南方人，北方人Southerners and Northerners

New words

• 南方nánfāng — the south
• 北方běifāng — the north
• 不如bùrú — not as good as
• 来自láizì — to come from
• 个子gèzi — height, build
• 米mǐ — metre; (raw) rice

The story

大卫：青岛，我们来了！我请假了，两个星期没有张经理！Qingdao, here we come! I've got time off — two whole weeks without Manager Zhang!

乐乐：大卫！小雨！我们也坐这个火车！David! Xiaoyu! We're on this train too!

小雨：乐乐？你们一家也去青岛？Lele? Your whole family's going to Qingdao too?

乐乐：对！我还带来了包子，我怕他想你们！大大有李奶奶管。Yep! And I brought Baozi — I was afraid he'd miss you! Granny Li is looking after Dada.

大卫：包子也来了？上次在湖上坐船，他掉进水里了！Baozi's come too? Last time we took a boat on the lake, he fell in the water!

A：年轻人，你们好！去哪儿啊？Hello, young people! Where are you off to?

小雨：爷爷好！我们去青岛玩儿。您呢？Hello, Grandpa! We're going to Qingdao for a holiday. And you?

A：我回家！我来自青岛，是北方人。你们来自哪儿？I'm going home! I'm from Qingdao, a northerner. Where are you from?

Opening the lesson…