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Dialogue 1

Mark: Good afternoon, Jingjing. Are you ready for the weather to turn chilly?

Jingjing: Not really. ----------. It seems we just got past the days when it was too hot to do much out...

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Dialogue 1

Mark: Good afternoon, Jingjing. Are you ready for the weather to turn chilly?

Jingjing: Not really. ----------. It seems we just got past the days when it was too hot to do much outdoors.

Mark: Yeah, and next thing you know ----------

Jingjing: Right. Hey, have a moon cake. ------------for the coming autumn.

Mark: Thanks. It's a nut one, right? I recognize the 五(wŭ) character.

Jingjing: ------- The other is 仁(rén), which usually means kindness,-------it refers to nuts.

Mark: That's really different. --------“you're nuts”, they are saying -----------------

Jingjing: Okay, but depending on the context, -------nuts as a kind of food or kindness and benevolence as a---------------------.

Mark: Got it. Anyway, thanks for the moon cake. ---------------

Jingjing: ------------------------------

Mark: Oh, ------------- I don't like.

Jingjing: I think you told me that last year. ----------- with nuts in it for you. Hey, did you eat it already?

Mark: Yup. I wolfed it down when you were talking about benevolence.

Jingjing: 你太麻木不仁(Nĭ tài mámùbùrén). That means you're too insensitive. -----------

Mark: I guess I should have just nibbled it------, I couldn't stop myself from finishing the whole thing in a few bites.

Jingjing: Ha ha. Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it.



Dialogue 2



Jingjing: Mark, do you celebrate Mid-Autumn festival in the west?

Mark: No. It's mainly an Asian holiday. -------, but not a holiday celebrated everywhere on the same day.

Jingjing: ----------------------------

Mark: That's a full moon, right?

Jingjing: Yes. Did you see the moon last Monday?

Mark: Yeah. We had clear weather, and got to enjoy the view. -------. Monday night, my bedroom was brightly lit.

Jingjing: Besides looking at the moon, --------Mid-Autumn Day?

Mark: Eat moon cakes, obviously. Besides that, people get together to have a big meal. -------------?

Jingjing: ---------people stay near their own home and workplace. So, a lot of us have meals with friends -------------where we live.

Mark: Did you have a get together with your friends.

Jingjing: -------------------- had a mini-reunion. We had hot pot on a long table with three different soups boiling.

Mark: That sounds fabulous. -----------------the Mid-Autumn festival?

Jingjing: Nah, ------------, and good food for when the weather is on the verge of turning cold.

Mark: There's no such thing as a bad reason to--------with friends.

Jingjing: Right. It was good to see them all. Also, ate so much that-------- and snacks since then.





new words and phrases



from dialogue 1

chilly (adj) a little cold (weather, or temperature inside a room)

next thing you know (it's, it'll be) pretty soon

(be) nuts crazy, silly, overly bold

context the time and place, surrounding situation, in which something is said

wolf something down eat something very quickly, finish it

nibble (on) something eat something very slowly, taking small bites





from dialogue 2

harvest the time when farms have food ready

mini-reunion a small party, with friends from long ago

on the verge of (something) almost starting

There's no such thing as (something) something doesn't exist




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