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The coffee order 1

A short graded Mandarin story about the coffee order, built for listening, pinyin fade, and sentence-by-sentence reading.

Practice recall Open Practice
01Read one sentenceDo not swallow the whole story at once.
02Replay the lineListen and shadow the rhythm before checking English.
03Fade the crutchesHide English, then pinyin, then answer the question.

Story

The coffee shop is busy. He first took a deep breath. Then he said: No problem, let's take it slowly. The person next to him smiled. The situation was not that serious. That day, he learned a very useful Chinese expression.

Vocabulary

没关系méi guān xino problem
慢慢来màn màn láitake your time

Grammar notes

  • 了 often marks a completed action or a changed situation.
  • 有点 softens a negative adjective.

Practice question

Which sentence would you actually use this week?