Learning Chinese through Stories

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We recorded this episode in 2021 for dragon boat festival, but forgot to publish it.

The story explores the origin of dragon boat festival and how people celebrates it today.

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In this story, the author took a year off and lived by the ocean, in the name of preparing for his retake of the college examination, the most important exam for most students in China, which is definitely contrary to what most people would do. 

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Social clock refers to the social structure, that specifies a proper time for certain events, like marriage, graduation, employment or social status.  In this story, the author took a year off and lived by the ocean, in the name of preparing for his retake of the college examination, the most important exam for most students in China, which is definitely contrary to what most people would do. 

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To lie flat is to choose to escape involution and high-pressure city life, to disengage from the intense social competition of China’s 996 work culture, and to opt for a life of low consumption and little social interaction.

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The background of the four players from the TV Show- Squid Game

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男：没错，谢谢我们的Patrons，没有你们就没有《听故事说中文》，我们也欢迎更多的人加入我们，成为我们的Patrons，帮我们把《听故事说中文》做成最好的故事播客，那么同时呢，如果你想和我们有线上的交流，你也可以通过Patreon来加入我们的Discord聊天社区。

女：哦，我们有Discord的聊天社区。

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女：什么时候？

男：我们一般是在周六的上午会聊天。

女：哦，那好，我周六上午早点起床，我在这个聊天社区里面可以听到你的声音？

男：当然啊，还有很多全世界不同的地方的...

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女：哦，太好了，因为我有很多问题想问你的。

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女：我很想去哦。

男：那我们来听故事。

女：下一期记得见哦。

男：我们听故事。

女：好，哦，所以今天这个故事啊，话说这个故事是最近很火的一个...是奈飞上很火的一个剧哦。

男：没错，是Netflix上很火的一个剧。

女：奈飞？

男：对，奈飞。

女：说奈飞。

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The background of the four players from the TV Show- Squid Game

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他因公司重组丢掉工作，每天的生活在债务和赌博之间徘徊，和妻子离婚后过着无助的生活。有一天，他在地铁上收到了一张游戏邀请卡片，便去参与了比赛。

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