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Day 53 of 57 · Week 8 · China simulation II

Find the pharmacy

Ask where the pharmacy is and explain a symptom without asking the trainer for medical advice.

Start with the guided teaching

Recognize the place you need and ask someone to help you reach it.

药 means medicine; 店 means shop. 药店 is pharmacy. 医院 is hospital. Learn these complete destination words; they are not interchangeable.

Find the pharmacy and ask for help — complete guided explanation

Do the work in five passes

  1. Listen and pronounce — 25 min · shadow 6 phrases; compare a recording.
  2. Read and recognize — 25 min · complete the guided teaching, then read today’s words.
  3. Build and speak — 25 min · build a guided request; then make 10 variations.
  4. Solve a situation — 25 min · practice both sides, then hide the hints.
  5. Retrieve and review — 20–80 min · due review, quizzes, and a spoken recap.

Completion records effort; quiz results measure recognition. Neither proves conversational fluency. Use the interactive trainer for review scheduling and saved progress.

Today’s sentence machinery

A little and again

一点 softens a quantity or adjective. 一下 makes an action brief. 再 asks for another attempt; 一遍 is a complete repeat.

请再说一遍。

Qǐng zài shuō yī biàn.

Please say it again.

Please + again + say + one complete time.

Your language for today

你好。

Nǐ hǎo.

Hello.

you + good

您好。

Nín hǎo.

Hello, politely.

respectful you + good

谢谢。

Xièxie.

Thank you.

thanks

不客气。

Bù kèqi.

You're welcome.

not + formal/polite

对不起。

Duìbuqǐ.

Sorry.

apology phrase

没关系。

Méi guānxi.

It's all right.

no + connection/problem

请问。

Qǐngwèn.

Excuse me, may I ask?

please + ask

再见。

Zàijiàn.

Goodbye.

again + see

好的。

Hǎo de.

Okay.

good + confirming particle

我叫杰克。

Wǒ jiào Jiékè.

My name is Jake.

I + am called + Jake

Practice the situation

Get to know someone

Move past greetings into a real exchange.

你做什么工作?

Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò?

What work do you do?

A useful response

我是电工。

Use the electrician example, or say your own true answer aloud.

你有什么爱好?

Nǐ yǒu shénme àihào?

What hobbies do you have?

A useful response

我对科学感兴趣。

Talk about your interest in science.

我也喜欢科学。

Wǒ yě xǐhuan kēxué.

I like science too.

A useful response

我们可以加微信吗?

Ask to connect on WeChat.

Outside the trainer: spend 10–20 minutes repeating these exchanges with a Mandarin speaker when available. Ask them to change one reply so you must listen. Fixed audio and scenarios cannot reproduce every real conversation.