts, rain. Then, at nine at night, one last order for dumplings, and the address is his own home.HSK 4
Story · 2 min audio电梯里的四十分钟Stuck in the lift with the neighbourTwo years of silent lift rides. Then the lift stops dead at the twelfth floor, and the old man from upstairs asks: “The one who plays the piano at night, is that you?”HSK 4
Story · 1 min audio你周末做什么了？What did you do at the weekend? (in Chinese)Monday morning. A colleague asks about her weekend, and she has a busy answer ready. He has a better one.HSK 1
Article · 1 min audio中国人为什么喜欢数字八？Why is 8 a lucky number in China?One phone number cost an airline 2.33 million yuan. The Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm. Here is why China loves the number 8.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio公园里的象棋Chinese chess in the park: the crowd that plays for youThe sign on the tree says: watch the game, keep quiet. Nobody does. Today a beginner sits down against the best player in the park, and ten old men play for him.HSK 3
Article · 1 min audio春晚是什么？What is the Spring Festival Gala (春晚)?Every New Year's Eve at 8 pm, hundreds of millions of TVs show the same thing. Everyone says it's worse than last year, and nobody turns it off.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio老板点的歌KTV in China: the boss picks the first songI practised a hard song all week for my first KTV night with the office. Everyone said the boss always picks the first song. They didn't say what it would be.HSK 2
Story · 2 min audio打错的电话The wrong number: a Sunday phone call in ChineseEvery Sunday at 8 pm, an old woman calls the wrong number. The third time, she admits she knows.HSK 4
Story · 1 min audio上班第一天My first day at work: an easy Chinese storyHer first day in a new office. A kind old gentleman who knows where everything is. At nine o’clock, everyone finds out who he is.HSK 1
Article · 1 min audio妈妈不说“我爱你”How to say I love you in Chinese我爱你 is easy to say. So why do so many Chinese mums never say it? And what does 520 have to do with it?HSK 1
