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Finding the Teacher

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ID: 0661 Newbie
The title of this lesson may bring back painful childhood memories of that field trip to the museum; the one where you got lost somewhere between the Egyptian pharaohs and the Chinese cabbage carved from jade. Maybe it was that self same ethereal cabbage that inspired you to learn Mandarin. So here you are. And here is our podcast on 'Finding the Teacher.'
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
请问 qǐng wèn may I ask; excuse me
老师 lǎoshī teacher
zài to be in
就是 jiùshì to be precisely
请问,张老师在吗?
qǐng wèn ,Zhāng Lǎoshī zài ma ?
Excuse me, is Teacher Zhang here?
我就是。什么事?
wǒ jiùshì 。shénme shì ?
That's me. What do you need?
你好,我是李燕。
nǐhǎo ,wǒ shì Lǐ Yàn 。
Hi, I'm Li Yan.
噢,你好!请坐。
ō ,nǐhǎo !qǐng zuò 。
Oh, hi! Please sit down.
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