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Visiting a home: observe, then ask

How can a guest check household customs and help everyone feel at ease?

Household customs vary by person, family, and occasion. This lesson practices observing and asking without treating shoes, seating, or food customs as universal rules.

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Visiting a home: observe, then ask

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Aya brings a small book when she visits Lin's family.

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Translation and pinyin

阿雅拜访林的家人时带来一本小书。

At the entrance, she sees slippers but does not assume they are for guests.

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Translation and pinyin

在门口,她看见拖鞋,但没有认定那是给客人的。

She asks the host what she should do.

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Translation and pinyin

她询问主人该怎么做。

Later, the host offers fruit and checks whether anyone has an allergy.

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后来,主人拿出水果,并确认有没有人过敏。

Aya chooses a seat and says that she is comfortable.

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阿雅选了一个座位,并表示自己很舒服。

Before it gets too late, she thanks everyone and says goodbye.

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Translation and pinyin

她趁时间还不太晚,向大家道谢并告辞。

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bring · comfortable · entrance · fruit · host · say goodbye · seat · slippers · visit ·

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Visiting a home: observe, then ask

Household customs vary by person, family, and occasion. This lesson practices observing and asking without treating shoes, seating, or food customs as universal rules.

How can a guest check household customs and help everyone feel at ease?

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Household customs vary by person, family, and occasion. This lesson practices observing and asking without treating shoes, seating, or food customs as universal rules.

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