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HSK 2 Chinese Listen & Learn Conversation

The Interview at the Night Market

夜市里的面试

Yèshì lǐ de miànshì

8:22 min video · 15 sentences · 7 key words

Transcript with pinyin and English

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  2. 0:49
  3. 1:14
  4. 1:37
  5. 2:01
  6. 2:25
  7. 2:47
  8. 3:13
  9. 3:41
  10. 4:07
  11. 4:34
  12. 4:57
  13. 5:26
  14. 5:54
  15. 6:21

About this lesson

Xiao Lin has a job interview, but the interviewer is late and asks to meet at a busy night market. The interviewer turns out to be a stall owner, and the real test is selling.

How to practise

  1. Listen to each sentence first with no subtitles, and guess what it means.
  2. Then read it with pinyin and English while the teacher explains it, with one useful point.
  3. Repeat it out loud in the 跟读 · Your turn pause, then follow the whole conversation at the end.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
面试miànshìinterviewHSK 4
夜市yèshìnight marketHSK 7-9
晚会wǎnhuìpartyHSK 2
旅客lǚkètravellerHSK 2
怎样zěnyànghowHSK 2
热情rèqíngfriendlyHSK 2
照相zhàoxiàngtake a photoHSK 2

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