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| 问路和城市 |
生词:
沿着:to walk along (a street; ex: 沿着芝加哥大姐: walk down Chicago Avenue)
购物中心:shopping center
食堂:dining hall
宿舍楼:dorm building
音乐厅:concert hall
主楼:administrative building
学生抗议/学生运动:student protest/ movement (currently in Hong Kong)
过:to pass (过了五个路口:pass five blocks/streets)
乘客:passenger
转学: to transfer schools
单行:one ways street
出租:to rent
Check-up 1:
司机:driver
公里:kilometers
看起来:appears/ seem
非常: very
本来: originally
农田: farmland/ rural
变成: to change into/become
马路: road (measure word for road/streets = 条)
How far is it from here to Holiday Inn?
从这儿到假日旅馆有多远?
How long will it take by taxi?
坐出租车有多远?
Can you help put the luggage in the trunk?
你可以帮我把行李放到后车箱里吗?
联系:
从 A 到 医院怎么去?
从 A 出来,再向左转。向前再走一点,在第一个红绿灯向左转。过了两个红绿灯,再向左转。向北一直走到交叉路口的红绿灯。你的左边会看到医院。
Translate the following directions into English:
从这座主楼出来到芝加哥大姐向南走,过了八个路口,向前再走一点,你的左面会看见书店。
Walk out from that administrative building to Chicago Avenue and walk South, pass eight blocks, then walk forward a little and you will see the bookstore at your left.
Translate the dialogue between the 司机 and 乘客:
司机:好了,我们到了!Okay, we've arrived!
乘客:车费多少钱?How much is the cab fare?
司机:一共二十八块人民币Altogether it will be twenty-eight dollars/ Renminbi (Chinese currency)
乘客:给你三十块 Here's thirty dollars
司机:找你两块。Here's your change (I found you two dollars)
乘客:谢谢。Thank you
你应该知道:
中国的出租车司机不要小费 :Chinese taxi drivers do not accept tips (小费:tip,)
车分:what a taxi driver pays to the 公司 (company) usually in monthly payments
Sentence Patterns
一直走
向右转
向左拐
过马路
吃巧克力让我觉得非常开心。
她想找一个又帅又高的丈夫。
在这条路要开车一小时四十公里。
Grammar
我听说住在纽约太贵了。
我本来想当乐师,我现在想当兽医。
京剧的演员都看起来很神气。
她常常变化头发颜色。
我的家人常常额对我说,“你变成一个好的女生”。
V + 起来
听起来: seems like (hear)
看起来: look like/ appear to be
想起来: to think up/remember
多:
多远 :how far?
多少: how much?
多块: how soon?
多久: how long?
多长:how fast?
联系:Translate
1) 开车从芝加哥大学到你的家多久?坐火车从芝加哥大学到火车站多少站?
How long does it take you to drive from the University of Chicago to your home? How many stops are there when taking the train from the university to the train station?
2) 你常常去大学图书馆吗?从大学图书馆到市中心怎么走?走路多长时间?
Do you often go to the college's library? How far is the library from downtown?How long does it take you to walk there?