The Wukang Mansion 武康大厦
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ID: 2715
Pre-Intermediate
Let's go to a cafe on Wukang Road in Shanghai and learn about the story behind Wukang Mansion in Shanghai's French Concession. Learn to make comparisons with 像…一样, mark an ongoing state with V + 着, and hedge a guess with 好像.
Yvonne, Cary
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take photos | |
| 感觉 | gǎn jué | to feel; feeling | |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange | |
| 对面 | duì miàn | opposite, across from |
你好，请问喝什么？
Nǐ hǎo, qǐngwèn hē shénme?
Hello, what would you like to drink?
我要一杯热拿铁，谢谢。
Wǒ yào yì bēi rè nátiě, xièxie.
I'd like a hot latte, thanks.
好的。看你拿着相机，是来武康路拍照的吧？
Hǎo de. Kàn nǐ ná zhe xiàngjī, shì lái Wǔkāng Lù pāizhào de ba?
OK. I see you're carrying a camera — you came to Wukang Road to take photos, didn't you?
是的。我看到很多咖啡馆，花店，感觉像走在巴黎街头一样。
Shì de. Wǒ kàndào hěn duō kāfēiguǎn, huādiàn, gǎnjué xiàng zǒu zài Bālí jiētóu yíyàng.
Yeah. I see lots of cafés and flower shops — it feels just like walking through the streets of Paris.
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