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@ 31457 Catching a Train
A: 糟了，已經七點了，要來不及了。
za¯ o le, yˇıj¯ıng q¯ıdiaˇn le, ya`o la´ibuj´ı le.
Oh, no. It’s already 7 o’clock. We won’t make it.
B: 快跑吧，對不起，讓一下，讓一下。
kua`i paˇo ba! du`ıbuqˇı, ra`ng y¯ıxia`, ra`ng y¯ıxia`.
Hurry up and run! Sorry! Excuse me! Coming through!
A: 進站口在那邊。
j`ınzha`nkoˇu za`i na`bia¯ n.
The station entrance is over there.
C: 哎，有火車票嗎？看一下。
a¯ i, yoˇu huoˇche¯ pia`o ma? ka`n y¯ıxia`.
Hey, do you have the train tickets? Take a look.
B: 有，兩張。同志，候車室在哪兒？
yoˇu, liaˇng zha¯ ng. to´ngzh`ı, ho`uche¯ sh`ı za`i naˇr?
Yes, we have two. Mam, where is the waiting room located?
C: 在二樓，坐電梯上去就到了。
za`i e`rlo´u, zuo`
dia`nt¯ı sha`ngqu jiu`
da`o le.
On the second floor. Take the escalator and you’re there.
B: 哦，謝謝，
o, xie`xie!
Oh, thanks!
A: 天啊，要排隊安檢，這麼多人，要等很久吧。
tia¯ n a, ya`o pa´idu`ı a¯ njiaˇn! zhe`me duo¯ ba.
re´n, ya`o deˇng heˇn jiuˇ
Geez, we have to line up and go through security! There are so many people. We’ll have to wait a long time.
B: 我去跟前面的人商量一下。
woˇ
qu`
ge¯ n qia´nmian de re´n sha¯ ngliang y¯ıxia`.
I’ll go talk to the person in front.
D: ”各 位 旅 客 ， 請 注 意 ， 由 上 海 開 往 青 島 方 向
的D76次列車開始檢票。”
” ge`we`i luˇ¨ ke`, qˇıng zhu`y`ı, yo´u Sha`nghaˇi ka¯ i waˇng Q¯ıngdaˇo
fa¯ ngxia`ng de D q¯ısh´ı liu`
c`ı lie`che¯
ka¯ ishˇı jiaˇnpia`o.”
”Travelers, please take note, the D76 train from Shanghai to Qingdao has begun checking tickets.”
B: 你好，可以讓我們先安檢嗎？我們的火車開始檢
票了。
nˇıhaˇo, keˇyˇı ra`ng woˇmen xia¯ n a¯ njiaˇn ma? woˇmen de huoˇche¯ ka¯ ishˇı jiaˇnpia`o le.
Hi, could you let us go through security first? Our train has already started checking tickets.
E: 哦，那你們先吧。
o, na` nˇımen xia¯ n ba.
Oh, then you guys go ahead.
B: 太謝謝了，
ta`i xie`xie le!
Thank you so much!
A: 快，檢票口在那邊。在3號站臺上車。
kua`i, jiaˇnpia`okoˇu za`i na`bia¯ n. za`i sa¯ n ha`o zha`nta´i sha`ngche¯ .
Hurry, the ticket checking entrance is over there. We board on platform number 3.
---Key Vocabulary---
糟了 za¯ o le Oh no!
來不及 la´ibuj´ı not enough time
進站口 j`ınzha`nkoˇu station entrance
火車票 huoˇche¯ pia`o train ticket
同志 to´ngzh`ı comrade
候車室 ho`uche¯ sh`ı station waiting room
電梯 dia`nt¯ı escalator, elevator
排隊 pa´idu`ı to line up
安檢 a¯ njiaˇn to do a security check
商量 sha¯ ngliang to discuss
各位 ge`we`i each person
旅客 luˇ¨ ke` traveler
注意 zhu`y`ı to pay attention
由 yo´u from
開 ka¯ i to drive
往 waˇng in the direction of
青島 Q¯ıngdaˇo Qingdao
方向 fa¯ ngxia`ng direction
次 c`ı position in a series
列車 lie`che¯ train
檢票 jiaˇnpia`o to check tickets
讓 ra`ng to yield, to let
檢票口 jiaˇnpia`okoˇu ticket checking en- trance
站臺 zha`nta´i railway platform
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
火車站 huoˇche¯ zha`n train station
安全 a¯ nqua´n safety
檢查 jiaˇncha´
廣播 guaˇngbo¯
to check, to inspect announcement
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