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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
Article · 1 min audio只带了现金怎么办？How to pay with your phone in ChinaA 100-yuan note, a watermelon and a shop that can't give change. How China pays with a QR code, and whether cash still works.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
Story · 1 min audio一年三千块Chinese words for exercise: my New Year gym cardA gym card for the whole year. Every day in week one. Three times in week two. And in February, a note on the door.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio爸爸教我游泳Learning to swim: an easy Chinese story“Swimming is easy,” Dad says, “I’ll teach you.” So why does he never leave the shallow end?HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio钱包里的小纸条The lost wallet that came back with a noteA lost wallet comes back with nothing missing. Inside, there is something new: a note from the stranger who found it.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio奶奶的字Grandma's shopping list: a trip to the Chinese supermarketGrandma sends me to the supermarket with a list. Her handwriting is the problem.HSK 2
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
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
