day 31on the road
unit 6 · trips, sport & festivalson the road
Travel by train, plane, car and boat, talk about luggage and delays, and use two-part verbs like 见面.
today’s words
- 高铁 gāotiě · high-speed rail, bullet train
- 检票 jiǎnpiào · to check tickets
- 晚点 wǎndiǎn · to be delayed (trains, planes)
- 起飞 qǐfēi · to take off
- 护照 hùzhào · passport
- 行李 xíngli · luggage
- 箱子 xiāngzi · suitcase, box
- 游客 yóukè · tourist, visitor
- 外地 wàidì · other places (not your home town)
- 船 chuán · boat, ship
- 汽车 qìchē · car, motor vehicle
- 司机 sījī · driver
- 辆 liàng · measure word for vehicles
- 站 zhàn · to stand
- 休假 xiūjià · to take time off, be on leave
- 假期 jiàqī · holiday, vacation (the period)
- 放假 fàngjià · to be off (school, work), have a holiday
sentences
- 放假以后，我打算去外地旅游。 · Once the holiday starts, I’m planning to travel out of town.
- 飞机晚点了，下午三点才起飞。 · The plane was delayed and didn’t take off until three in the afternoon.
- 车上人太多，我站了两个小时。 · The train was so full that I stood for two hours.
- 我跟他在高铁站见了一面。 · I met him briefly at the high-speed rail station.
- 门口来了一辆汽车，司机是一个年轻人。 · A car pulled up at the door; the driver was a young man.