HSK 3 · Dialogue

Moving house

搬家

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10 speaker turns · 32 unique words · editorial HSK 3 grouping

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nǐ zuì jìn zěn me yàng？hǎo jiǔ méi jiàn nǐ le。

How have you been lately? I haven't seen you in a long time.

wǒ zài máng zhe bān jiā。yuán lái de fáng zi páng biān zài xiū lù，tài chǎo le。

I've been busy moving. They're building a road next to my old place, and it's too noisy.

nǐ yī ge rén bān ma？

Are you moving by yourself?

bù shì，jǐ ge péng you lái bāng wǒ。tā men tè bié rè qíng。

No, a few friends came to help me. They're really eager to help.

nà tǐng hǎo de。xīn jiā lí gōng sī yuǎn bu yuǎn？

That's great. Is the new place far from your company?

bǐ jiào jìn，zǒu lù dà gài shí wǔ fēn zhōng。

Pretty close—about a fifteen-minute walk.

zhēn bù cuò。nǐ bǎ dōng xī dōu shōu shi hǎo le ma？

That's really nice. Have you got everything packed up?

chà bu duō le，jiù chà jǐ xiāng shū。nà xiē shū tài zhòng le，bèi wǒ fàng zài mén kǒu。

Almost—just a few boxes of books left. Those books are too heavy, so I put them by the door.

xū yào wǒ bāng máng ma？

Do you need my help?

bù yòng le，xiè xie nǐ。nǐ yuè lái yuè tiē xīn le。

No need, thanks. You're getting more and more thoughtful.

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