Baa Di-ba Ké Fujin Y6éu Méiyéu Yinhdng Lesson Eight Is There a Bank Nearby Fujin yéu méiyéu yinhang Is there a bank nearby? Youju jit zai na gé yinhang de pangbian The post office is just beside the bank. Ditié zhan |i qiché zhan yudn bu yuan Is the subway station far away from the bus stop? Néng bu néng qf zixingché qu Can I go there by bike? One1. BRE (L.W,) fujin nearby 2. ERAT WM) yinhaéng bank BRAT Sate (N) xingrén pedestrian 4. 8 Prep.) I away from a 5, & (Adj,) yuan far it 6 &4 (Ady,) zénme how EE eee WwW) zu go, walk, leave 8. 4 (Prep.) wang toward 9. Ay (ay 32 (LW) giGnmian (qianbian) front (#i€) ay qian front 10. # (473d )(L.W.) youmian (ydubian) right Bit a you tight 11.4% W.) gudi turn 12, Be WN) malu road a 8% Be lu toad, route LE—zT=—~—i“‘i‘“‘“OC:;O*O*~™~O~O™OCOTOOC~™~O13. He (Ady.) jiu just (for emphasis) 14. wR Ey WN) youja post office HA 15. ib (Lw.) pangbian beside Pe 16. RE bu kéqi You're welcome (the response to #8) pees (Adj.) kéqi polite, courteous, modest 2244 17. Pp shi zhéngxin —_ downtown 18. ie (V.) gdosu tell AS 19, ue (N,) ditié subway, metro, underground, tube yh, 48%, 20. SK (Prep.) céng from oi 21, 3] (Prep.&V.) duo to, until, arrive 2.117 (PW) ménkéu gate, doorway he 23. DKA gOnggdng giché bus DHE AF (N.) qiché automobile, motor vehicle AR & WN) ché vehicle pe24. sr (,) zhan station, stop 25. RE (Conj.) ranhou then RR 26. W.) huan change 27. FS xia ché —_—_get off FR 28,8 wv) af ride Li 29, AA % ) zixingché _ bicycle Bae 30. (32) (€-W.) houmian(houbian) behind “A (422) 31.4%(£i4) (L.W.) zudémian(zudbian) left Bik 32.4 (Fit) (L.W.) shangmian(shangbian) above, on bis 33. F(F2) (LW) xiamian(xiabian) below, under Fie 34.2 %(232) (L-W.) Itmianifibian) . _ in, inside Rik 35. sh (3h32) (L-W.) waimian(waibian) outside Spike 36. LA shang che get on pee 37.3 (Adj.) jin near L———=Ty=—t—‘“‘“COé:C; ; ;2O:;w*~:~:~::C”Cy) Jiang Shan and his girlftiend are travelling in China. After they have arrived at a city they look for a bank and a postoffice. Jang H Shan bs aA, He ABA? Jo, dhe aie mE, wh: BA LIZ RIL? A: BRE, seen AGED hh: BAS? ANY AEA KE BIL, FE" HAD BY’, BBR ? BGR. NEJing Shon . NS ve we ooh: HEA AiR ten | Aree 4t A: Bo in By sh de ARAB AG HY al, vigng Shin ra woo: HATE! ft A: REX", wm ooh: 2M, WERE RAR? fe A: A. At LG sing BS ee Soh: ABE SLRS RE? As Rkib, wh ERSE aT A: 4 OO Rei BBD, eB”, Sb RUSRAT ky &£ +; —Jiang Shen SC we vy ee i oh: MiLARA RA = oo 5 ARID ae A: He SB ah eA 6 Bab, Jiang Shan ik, aah AL RRR Ji@ng Shan: Qing wén, fijin you méiyou yinhang? Xingrén; Y6u. Fujin you yf gé Zhonggué Yinhdng. Jiang Shan; — Li zhér yuan bu yuan? Xingrén: Ba tai yuan. Jiang Shan; Zénme z6u? Xingrén: Wing qian zéu yidianr, wang you gudi, gud liding tido malu, jit) shi ZhGnggudé Yinhang. Ji@ng Shan; — Fujin you méiyéu youju? Xingrén; You. Youjd jit zai nd gé yinhang de pangbiGan. Ji@ng shan: — Xiéxie nin! Xingrén: Bu kéqi. NEJiang Shan; Excuse me. Is there a bank nearby? Pedestrian : Yes, there is a Bank of China nearby. Jiang Shan; Is it far away? Pedestrian : It’s not too far away. Jiang Shan; How can I get there? Pedestrian : Go ahead, then turn right, and go straight for two blocks. The bank is right there. Jiang Shan; Is there a postoffice nearby? Pedestrian: Yes, there is. The postoffice is just beside the bank. Jiang Shan; Thank you very much. Pedestrian: You are welcome. (=) Jiang Shan and Zhang Yuanyuan are talking about how to go downtown from a university campus.dang Shiny. SK ve vA sh: MMNMAEAZA HE Pee? Zhang Yusnyuon vos yy vvasy aA: AKER, qu Abed, vieng Stan ee oh: MME RY? Zhang Yusnyuon y= REAR: Rei, Jing Shin vy LS oe L, im ob: Mi — Fre, (Asking a college student passing by ) 47D ring Yeoman 22 , ee ee KOA: MF HARMEN R A RT =e # h, RABAT OPRDOBARAE?, LES, REX PEW, LS, NAGE RED Pe, Zhang Yusnyuon Sv Se SH KAR: WwASEA AAS RIE? BoA, RR, UTE RBRSH LHS MES, sn, RAMEE EPL? Bk, RA KET« 139 ARving Sn vt yy Yt wy Re ot oh: AME RRL Hs 1969 Zhong Yuoryuan ve Segaeeas ow He BB: AAAER, FEAR Zring Yusnyuon RE: RFit, ving Shiny i