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Day 52 of 57 · Week 8 · China simulation II

Your bag is missing

Report your missing bag, ask for help, then explain what contact you need.

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

A little and again

一点 softens a quantity or adjective. 一下 makes an action brief. 再 asks for another attempt; 一遍 is a complete repeat.

请再说一遍。

Qǐng zài shuō yī biàn.

Please say it again.

Please + again + say + one complete time.

Your language for today

入口

Rùkǒu

Entrance

enter + opening

出口

Chūkǒu

Exit

out + opening

紧急出口

Jǐnjí chūkǒu

Emergency exit

urgent + exit

男

Nán

Male / men's

male

女

Nǚ

Female / women's

female

洗手间

Xǐshǒujiān

Bathroom

wash + hands + room

卫生间

Wèishēngjiān

Bathroom / restroom

hygiene + room

地铁

Dìtiě

Subway

ground + iron

火车站

Huǒchēzhàn

Train station

fire + vehicle + station

机场

Jīchǎng

Airport

aircraft + field

Practice the situation

Get to know someone

Move past greetings into a real exchange.

你做什么工作?

Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò?

What work do you do?

A useful response

我是电工。

Use the electrician example, or say your own true answer aloud.

你有什么爱好?

Nǐ yǒu shénme àihào?

What hobbies do you have?

A useful response

我对科学感兴趣。

Talk about your interest in science.

我也喜欢科学。

Wǒ yě xǐhuan kēxué.

I like science too.

A useful response

我们可以加微信吗?

Ask to connect on WeChat.

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.