Lesson 208 Making Travel Arrangements 第二百零八课 旅行计划 （1）

Y: Dajia hao, hello everyone, improve your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Welcome in, Wo shi Y.

B: And, wo shi B. Y, I still need to make some travel arrangements. Can you help me with that this week please?

Y. Sure. Let's check our key words of the day.

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Key words of the day

Travel agency 旅行社,business class商务舱, economy class 经济舱, First class 头等舱,Next Tuesday.下周二。I want to book a flight to Shanghai.我要订一张去上海的机票。All in today's Chinese Studio.

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B: I love traveling whenever I have an opportunity. So I'm off to see a travel agency.

Y: That's a 旅行社 lv3 xing2 she4.

B: lv3 xing2 she4

Y:旅行 lv3 xing2 means travel,

B: lv3 xing2

Y:社 she4 means agency,

B: she4.

Y:旅行社 lv3 xing2 she4

B: lv3 xing2 she4 travel agency. Then I want to book a flight to Shanghai, how do I say that Yajie?

Y: You can say 我要订一张去上海的机票。wo3 yao4 ding4 yi4 zhang1 qu4 shang4 hai3 de ji1 piao4.

B:… it's a long one, let me try that. wo3 yao4 ding4 yi4 zhang1 qu4 shang4 hai3 de ji1 piao4.

Y:我要 wo3 yao4 means I want to do sth,

B: wo3 yao4,

Y:订 ding4 means book a ticket,

B: ding4,

Y:一张 yi4 zhang1 means one,

B: yi4 zhang1,

Y:去上海 qu4 shang4 hai3 to Shanghai,

B: qu4 shang4 hai3

Y:机票 ji1 piao4, plane ticket,

B: ji1 piao4

Y:我要订一张去上海的机票

B: wo3 yao4 ding4 yi4 zhang1 qu4 shang4 hai3 de ji1 piao4. I want to book a flight to Shanghai.

Conversation 1:

A:我要订一张去上海的机票

B:好的。您要哪天的?

A:明天的有吗?

B:请稍等,我帮您查一下。

B: So the 旅行社 lv3 xing2 she4 asks me when I want to go. Next week, actually next Tuesday.

Y: next Tuesday in Chinese is xia4 zhou1 er4.

B: Let's try that.下周二 xia4 zhou1 er4.

Y:下周 xia4 zhou1 means next week,

B: xia4 zhou1,

Y:二 er4 is short for xing1 qi1 er4, which means Tuesday,

B: er4,

Y:下周二 xia4 zhou1 er4,

B: xia4 zhou1 er4 next Tuesday.

Conversation 2:

A:我要订一张去上海的机票。

B:好的。您需要哪天的?

A:下周二

B: Of course there are different types of tickets. What's economy class?

Y: it's 经济舱 jing1 ji4 cang1.

B: jing1 ji4 cang1.

Y: economy in Chinese is 经济 jing1 ji4

B: jing1 ji4

Y: and class in Chinese is 舱 cang1.

B: cang1.

Y:经济舱 jing1 ji4 cang1

B: jing1 ji4 cang1 economy class. How about business lass?

Y: it's shang1 wu4 cang1.

B: does 商务 shang1 wu4 means business in Chinese?

Y: yes. Shang1 wu4. and class in Chinese is 舱 cang1.

B: cang1.

Y:商务舱 shang1 wu4 cang1

B: shang1 wu4 cang1 business class. And for when I when the lottery, how do we say, first class?

Y: it's 头等舱 tou2 deng3 cang1.

B: tou2 deng3 cang1

Y:头等 tou2 deng3 means first class,

B: tou2 deng3

Y:头等舱 tou2 deng3 cang1

B: tou2 deng3 cang1 first class,

Conversation 3:

A:有去香港的经济舱的机票吗?

B:对不起,我们现在只剩头等舱了。

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Key words reminder:

Travel agency 旅行社,business class商务舱, economy class 经济舱, First class 头等舱,Next Tuesday.下周二。I want to book a flight to Shanghai.我要订一张去上海的机票。All in today's Chinese Studio.

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B: I'm getting excited at the prospect of more travel. You better bring me back down to earth though Y with today's question.

Y: Here we are. How do you say, "I want to book a flight to Shanghai" in Chinese?

B: Mingtian jian.

Y: Mingtian jian.