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 visits Lin's home for the first time.

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Translation and pinyin

阿雅第一次去林家做客。

She waits at the entrance and watches what the host does.

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Translation and pinyin

她在门口等候，并观察主人怎么做。

She asks whether she should wear slippers.

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Translation and pinyin

她询问自己是否应该换拖鞋。

The host answers and offers her a comfortable seat.

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Translation and pinyin

主人回答后，请她坐到一个舒服的座位上。

Supporting vocabulary

comfortable · entrance · host · seat · slippers · visit ·

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