Level 3 - Lesson 13
This lesson stays in practical travel scenes: friends check important items, choose how and when to go, and ask staff for help when a tourist has a language or weather problem.
Contains 6 words
tourist; traveler
language
to encounter; to run into
to meet; to run into a person
staff member; person in a role
raincoat
Contains 4 words
passport
Contains 4 words
boat; ship
护照在行李里吗？
Hùzhào zài xíngli lǐ ma?
Is the passport in the luggage?
护照和信用卡都在。
Hùzhào hé xìnyòngkǎ dōu zài.
The passport and credit card are both here.
行李也在这里。
Xíngli yě zài zhèlǐ.
The luggage is also here.
后天坐高铁去北京，行吗？
Hòutiān zuò gāotiě qù Běijīng, xíng ma?
Is taking high-speed rail to Beijing the day after tomorrow okay?
哪天都行。
Nǎ tiān dōu xíng.
Situation: Two classmates locate their luggage, then check the passport and credit card before leaving.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
行李都拿好了吗？
Have we got all the luggage?
credit card
to be okay; acceptable
luggage
high-speed rail
the day after tomorrow
the year after next
Any day is okay.
坐船也行。
Zuò chuán yě xíng.
Taking a boat also works.
后年再去也行。
Hòunián zài qù yě xíng.
Going again the year after next is also okay.
游客遇到雨了。
Yóukè yùdào yǔ le.
The tourist ran into rain.
让游客穿雨衣。
Ràng yóukè chuān yǔyī.
Have the tourist wear a raincoat.
你学什么语言？
Nǐ xué shénme yǔyán?
What language are you studying?
遇见服务员再问。
Yùjiàn fúwùyuán zài wèn.
Ask again when you meet a service worker.
遇到问题，问服务员。
Yùdào wèntí, wèn fúwùyuán.
If you run into a problem, ask the service worker.
什么语言都可以。
Shénme yǔyán dōu kěyǐ.
Any language is okay.
王一雪
Wang Yixue
拿好了，护照也在这里。
Yes, and the passport is here too.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
信用卡呢？
What about the credit card?
王一雪
Wang Yixue
也在。现在可以出发了。
It is here too. We can leave now.
Situation: Two classmates plan a high-speed rail trip to Beijing around one classmate's morning class.
刘明
Liu Ming
后天坐高铁去北京，行吗？
Is taking high-speed rail to Beijing the day after tomorrow okay?
刘小雪
Liu Xiaoxue
后天上午我有课，下午出发才行。
I have class that morning, so leaving in the afternoon is the only option.
刘明
Liu Ming
那我们买下午三点的票，怎么样？
Then how about buying tickets for three in the afternoon?
刘小雪
Liu Xiaoxue
行。三点出发，晚上就能到北京。
That works. If we leave at three, we can reach Beijing in the evening.
Situation: At a visitor center, a classmate reports a tourist caught in the rain; the service worker checks his language and offers an available raincoat.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
有一个游客遇到雨了，也没有雨衣。
A tourist was caught in the rain and does not have a raincoat.
服务员
Service worker
他说什么语言？
What language does he speak?
白家月
Bai Jiayue
他说英语，我不会说。
He speaks English; I do not.
服务员
Service worker
我们这里有雨衣，我会说英语，我去帮他。
We have raincoats here, and I speak English. I will go help him.
Situation: At a ticket counter, a tourist asks the clerk to speak slowly, specifies a high-speed rail ticket to Beijing, and prepares the passport and credit card needed to buy it.
游客
Tourist
您好，我不太会说中文，可以说慢一点儿吗？
Hello, I don't speak Chinese very well. Could you speak a little more slowly?
服务员
Service worker
可以。您想买去哪儿的票？
Of course. Where would you like a ticket to?
游客
Tourist
我要后天去北京的高铁票。信用卡可以吗？
I'd like a high-speed rail ticket to Beijing for the day after tomorrow. Is a credit card okay?
服务员
Service worker
可以。请把护照和信用卡给我。
Yes. Please give me your passport and credit card.
