HSK 4Lesson 20
Getting around town means finding a place to park, keeping enough fuel in the car and choosing the right ride. You will hunt for a parking space on a busy weekend, look for a gas station on the expressway, plan the cheapest way to the airport, and ask a teacher about riding an electric bike to school.
You will learn to talk about parking, finding fuel on the expressway, getting to the airport by public transport, and riding an electric bike to school, and to say you will never do something again.
Part 1 · 13 new words
Contains 4 words
to stop; to park
to park
parking lot; parking garage
parking space
Contains 3 words
gas station; gas station
e-bike; electric scooter
Contains 6 words
coach; large bus
to ride; to take (a vehicle)
Part 2 · 8 phrases
周末商场的停车场车很多，常常找不到车位。
The mall's parking lot gets crowded on weekends, and you often can't find a space.
请别在门口停车，把车停到学校的停车场去。
Please don't park at the entrance; park in the school lot.
车没油了，要去加油站，加一次油要十分钟。
The car is out of gas, so we need a gas station, and filling up takes ten minutes.
学校里很多人骑电动车，又快又方便。
Many people at school ride e-bikes, which are fast and convenient.
我们乘坐大巴去山上，要两个小时。
We're taking a coach up the mountain, which takes two hours.
北京的公共交通很方便，很多人不开车。
Part 3 · 4 conversations
Li Wen and Liu Ming have driven to a shopping center on a Saturday evening to see a movie, and they cannot find anywhere to park.
李文Li Wen
我们在这儿找了二十分钟了，这个停车场怎么一个车位都没有？
We've been looking for twenty minutes. Why isn't there a single space in this parking lot?
刘明Liu Ming
周末来这儿的人太多了。我们停在路边吧？
Too many people come here on weekends. Shall we park by the road?
Part 4 · 1 point
再也不/没……
Put 再也zài yě before 不bù to say you will never do something again, or before 没méi to say something has never happened again since a certain time.
Promise never again
Put 再也不zài yě bù before the verb phrase and 了le at the end.
expressway
to ride; to travel by
passenger
public
to transfer; to change (lines)
Public transportation in Beijing is convenient, so many people don't drive.
去机场要换乘一次，你在下一站下车。
To get to the airport you transfer once; get off at the next stop.
在高速上开车不要太快，也不要随便停。
On the expressway, don't drive too fast, and don't stop at random.
李文Li Wen
不行，路边不能停车。上次我只停了五分钟，交警就来了。
No, you can't park by the road. Last time I stopped for just five minutes and a traffic officer came straight away.
刘明Liu Ming
那怎么办？电影七点就开始了。
Then what do we do? The movie starts at seven.
李文Li Wen
前面还有一个停车场，只是远一点儿，走过来要十分钟。
There's another parking lot up ahead. It's a bit farther, a ten-minute walk from here.
刘明Liu Ming
只好去那儿了。周末我们再也不开车来这儿了，坐地铁多方便！
We'll have to go there, then. We're never driving here on a weekend again. The subway is so much easier!
Bai Jiayue's father is driving the family back to Beijing on the expressway after a weekend trip out of town when he notices that the car is almost out of fuel.
爸爸Dad
不好，车快没油了。出门以前我忘了去加油站。
Oh no, we're almost out of fuel. I forgot to go to the gas station before we left.
白家月Bai Jiayue
那怎么办？在高速上可以停车吗？
What do we do? Can you stop on the expressway?
爸爸Dad
不可以，高速上不能随便停。我们得找一个加油站。
No, you can't just stop on the expressway. We have to find a gas station.
白家月Bai Jiayue
你看那边：“下一个加油站，十五公里。”
Look over there: "Next gas station, fifteen kilometers."
爸爸Dad
十五公里应该能到。我开慢一点儿，这样用油少。
We should make fifteen kilometers. I'll drive a bit slower; that uses less fuel.
白家月Bai Jiayue
到了加油站我们停一下吧，我想买瓶水。
Let's stop for a bit at the gas station. I'd like to buy a bottle of water.
爸爸Dad
好，我也开了两个小时了，正好在那儿休息二十分钟。
Sure. I've been driving for two hours anyway, so it's a good chance to rest there for twenty minutes.
Anne has an early flight next Saturday and asks Liu Xiaoxue for the cheapest easy way to the airport with a lot of luggage.
