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ID: 0313 Elementary
Picture this: it’s a dark night, and someone’s all tucked in. Alone in the house, each creak seems to come directly at her. So when the doorknob starts to rattle, what happens? A Mandarin Chinese lesson, that’s what…Listen in to this podcast and learn how to be able to discern who it really is pounding at your door. Premium subscribers will learn how to say, “The calls are coming from inside the house, mmmmwwwaaaaa haaaa haaaa.”
Tue Oct 31 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
这么 zhème ike this
晚 wǎn late
会 huì can
糟糕 zāogāo what a mess
这么晚了，会是谁呢？
zhème wǎn le ，huì shì shéi ne ？
It’s so late, who could it be?
糟糕！是小偷？
zāogāo ！shì xiǎotōu ？
Oh no! A thief?
快开门，是我。
kuài kāimén ，shì wǒ 。
Open the door, it’s me.
你是谁？
nǐ shì shéi ？
Who’s there?
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