Buying a Train Ticket
Amine wants to be in Shanghai tomorrow. At the ticket window he compares the eight o’clock train with the eleven o’clock one — five hours against four, three hundred yuan against five hundred and fifty — picks the cheap slow one, hands over his passport and learns which gate to use. Eighteen turns of a real errand, built from HSK 1–2 words.
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阿明
！。
Nǐ (third tone, dipping) hǎo! (third tone, dipping) Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) mǎi (third tone, dipping) míngtiān (second tone, rising) qù (fourth tone, falling) Shànghǎi (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) huǒchē (third tone, dipping) piào. (fourth tone, falling)
Hello! I would like a train ticket to Shanghai for tomorrow.
售票员
，。？
Míngtiān (second tone, rising) shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling) yǒu (third tone, dipping) bā (first tone, high and level) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de, (neutral tone) yě (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) shíyī (second tone, rising) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de. (neutral tone) Nǐ (third tone, dipping) yào (fourth tone, falling) nǎge? (third tone, dipping)
Tomorrow morning there is one at eight and one at eleven. Which would you like?
阿明
？
Bā (first tone, high and level) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) yào (fourth tone, falling) zuò (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) cháng (second tone, rising) shíjiān? (second tone, rising)
How long does the eight o’clock one take?
售票员
，。
Bā (first tone, high and level) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) màn (fourth tone, falling) yìdiǎnr, (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling) wǔ (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) xiǎoshí. (third tone, dipping)
The eight o’clock is the slower one — five hours.
阿明
？
Shíyī (second tone, rising) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) ne? (neutral tone)
And the eleven o’clock?
售票员
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Shíyī (second tone, rising) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) kuài, (fourth tone, falling) sì (fourth tone, falling) ge (neutral tone) xiǎoshí (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling) le. (neutral tone)
That one is fast — you are there in four hours.
阿明
？
Shíyī (second tone, rising) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) duōshao (first tone, high and level) qián? (second tone, rising)
How much is the eleven o’clock?
售票员
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Shíyī (second tone, rising) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) wǔbǎi (third tone, dipping) wǔshí (third tone, dipping) kuài, (fourth tone, falling) bā (first tone, high and level) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) sānbǎi (first tone, high and level) kuài. (fourth tone, falling)
Five hundred and fifty yuan; the eight o’clock is three hundred.
阿明
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Nà (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) yào (fourth tone, falling) bā (first tone, high and level) diǎn (third tone, dipping) de. (neutral tone)
Then I will take the eight o’clock.
售票员
？
Jǐ (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) rén? (second tone, rising)
How many of you?
阿明
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Jiù (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) rén. (second tone, rising)
Just me.
售票员
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Hǎo. (third tone, dipping) Qǐng (third tone, dipping) gěi (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling) yíxià (second tone, rising) nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) hùzhào. (fourth tone, falling)
Fine. Your passport, please.
阿明
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Gěi (third tone, dipping) nín. (second tone, rising)
Here you are.
售票员
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Xièxie. (fourth tone, falling) Sānbǎi (first tone, high and level) kuài. (fourth tone, falling) Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) piào (fourth tone, falling) hé (second tone, rising) hùzhào. (fourth tone, falling)
Thank you. Three hundred yuan. Here are your ticket and your passport.
阿明
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Qǐngwèn, (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) cóng (second tone, rising) nǎge (third tone, dipping) mén (second tone, rising) jìn? (fourth tone, falling)
Excuse me — which gate do I go in by?
售票员
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Piào (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone) xiě (third tone, dipping) zhe (neutral tone) sān (first tone, high and level) hào (fourth tone, falling) mén. (second tone, rising) Nǐ (third tone, dipping) zǎo (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) xiǎoshí (third tone, dipping) lái (second tone, rising) jiù (fourth tone, falling) kěyǐ. (third tone, dipping)
It says gate three on the ticket. Coming an hour early is enough.
阿明
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Hǎo (third tone, dipping) de, (neutral tone) wǒ (third tone, dipping) zhīdào (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone) Xièxie (fourth tone, falling) nín! (second tone, rising)
Right, understood. Thank you!
售票员
，！
Bú (second tone, rising) kèqi, (fourth tone, falling) zàijiàn! (fourth tone, falling)
You are welcome. Goodbye!
理解检测
1.Which day is the ticket for?
阿明买哪天的票？
2.How long does the eight o’clock train take?
八点的火车要坐多长时间？
3.Which train does Amine choose?
阿明买了哪个票？
4.How much does his ticket cost?
这张票多少钱？
5.Which gate should Amine use?
阿明从哪个门进？