Doors, floors and warnings

Start with the guided teaching

You need to know what action a sign tells you to take.

Some labels are one character: 推 = push; 拉 = pull. Learn full warning phrases too. A familiar character inside an unfamiliar warning does not establish that it is safe to proceed.

Read doors and warning signs — 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

Or in a question: 还是

Use 还是 for ordinary alternative questions. 或者 often gives alternatives in a statement.

Offer two choices and let the listener pick.

Your language for today

Practice the situation

Missing bag

Get help when you cannot find your bag.

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.