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Day 17 of 57 · Week 3 · Move through China

Give a driver an address

Show an address and ask to go there. Ask how long the trip will take and request a safe stopping point.

Start with the guided teaching

Read destination, gate and status as separate pieces before you ask for help.

A station name is a whole label. 北京南站 means Beijing South Station, not any Beijing station. 检票口 is the ticket-checking gate; 站台 is the platform. They are different places.

Find the right train and gate — complete guided explanation

Do the work in five passes

  1. Listen and pronounce — 25 min · shadow 6 phrases; compare a recording.
  2. Read and recognize — 25 min · complete the guided teaching, then read today’s words.
  3. Build and speak — 25 min · build a guided request; then make 10 variations.
  4. Solve a situation — 25 min · practice both sides, then hide the hints.
  5. Retrieve and review — 20–80 min · due review, quizzes, and a spoken recap.

Completion records effort; quiz results measure recognition. Neither proves conversational fluency. Use the interactive trainer for review scheduling and saved progress.

Today’s sentence machinery

Describing without 是

An ordinary adjective predicate does not need 是. 很 often links subject and adjective without strongly meaning very.

这个很好。

Zhège hěn hǎo.

This is good.

This + good; not this is good with 是.

Your language for today

在前面。

Zài qiánmiàn.

It's in front.

at + front

在后面。

Zài hòumiàn.

It's behind.

at + back

在楼上。

Zài lóushàng.

It's upstairs.

at + upstairs

在楼下。

Zài lóuxià.

It's downstairs.

at + downstairs

左转。

Zuǒ zhuǎn.

Turn left.

left + turn

右转。

Yòu zhuǎn.

Turn right.

right + turn

Practice the situation

Hotel desk

Check in and get the information you need.

您好,请问有预订吗?

Nín hǎo, qǐngwèn yǒu yùdìng ma?

Hello, do you have a reservation?

A useful response

我有预订。

Confirm the reservation.

请给我护照。

Qǐng gěi wǒ hùzhào.

Please give me your passport.

A useful response

这是我的护照。

Present your passport.

您的房间在三楼。

Nín de fángjiān zài sān lóu.

Your room is on the third floor.

A useful response

无线网络密码是什么?

Ask for the Wi-Fi password.

Outside the trainer: spend 10–20 minutes repeating these exchanges with a Mandarin speaker when available. Ask them to change one reply so you must listen. Fixed audio and scenarios cannot reproduce every real conversation.