Quick note before we dive in: this worksheet was meant to land on Sunday. I spent the weekend in Shanghai and my hotel room turned out to be a terrible place to record audio (thin walls, constant noise, I tried). I could write, but I couldn’t get a clean recording out, so I waited until I was back in Beijing.
Better late than silent. Here’s your Qingming lesson, a few days after the fact but still very much worth your time.
I bought 青团 (qīngtuán, green rice ball/dumpling) from a shop in Shanghai yesterday because they looked interesting, and then today a friend explained what Qingming is really about.
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Written from Shanghai
🎯 HSK Comprehension Test
我的朋友说扫墓也是“家人在一起的好机会”，他想说什么？
我的朋友說掃墓也是「家人在一起的好機會」，他想說什麼？家人可以一起去放风筝
家人可以一起去放風箏扫墓的时候全家人可以见面
掃墓的時候全家人可以見面清明节家人可以一起吃青团
清明節家人可以一起吃青糰清明节家人可以一起出去玩
清明節家人可以一起出去玩
我觉得清明节很特别，主要是因为什么？
我覺得清明節很特別，主要是因為什麼？青团很好吃
青糰很好吃可以去上海过周末
可以去上海過週末既想念家人又享受春天
既想念家人又享受春天可以放三天假
可以放三天假
清明节的时候，除了扫墓，人们还会做什么？
清明節的時候，除了掃墓，人們還會做什麼？在家里打扫房间
在家裡打掃房間去外面看春天的风景
去外面看春天的風景去买很多水果
去買很多水果在家里吃青团
在家裡吃青糰
我为什么在上海买青团吃？
我為什麼在上海買青糰吃？因为我很饿
因為我很餓因为朋友叫我买
因為朋友叫我買因为青团是清明节的特别食物
因為青糰是清明節的特別食物因为青团很便宜
因為青糰很便宜
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