Lesson 26.1
Getting a taxi to the airport
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Getting a taxi to the airport. Getting into a conversation with the driver
- 送 to deliver and 接to pick up
- 赶 to catch the public transportation in a hurry
- 越来越…. more and more
- the use of 谁叫….. as a consequence of …..
- 一….. 就 ….. as soon as / when x then y
计jì 程chéng 车chē taxi
司sī 机jī driver
送sòng to deliver
首shǒu 都dū capital
机jī 场chăng airport
赶găn to catch (in a hurry)
快kuài 点diăn 儿er hurry up/ do faster
接jiē to pick up
到dào 处chù everywhere
越yuè 来lái 越yuè… more and more
像xiàng to be like
变biàn 成chéng + Noun to become
谁shéi 叫jiào as a consequence of …..
发fā 展zhăn to develop/ development
没méi 错cuò right/ correctly
这zhè 几jǐ 年nián in recent years
特tè （别bié ）special/ specially
一yì ……就jiù as soon as….. / when …x..then..y…
Lesson 26.2
A typical taxi conversation
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Typical taxi conversation: probing privacy
- 大概 ….. 左右 around
- 可is used to express ‘indeed’ and ‘finally’
- 每….. 都 ….
- the difference between 合适 and 适合
普pŭ 通tōng 话huà mandarin
大dà 概gài about/ around/ probably
左zuǒ 右yòu or so
怪guài 不bù 得dé no wonder
可kě indeed/ certainly
可kě+ resultative/ directional finally
想xiăng to miss as to think about
每měi 年nián every year
趟tàng measure word for counting trips
去qù 年nián last year
通tōng measure word for counting phone calls
找zhăo 到dào have found
合hé 适shì suitable
对duì 象xiàng object/ target
眼yăn 光guāng standard/ taste (the way you judge things and people )
赚zhuàn 钱qián to earn money
Lesson 26.3
Complaining about a delayed flight
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Complaining about the delay of the flight and receiving the formal apology
- the use of 老是always
- the difference of 迟到and 误点
- the use of 结果 result
- the use of 造成 to cause
洛luò 杉shān 矶jī L.A.
班bān 机jī flight
到dào to arrive
老lăo 是shì always
误wù 点diăn delayed (public transport)
起qǐ 飞fēi to take off (plane)
起qǐ 雾wù to get foggy
结jié 果guǒ as a result
迟chí delayed action
造zào 成chéng to cause
不bú 便biàn inconvenience
抱bào 歉qiàn apologetic
安ān 全quán safety
第dì 一yī first
有yǒu 理lǐ to make sense
等děng 人rén to wait for someone
无wú 聊liáo boring
打dă 发fā to kill time or to get rid of someone
时shí 间jiān time
前qián 边biān 儿er the front/ ahead
旁páng 边biān 儿er to the side
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in this unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.