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Article · 1 min audio我们都到了却没见面Same Place Different DoorTwo friends are both at the shopping mall, yet neither can see the other. A few more precise words solve a familiar meeting-point problem.HSK 3
Story · 2 min audio我的房间My RoomHer mother sends a photograph of her childhood bedroom. The bed is gone. Going home suddenly means finding out where she fits now.HSK 4
Story · 2 min audio明天的购物单Tomorrow’s Shopping ListA notebook tells Xu Ran what she will buy tomorrow: a bowl, bandages, and cat food. She does not own a cat, and she has no intention of getting one.HSK 6
Story series · Chapter 1 of 12 · 1 min audio豆腐不见了The cat that didn’t come homeA fat white cat on a strict diet goes missing. A retired policeman and his ten-year-old granddaughter knock on every door. Every neighbour is hiding something.HSK 2
Story series · Chapter 1 of 10 · 2 min audio欢迎光临The first night shiftA student who can’t sleep takes the night shift at a corner shop called Always Here. Every night at three, while he unloads the van, someone leaves a note at the till and gives him marks. Nobody is ever there.HSK 4
Story · 1 min audio写给二十岁的我A letter to my future selfA ten-year-old writes to herself at twenty. She has one big question. Mum reads the letter first.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio老师桌上的苹果An apple for the teacherAn apple on the teacher’s desk every morning. From Tuesday, one bite missing. On the last day, the teacher has an answer.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio我不舒服How to say I’m sick in ChineseMonday morning. A boy who suddenly feels very ill. A doctor who knows exactly what to prescribe.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio生日快乐Happy birthday in ChineseA big day. Nobody says a word. Then Dad comes home with a cake.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio你想看电影吗？Do you want to see a film?One question. One shy boy. A whole night of practice, and then she asks first.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio第一次看见雪Seeing snow for the first timeA boy from the south has never seen snow. Five days in Beijing, one question every morning. And a cup of snow for his best friend.HSK 1
Story · 1 min audio公园里的朋友Friends in the parkTwo old men. One chessboard. Three years without a single word, until one morning only one of them comes.HSK 1
