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Click the audio below and try to answer the following questions. (Preview vocabularies in Part 4 if necessary)

Part 1: Comprehension Questions

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天气怎么样?
Tiānqì zěnmeyàng?
How is the weather?
天阴了,快要下雨了。
Tiān yīn le, kuàiyào xiàyǔ le.
It has turned cloudy and is about to rain.
A怎么回家?
A zěnme huíjiā?
How is A going home?
A坐公共汽车回家。
A zuò gōnggòng qìchē huíjiā.
A is taking the bus home.
B让A在路上注意什么?
B ràng A zài lùshàng zhùyì shénme?
What does B tell A to pay attention to on the road?
B让A在路上慢点儿。
B ràng A zài lùshàng màn diǎnr.
B tells A to take it slow on the road.

Part 2: Full Text

在咖啡馆门口
A:天阴了,我要回去了。
B:好的,快要下雨了,你路上慢点儿。
A:没关系,我坐公共汽车。
B:好的,再见。

Part 3: Sentence Analysis

在咖啡馆门口
zài kāfēiguǎn ménkǒu
在(at) 咖啡馆(coffee shop) 门口(entrance)
At the entrance of the coffee shop
了,我要回去了。
Tiān yīn le, wǒ yào huíqù le.
天(sky) 阴(cloudy) 了(particle), 我(I) 要(want/will) 回去(go back) 了(particle)
It's turned cloudy; I'm going back.
好的,快要下雨了,你路上点儿。
Hǎode, kuàiyào xiàyǔ le, nǐ lùshàng màn diǎnr.
好的(okay), 快要(about to) 下雨(rain) 了(particle), 你(you) 路上(on the road) 慢(slow) 点儿(a bit)
Okay, it's about to rain, take it slow on your way.
没关系,我坐公共汽车
Méiguānxi, wǒ zuò gōnggòng qìchē.
没关系(it's okay/no problem), 我(I) 坐(take/ride) 公共汽车(bus)
It's alright, I'm taking the bus.
好的,再见。
Hǎode, zàijiàn.
好的(okay), 再见(goodbye)
Okay, goodbye.

Part 4: Vocabulary

Adjective
Chinese Pinyin English
yīn cloudy/overcast
màn slow
Noun
Chinese Pinyin English
公共汽车
gōnggòng qìchē bus

Part 5: Practice

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公共汽车
1. 天( )了,我们要快点儿走。
(Tiān ( ) le, wǒmen yào kuài diǎnr zǒu.)
天阴了,我们要快点儿走。
Tiān yīn le, wǒmen yào kuài diǎnr zǒu.
It's turned cloudy, we need to go a bit faster.
2. 外边下雨,你开车( )点儿。
(Wàibian xiàyǔ, nǐ kāichē ( ) diǎnr.)
外边下雨,你开车慢点儿。
Wàibian xiàyǔ, nǐ kāichē màn diǎnr.
It's raining outside, drive a bit slower.
3. 我每天坐( )去学校。
(Wǒ měitiān zuò ( ) qù xuéxiào.)
我每天坐公共汽车去学校。
Wǒ měitiān zuò gōnggòng qìchē qù xuéxiào.
I take the bus to school every day.