day 20around town
unit 3 · family, home & travelaround town
Describe a neighbourhood, a town and the countryside, and complain about bad timing with 早不……，晚不…….
today’s words
- 街头 jiētóu · the street(s), street corner
- 人行道 rénxíngdào · pavement, sidewalk
- 周边 zhōubiān · surroundings, nearby
- 空地 kòngdì · open space, empty lot
- 井 jǐng · well (for water)
- 镇 zhèn · town; to chill (a drink)
- 城镇 chéngzhèn · towns, cities and towns
- 都市 dūshì · metropolis, big city
- 村庄 cūnzhuāng · village
- 郊外 jiāowài · the countryside around a city
- 家园 jiāyuán · home, homeland
- 家家户户 jiājiāhùhù · every household
- 千家万户 qiānjiāwànhù · countless households, everyone
- 衣食住行 yīshízhùxíng · the basics of daily life
- 轮流 lúnliú · to take turns
- 封闭 fēngbì · to close off, seal
- 通道 tōngdào · passage, passageway
- 处处 chùchù · everywhere, in every way
- 遍地 biàndì · everywhere (on the ground), all over
- 一带 yīdài · area, around (a place)
- 内外 nèiwài · inside and outside; home and abroad
- 远方 yuǎnfāng · a distant place, far away
- 遥远 yáoyuǎn · distant, far-off
- 众人 zhòngrén · everyone, the crowd (written)
sentences
- 早不来，晚不来，我刚走它就来了。 · Of all the times to come: it turned up just after I left.
- 这条路正在修，人行道暂时封闭了。 · This road is being repaired, and the pavement is closed for now.
- 学校周边的街头有很多小吃店。 · The streets around the school are full of snack shops.
- 过年的时候，家家户户都很热闹。 · At Chinese New Year every household is full of life.
- 虽是大都市，这一带却很安静。 · It may be a big city, but this area is very quiet.