我昨天去北京。
I went to Beijing yesterday.
Day 19 of 57 · Week 3 · Move through China
Read a departure board
Read station, time, gate, delay and closed boarding. Separate a station name from a platform number.
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
- Listen and pronounce — 25 min · shadow 6 phrases; compare a recording.
- Read and recognize — 25 min · complete the guided teaching, then read today’s words.
- Build and speak — 25 min · build a guided request; then make 10 variations.
- Solve a situation — 25 min · practice both sides, then hide the hints.
- 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
Time without conjugation
Verbs do not change endings for tense. Time words and context establish when; aspect particles add information about the action.
Yesterday supplies the time; 去 stays 去.
Your language for today
大概多久？
About how long?
approximately + how + long
我要买一张票。
I'd like to buy a ticket.
I + want + buy + one + flat-item measure + ticket
去北京的票。
A ticket to Beijing.
go Beijing + linking de + ticket
有今天的票吗？
Are there tickets for today?
have + today's + tickets + question
下一班几点？
When is the next departure?
next + one + scheduled service + how-many + o'clock
在哪儿换乘？
Where do I transfer?
at + where + transfer
Practice the situation
Hotel desk
Check in and get the information you need.
您好，请问有预订吗？
Hello, do you have a reservation?
A useful response
我有预订。
Confirm the reservation.
请给我护照。
Please give me your passport.
A useful response
这是我的护照。
Present your passport.
您的房间在三楼。
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.