O Mandarim Intermediate, B1-B2

Prologue

Chapters1 / 9
  1. 01 Prologue
  2. 02 Chapter I
  3. 03 Chapter II
  4. 04 Chapter III
  5. 05 Chapter IV
  6. 06 Chapter V
  7. 07 Chapter VI
  8. 08 Chapter VII
  9. 09 Chapter VIII

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On a terrace by the water, beneath the trees, the first friend drinks cognac and soda in the summer heat.

My friend, this summer heat dulls our intelligence. Let us rest from the harsh study of human Reality and set out for the fields of Dream. Let us wander over the romantic hills, where the tower of the Supernatural and the ruins of Idealism rise. Let us create a fantasy!

But with sobriety and restraint, my friend, as in the wise allegories of the Renaissance, and always with a discreet moral.

(Unpublished comedy.)