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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

Article · 1 min audio你住在哪儿？How to say where you live in ChineseTwo new friends. One simple question. The answers keep getting closer.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

Article · 1 min audio谢谢桌子How to say thank you in ChineseA boy who thanks everyone. Even the table. Until someone thanks him.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

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