First of all, we should admit that this dialogue sparked a major feud at Popup Towers over the proper way to say the word "power bar" in Chinese. Religious obduracy in Ireland has nothing on the intransigence we've seen take root in our office over the past week. Echo refuses to use anything but 电插板 while Gail keeps making pointed reference to our 接线板. The rest of us being sick of the debate, officially give you permission to use whichever one you prefer.

That said, Elementary students should know that our listening test today is special in essentially defining the upper boundary of our Elementary level. The vocabulary used is relatively straightforward, but it is delivered at a fast, natural speed. So test your Chinese comprehension by listening to our dialogue once and then clicking through to our online quiz to see how much you understood. Our regular popup transcripts and vocabulary lists are available for reference if you need them.