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Here are 11 pages of Field Guide 002, Pearls, Ice & Sugar: Bubble Tea, with a real order at a tea shop in Taipei, the words behind it, the first grammar point and Xiǎo Lóng's comic.

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How to read it (10 minutes)

  1. Read the dialogue once without stopping, and guess from the context. Don't look anything up yet.
  2. Then use the notes. Every new word has its characters, pinyin and English next to it, so look up only what you still need.
  3. Read the comic last. It has no pinyin and no English, so you'll see how much you understand now.

If you liked it, the full guide has the whole dialogue, all five grammar points, exercises with answers and the appendices. See Field Guide 002 or all Field Guides.

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