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LEVEL 2 LESSON 24

从...到...= from...to...

Time Usage

这里冬天很长，从十月到三月 (zhèlǐ dōngtiān hěn cháng, cóng shíyuè dào sānyuè) = Winter here is very
long, from October to March.

从早上七点到中午姐姐没有吃饭 (cóng zǎoshàng qīdiǎn dào zhōngwǔ jiějie méiyǒu chīfàn) = Older sister
did not eat from 7 am to noon.

从二十岁到三十岁，Jason 搬家了十一次 (cóng èrshí suì dào sānshí suì, Jason bānjiā le shīyīcì) = Jason
has moved 11 times from age of 20 to 30.

从星期一到星期四 Steven 每天吃三明治或者披萨 (cóng xīngqīyī dào xīngqīsì Steven měitiān chī
sānmíngzhì huòzhě pīsà) = Steven eats sandwiches or pizza everyday from Monday to Thursday.

从古代到现代，人们的价值观不断变化 (cóng gǔdài dào xiàndài, rénmen de jiàzhíguān búduàn biànhuà)=

People's value system keeps changing from ancient to modern times.

Place Usage

从上海到洛杉矶的飞机十二个小时 (cóng shànghǎi dào luòshānjī de fēijī shí èr gè xiǎoshí) = Flying from
Shanghai to LA takes 12 hours.

从家到学校走路二十分钟 (cóng jiā dào xuéxiào zǒulù èrshí fēnzhōng) = From home to school it takes
20 minutes to walk.

从酒店到市中心的商场只有两英里 (cóng jiǔdiàn dào shìzhōngxīn de shāngchǎng zhǐyǒu liǎng yīnglǐ) =

It is only 2 miles from the hotel to the mall at the city center

航海缩短了从西方到东方的距离 (hánghǎi suōduǎn le cóng xīfāng dào dōngfāng de jùlí)= Navigation

made the distance from the west to the east smaller

每年有很多留学生从世界各地到美国留学 (měinián yǒu hěnduō liúxuéshēng cóng shìjiè gèdì dào

měiguó liúxué) = Every year there are a lot of international students from all over the world that come
to the U.S to study
Common Phrases

从早到晚她说话不停 (cóngzǎo dàowǎn tā shuōhuà bùtíng) = From morning to night she talks non-stop

从头到尾我没有明白这部电影 (cóngtóu dàowěi wǒ méiyǒu míngbai zhè bù diànyǐng) = From

beginning to the end I did not understand this movie.

二十世纪，许多新的电器从无到有 (èrshí shìjì, xǔduō xīn de diànqì cóng wú dàoyǒu)= In the 20th's
century, many new electronics were created

对话 A: 你是留学生吗？

(nǐ shì liúxuéshēng ma)

Are you an international student?

B：是啊，我从中国上海到美国学习。

(shì ā, wǒ cóng zhōngguó shànghǎi dao4 měiguó xuéxí)

Yes, I'm from Shanghai China come to US to study

A：从上海到波士顿几个小时？

(cóng shànghǎi dào bōshìdùn jǐ gè xiǎoshí)

How many hours is it from Shanghai to Boston?

B：飞机十六个小时。你的家乡在哪里？

(fēijī shíliùgè xiǎoshí. nǐde jiāxiāng zài nǎlǐ)

Flying is 16 hours. Where is your hometown?

A：我就住在波士顿，从家到学校地铁四十分钟。听说中国新年快到了。

(wǒ jiù zhù zài bōshìdùn, cóng jiā dào xuéxiào dìtiě sìshí fēnzhōng. tīngshuō zhōngguó
xīnnián kuài dào le)

I just live in Boston, it takes 40 minutes by subway from my house to school. I heard
Chinese New Year is almost here.

B: 是啊，从二月八号到二十二号。

(shì ā, cóng èr yuè bā hào dào èrshí èr hào)

Right, from February 8th to the 22nd

A: 怎么这么长！在中国大家都放假吗？

(zěnme zhème cháng! zài zhōngguó dàjiā dōu fàngjià ma)

 It's very long! Is everyone on vacation in China?

B: 只有从二月八号到二月十三号放假。

(zhǐyǒu cóng èryuè bā hào dào èryuè shísān hào fàngjià)

Vacation is only from February 8th till the 13th

A: 和我们圣诞节新年放假差不多长

(hé wǒmen shèngdànjié xīnnián fàngjià chàbùduō cháng)

Its about the same length as our Christmas and New year's vacation.

B: 二月八号来留学生中心看中国新年表演吧。

(èryuè bā hào lái liúxuéshēng zhōngxīn kàn zhōngguó xīnnián biǎoyǎn ba)

On February 8th come to the international student center to watch China's new year
performance.

A: 几点？留学生中心在哪？

(jǐdiǎn? Liúxuéshēng zhōngxīn zài nǎ)

What time? Where is the international student center located?

B: 从六点到八点，留学生中心在学校咖啡厅后面。

(cóng liùdiǎn dào bādiǎn, liúxuéshēng zhōngxīn zài xuéxiào kāfēitīng hòumian)

From 6 to 8, the international student center is behind the school cafe

A: 太好了，从我的公寓到咖啡厅走路只有十五分钟。

(tàihǎole, cóng wǒ de gōngyù dào kāfēitīng zǒulù zhǐyǒu shíwǔ fēnzhōng)

Great, it only takes 15 minutes to walk from my apartment to the cafe.

Vocabulary:

搬家 (bānjiā) = to move home

古代 (gǔdài) = ancient times
现代 (xiàndài) = modern times
价值观 (jiàzhíguān) = system of values
变化 (biànhuà) = change
酒店 (jiǔdiàn) = hotel
市中心 (shìzhōngxīn) = city center
商场 (shāngchǎng) = shopping mall
英里 (yīnglǐ) = mile
航海 (hánghǎi) = navigation
缩短 (suōduǎn) = to cutail
西方 (xīfāng) = west
东方 (dōngfāng) = east
距离 (jùlí) = distance
留学生 (liúxuéshēng) = international student
世界各地 (shìjiègèdì) = all over the world
地铁 (dìtiě) = subway
表演 (biǎoyǎn) = performance; show
公寓 (gōngyù) = apartment

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