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If you've ever been in a Chinese taxi, you've been asked this question, even if you didn't understand it

at the time. In fact, being asked where one is from is such a common question we've decided to devote

an entire lesson just to it. So join us in this beginner lesson and before long you'll be inventing new and

exciting background stories each time you take a trip across town. Yes sir, I am a nuclear scientist from

Kazakhstan.

Note: it's been a while since we've had a dedicated speaking practice lesson, so we've enabled our voice

recording service for this lesson. If you're a premium subscriber click through to our text page and grab

our telephone hotline and your personal PIN number. Call us up and leave us a message in Chinese

when prompted: record yourself either practicing the dialogue or speaking extemporaneously using this

vocabulary or telling us a story. Our teachers will get back to you in a day or two with personal feedback

on how you're doing.