# First steps: My family and my day

**Language:** Chinese  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master talking about your day by listening to Yang Mei and Han Lei's conversation about work and family. It may feel challenging at first, but by the end of this course you will be able to fully understand and participate.

**Setting:** The pavement outside a school in Beijing at three in the afternoon, with parents waiting for the doors to open. Yang Mei and Han Lei stand next to each other most days and today they start talking. They are on familiar terms with each other.

## Lessons

### 1. Saying what you do for work

Yang Mei and Han Lei find out what the other does for a living.

### 2. Talking about your children

Yang Mei and Han Lei say how many children they each have.

### 3. Saying who you live with

Han Lei tells Yang Mei who is at home, and she does the same.

### 4. Saying what time you get up

Han Lei asks Yang Mei what time her day starts.

### 5. Saying where you eat meals

Yang Mei and Han Lei compare where they eat during the day.

### 6. Talking about your evening

Han Lei tells Yang Mei he works evenings and goes to bed late.

### 7. Meeting the children after school

The children come out, and Yang Mei and Han Lei say goodbye.