A slow English story about My nephew wanted to deliver food for the summer — I made him an offer instead. 12 simple sentences. Word by word.

📝 Today's sentences

My nephew called me Thursday afternoon and said his gaokao went good.

He said: I want to do part-time as a delivery guy this summer. Then I can save up for university.

Actually, I was so proud, and it reminded me of my own summer long time ago.

I was handing out flyers on the street the whole summer.

Honestly, I always envied my classmates who got to travel after graduation.

So I told him. If you don't mind, I have an offer for you.

I can cover 200 yuan a day. You can use it to backpack across China.

Only one condition. Study on my TingMate app one hour a day, two whole months. And send me a recording every day.

He paused. Then said he never thought about traveling. But it sounds kind of cool.

Less than an hour later, I got tons of messages from him. RedNote travel guides. Backpacking routes.

He even sent me one. How university students can travel to America.

And the most surprising one is his first English recording. I laughed. Haha.

🔑 Vocabulary

• part-time /pɑːrt taɪm/

• save up for /seɪv ʌp fɔːr/

• envied /ˈenvid/

• paused /pɔːzd/

• tons of /tʌnz əv/

• handing out flyers /ˈhændɪŋ aʊt ˈflaɪərz/

• an offer for you /ən ˈɔːfər fɔːr juː/

• backpack across China /ˈbækpæk əˈkrɔːs ˈtʃaɪnə/

• travel guides /ˈtrævəl ɡaɪdz/

• travel to America /ˈtrævəl tuː əˈmerɪkə/

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