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Day 18 of 57 · Week 3 · Move through China

Buy a train ticket

Ask for a ticket to Beijing, today, then ask the next departure. Use 张 for tickets.

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

我迷路了。

Wǒ mílù le.

I'm lost.

I + lose the way + now

请在地图上指给我看。

Qǐng zài dìtú shàng zhǐ gěi wǒ kàn.

Please show me on the map.

please + on map + point + for me to see

入口在哪里？

Rùkǒu zài nǎlǐ?

Where is the entrance?

entrance + at + where

出口在哪里？

Chūkǒu zài nǎlǐ?

Where is the exit?

exit + at + where

我要去机场。

Wǒ yào qù jīchǎng.

I want to go to the airport.

I + want + go + airport

请送我去这个地址。

Qǐng sòng wǒ qù zhège dìzhǐ.

Please take me to this address.

please + take me + to + this address

请在这里停车。

Qǐng zài zhèlǐ tíng chē.

Please stop here.

please + at + here + stop + vehicle

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.