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Finding the way: confirm directions

How can you ask for directions and check the route?

Use an imagined city route to ask about a destination and check directions.

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Finding the way: confirm directions

Fictional story · local synthesized audio, listening review pending

莉娜想去博物馆。

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Translation and pinyin

Lina wants to visit a museum.

Lìnà xiǎng qù bówùguǎn.

在车站外面,她向路人问路。

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Translation and pinyin

Outside the station, she asks a passer-by for directions.

Zài chēzhàn wàimiàn, tā xiàng lùrén wèn lù.

路人告诉她直走,然后左转。

Mandarin pronunciation · Device-generated pronunciation (depends on browser and system voices)

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Translation and pinyin

The passer-by tells her to go straight and then turn left.

Lùrén gàosu tā zhí zǒu, ránhòu zuǒ zhuǎn.

博物馆在一座小桥旁边。

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Translation and pinyin

The museum is beside a small bridge.

Bówùguǎn zài yī zuò xiǎo qiáo pángbiān.

Supporting vocabulary

车站 · · 火车 · 公交车 · 地铁 · 地图 · 街道 · 左边 · 右边 · 直走 · · 博物馆 ·

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Turn the story into an exchange

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Main scenario

Finding the way: confirm directions — start an exchange

Lina wants to visit a museum.

How can you ask for directions and check the route?

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A different setting

Finding the way: confirm directions — a changed situation

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Cultural notes and sources

Use an imagined city route to ask about a destination and check directions.

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