对面的新店The Shop Across the Street

New words

• 大型dàxíng — large-scale, big
• 连锁liánsuǒ — chain (of shops)
• 竞争jìngzhēng — to compete; competition
• 挑战tiǎozhàn — to challenge; challenge
• 统一tǒngyī — uniform, unified
• 隔gé — to be separated by (隔着 + N)
• 同tóng — with (formal, = 跟)

The story

安娜：马克，你看窗户外边！对面究竟在干什么？Mark, look out of the window! What on earth is going on across the road?

马克：有工人在装一个巨大的东西，都是金的。Some workers are putting up something huge, and it's all gold.

马克：这儿有一份通知，纸真厚。我展开看看。There's a notice here, on really thick paper. Let me unfold it.

马克：“胖胖包子，大型连锁店，星期六开业。”"Pangpang Buns, large chain store, opening Saturday."

大卫：大型连锁？什么是连锁？A large chain? What's a chain?

马克：连锁就是：三百家店，一个老板，一样的包子。A chain means three hundred shops, one boss and identical buns.

安娜：这家大型的店，跟我们只隔着一条马路！This huge shop is only one road away from us!

小雨：隔着十米，在同一条街上，卖一样的东西。Ten metres apart, on the same street, selling the same thing.

Opening the lesson…