Languages / Mandarin / Level 2 · Unit 5

市场的故事 — Market Stories

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In this lesson

You are learning market stories: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (一边...一边... — doing two things at once), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Exploring a traditional wet market in the heart of old Shanghai

Morning at the Wet Market

今天早上六点,我跟李阿姨去了菜市场。李阿姨每天都去买菜。她说「最新鲜的菜要早上去买。」市场已经很热闹了。

走进市场,到处都是声音。卖鱼的老板一边杀鱼一边吆喝「新鲜的鱼!新鲜的鱼!」卖水果的阿姨一边称水果一边聊天。

李阿姨一边逛一边教我。「你看,这个是今天早上刚到的虾。」她一边讲价一边挑菜,动作很快。「这个不新鲜,这个才好。」

我们买了蔬菜、海鲜和水果。李阿姨一边走回家一边告诉我今天要做什么菜。菜市场就是上海人的生活。这里有最真实的上海。