Lin orders hot black tea at a quiet cafe
Practice A1 Mandarin in a short story where Lin orders hot black tea at a quiet cafe. Tap individual words, follow line-by-line meaning, and review vocabulary from the scene.
- Vocabulary
- Story
- Support
- Grammar
- Practice
- Review
Start with the short scene first. Tap individual words when you want the vocabulary, then use the line-by-line support to confirm the full sentence before you reread it.
Core vocabulary
want to
noun
black tea
noun
cup / glass measure word
classifier
hot
adjective
sweet
noun
coffee
noun
ice / iced
noun
water
noun
in total
number
tea house
noun
Core text
Line-by-line support
Read each line with the direct translation beside it. Use this section to slow down and confirm exactly what each speaker says.
Hello, what would you like to drink?
I would like to drink a cup of black tea.
Hot or iced?
Hot. Not too sweet.
Okay. That is eighteen yuan total.
Grammar in context
These are the two patterns doing the most work in this lesson. Learn them as reusable sentence frames, not as isolated rules.
想 + verb
Use 想 before a verb to say what you want to do in a simple, natural way.
还是 in choice questions
还是 links two options when the speaker asks the listener to choose one.
Extension reading
Review
Story check: What is Lin trying to do in this lesson, and what detail changes the situation?
Vocabulary check: Find the first key word, the second key word, the third key word, and one more key word in the story text again. Explain what each word is doing in its sentence.
Retell: Retell the scene in two or three sentences using the first key word and the second key word. Then add one sentence about why the ending matters for Lin.