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Stage 5 · Lesson 23

Twenty-five yuan at the bookshop

Ask prices and distinguish money from quantities.

12 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/30 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

安安
商shāng场chǎng里lǐ有yǒu商店shāng diàn,也yě有yǒu书店shū diàn。我们wǒ men去qù书店shū diàn吧ba。

The mall has shops and a bookshop. Let us visit the bookshop.

小禾
这zhè本běn书shū多少duō shǎo钱qián?

How much is this book?

店员
二èr十shí五wǔ元yuán五wǔ角jiǎo,也yě可以kě yǐ说shuō二èr十shí五wǔ块kuài五wǔ毛máo。

Twenty-five yuan and five jiao; colloquially, twenty-five kuai and five mao.

安安
那nà本běn呢ne?贵guì不bù贵guì?

What about that one? Is it expensive?

店员
那nà本běn一yī百bǎi元yuán。这zhè本běn不bù贵guì。你们nǐ men买mǎi几jǐ本běn?

That one is one hundred yuan. This one is inexpensive. How many books will you buy?

小禾
买mǎi两liǎng本běn。我wǒ的de钱qián在zài包bāo里lǐ。

Two books. My money is in my bag.

Extension reading

买mǎi东西dōng xi先xiān问wèn多少duō shǎo钱qián,再zài看kàn自zì己jǐ有yǒu多少duō shǎo钱qián。

Ask the price before buying, then check how much money you have.

元yuán和hé块kuài在zài这里zhè lǐ说shuō的de是shì同tóng样yàng多duō的de钱qián;毛máo是shì口kǒu语yǔ说shuō法fǎ。

Here 元 and 块 refer to the same monetary unit; 毛 is colloquial.

Names and helper expressions

小禾 · Xiao He; 安安 · An An; 林老师 · Teacher Lin; 阿文 · A Wen. These helper expressions support comprehension and are not counted in the 499 target entries.

可以 kě yǐ
may; can
自己 zì jǐ
oneself
角 jiǎo
jiao (one tenth of a yuan)
再 zài
again; then
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