安妮Anne
我下个星期六早上的飞机。去机场坐什么车比较好？打车太贵了。
My flight is next Saturday morning. What's the best way to get to the airport? A taxi is too expensive.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
你可以乘地铁，可是要换乘两次。你行李多，不太方便。
You can take the subway, but you have to change twice. With all your luggage, that's not very convenient.
安妮Anne
那有没有不用换乘的？
Is there anything without a transfer, then?
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
有机场大巴。学校门口就有车站，一个小时左右就到机场。
There's the airport coach. It stops right at the school gate and gets to the airport in about an hour.
安妮Anne
早上大巴上人多吗？我怕没有座位。
Is the coach crowded in the morning? I'm afraid there will be no seats.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
早上乘客不太多，一般都有座位，而且比打车便宜多了。
There aren't many passengers in the morning, so there are usually seats, and it's much cheaper than a taxi.
安妮Anne
这么说，公共交通也挺方便的。那我就坐早上七点的大巴。票在哪儿买？
So public transport is pretty convenient too. Then I'll take the seven o'clock coach. Where do I buy a ticket?
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
上车买就行。车站上写着：“乘坐机场大巴的乘客请排队上车。”你早点儿去吧。
Just buy it on board. The sign at the stop says: "Passengers taking the airport coach, please line up to board." Get there a bit early.
Liu Ming lives far from school and asks Teacher Wang whether he may ride his e-bike to school and where he should leave it.
刘明Liu Ming
王老师，我住的地方离学校太远了，我想骑电动车来学校，可以吗？
Teacher Wang, I live too far from school. May I ride my e-bike here?
王老师Teacher Wang
可以。但是电动车要停在学校的停车场，不能停在门口。
Yes. But e-bikes must be parked in the school parking lot, not at the gate.
刘明Liu Ming
停车场里有电动车的车位吗？
Are there spaces for e-bikes in the parking lot?
王老师Teacher Wang
有。你得先去办公室办一张停车证，没有证不能进。
Yes. First you need to get a parking permit from the office; you can't get in without one.
刘明Liu Ming
我知道了。上个月我把电动车停在路边，交警让我交了五十块钱。
I see. Last month I parked my e-bike by the road, and a traffic officer made me pay fifty yuan.
王老师Teacher Wang
那你以后可要注意了。
Then you really need to be careful from now on.
刘明Liu Ming
您放心，我再也不把车停在路边了。
Don't worry, I'll never park by the road again.
Liu Ming makes this promise after being made to pay fifty yuan.
Report never again
Use 再也没zài yě méi for what has not happened since a certain time.
Use 没méi for the past and 不bù for a decision about the future.
In sentences
A decision
上次在高速上遇到堵车，等了两个小时，我再也不开车去机场了。
Last time I was stuck on the expressway for two hours. I'm never driving to the airport again.
再也不zài yě bù + verb + 了le.
Since then
那次以后，他再也没把车停在路边。
After that, he never parked by the road again.
再也没zài yě méi reports the past; the 把bǎ phrase follows it.
Never seen again
她搬走以后，我再也没见过她。
After she moved away, I never saw her again.
Often with 过guo.
A：你还去那家餐厅吗？ B：再也不去了，他们的菜又贵又不好吃。
A: Do you still go to that restaurant? B: Never again; the food is expensive and not good.
李文和刘明在商场找了一个小时车位，李文说他以后周末再也不开车来了。
Li Wen and Liu Ming looked for a parking space at the mall for an hour, and Li Wen said he'd never drive there at weekends again.
安妮说，行李这么多，她再也不一个人去机场了。
Anne says that with this much luggage, she'll never go to the airport alone again.
再也zài yě + a negative means never again, not even once more. It is strong and emotional, and it always looks back at something that did happen before. With 不bù it states a decision or a future that will not change, and the sentence often ends in 了le: 我再也不把车停在路边了wǒ zài yě bù bǎ chē tíng zài lùbiān le, I'll never park by the road again. With 没méi it reports the past: since a certain moment, the thing has not happened again, often with 过guo and a time phrase such as 那次以后nà cì yǐhòu: 那次以后，他再也没去过nà cì yǐhòu, tā zài yě méi qùguo. 再也zài yě goes after the subject and before 不bù or 没méi; anything else that goes before the verb, such as a 把bǎ phrase or a place, follows the negative. 不再bú zài also means no longer, but it is calmer and more formal. Common mistakes are to change the order, as in 我不再也开车wǒ bú zài yě kāichē, or to use 再也不zài yě bù for something that never happened in the first place: for a plain never, 不bù or 没méi alone is enough.