ooh: avAa— Fre E, (Asking a college student passing by) Zhang Yuanyuon + VE Se ris, FER 1 Oe Se It Ps RRA? vx ter Be ee He IS » Rade & a, Ng AE RAE PL ZORA IA BB oe Fah Re BOUL ARS, HOLME T AR ALL Pees, ‘Zning Yunyuon © vy we 8 aw OH: ASA ARSE RIL? $ Ay Riko RFR WARES BA REM, ndlgnieaye ih: HERALD RD # ae RAT, KILT o ic.) ga ————Jiang Shan: Zhang Yuanyuan: Jiang Shan; Zhang Yudényuan: Jiang Shan: Women xianzai zénme qu shi zhdngxin ne? Ydu rén gdosu w6, kéyl zud ditié qi. Ni zhidao zénme z6u ma? Bu zhidao. Wémen wen yixia ba. (Asking a college student passing by) Zhang Yuanyuan; Xuésheng: Zhang Yuanyuan: Xuésheng: Jiang Shan; Xuésheng: Tongxué, ging wen céng zhér dao shi zhdngxin zénme z6u? NY zai xuéxito ménkéu zud yao-san-jiti lu ganggong qiché, zud wu zhan, rénhdu huan ditié, zud lidng zhan, céng ditié zhan chilai, jiu shi shi zhdngxin. Ditié zhan If giché zhan yuan bu yuan? Bu yuan. Ni xia ché yihou wéng you gudi, gud miu, jit: shi ditié zhan. Néng bu néng qf zixingché qu? Bu xing, tai yuan le! NNJiang Shan: Zhang Yuanyuan; Jiang Shan; Zhang Yuanyuan; Jiang Shan: Now, how can we get downtown? Someone told me that we can get there by subway. Do you know how to get there? No, I don’t. Let’s ask for directions. (Asking a college student passing by.) Zhang Yuanyuan; Student; Zhang Yuanyuan; Student; Jiang Shan; Student: Excuse me. How can we get downtown? You can take the No.139 bus and get off at the fifth stop, then change to the subway and get off at the second stop. It is right there. Is the subway station far away from the bus stop? No, it isn’t far. When you get off the bus, you turn right and cross the street and the subway station is right there. Can we get there by bike? No, you can’t. It is too far. kT #&§ ; &;« . ..}}The Chinese location word are as follows: Wy B & a & F Z qian hou zud you shang xia i wai we BH AH #G tft Fe 28 Se gidnmian houmian zuémian youmian shangmian xiamian limian waimian We 6 AA BA LR FR Bw se qidnbian heubion zudbian youbian ~—shangbian xiabian —bian_ waibian A disyllabic location word or a noun / pronoun followed by a location word indicates a specific place. oe Hea gidnmian A(09) w6 (de) gidnmian $45 (45) aT yinhdng (de) gidnmian NONRi pangbian (4H) FI wo (de) pangbian BRAT (8) HH yinhéng (de) pangbian When preceded by a noun, “i / #2” is often omitted if the location words are “k. G/ ED" or “Ba / Bw". eg. RZ FRE WEB fk AE BE AZE “e 20i” sentences and “#y ySu”sentences denoting location or existence. Somebody or something is in / on / at -- e.g. REED, W6 zdi Yinggud. ARAN UR Ay FE 4R 45 HI, NO gé youju zai yinhang pangbian. ba RAAF LE, Jian Shan de cidian zai zhudzi (desk) shang. There is something or somebody in/at/on--- eg. RRAEGA, Wo0iid yOu wt kou rén. PRATAP 4R4F, Fujin you yf gé Zhonggud Yinhdng. ST LAIRBAS Yinhang li yOu hén dus rén. L——L_ TF =—rti‘(‘é=i‘é‘(‘CiCO;i;(C;;C;C;C~;C;- RCRA) LW) 2. fy (Hd) (LW) 3. Om ( Gi) LW) 4. db (Abia) (LW) 5. ti (L.w,) 6. Fi aw) 7 KR W) 8, KU W) 9. HARARE 10,48 (N) ud(#) Ww) 12.44% (M.W.) Cultural Not In China, the first choice of most people for long distance travel is the train hudché. Naturally, qiché. gOnggong qiché and the subway ditié. déngmian — east Re ( Rie) ndnmian — south ximian west béimian north duimian opposite Ha zhOngjian centre, middle ? Fe huéché train Ke feijt plane FRB chiizi qiché taxi fi] ARIAS chuan ship kéi drive WC #) liang a measure word for vehicles 8 many people also choose airplanes féiji or long distance buses chéngtt The most common modes of transportation in large cities are public buses However, if they are not travelling very far, i 700 87 |many people would rather ride their bicycles zixingché because they are both convenient and fast. Private cars are becoming more common in large cities. Taking taxis ch0z0 qiché in China is very convenient. There are empty taxis to be found most of the time, and they can be easily hailed. Furthermove, there are almost always taxis parked in front of hotels to serve customers at all hours of the day.