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HSK 2 Chinese Conversation

The Interview at the Tea House

茶馆里的面试

Chá guǎn lǐ de miànshì

2:55 min video · 8 sentences · 6 key words

Conversation script with pinyin and English

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  2. 1:03
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  4. 1:29
  5. 1:47
  6. 2:03
  7. 2:20
  8. 2:35

About this lesson

A job candidate sits down in a tea house for an interview, but the interviewer seems to know a strange fact about her morning bus ride. It turns out they were on the same bus.

How to practise

  1. Listen to the conversation with pinyin and English.
  2. When you see 你会怎么说?, answer out loud in your own words before the reply plays.
  3. Then repeat the real reply in the 跟读 · Your turn pause.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
坐过zuòguohave taken (a ride)
关过手机guānguoshǒujīhave turned off a phone
坐下zuòxiasit downHSK 1
身边shēnbiānbeside, nearbyHSK 2
请问qǐngwènmay I askHSK 1
有名yǒumíngfamousHSK 1

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