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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。
Mandarin pronunciation · Device-generated pronunciation (depends on browser and system voices)
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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。
Mandarin pronunciation · Device-generated pronunciation (depends on browser and system voices)
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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。
Mandarin pronunciation · Device-generated pronunciation (depends on browser and system voices)
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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 · 票 · 火车 · 公交车 · 地铁 · 地图 · 街道 · 左边 · 右边 · 直走 · 桥 · 博物馆 ·
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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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.
Is there a similar or different practice in your life? You may invent an example or skip this question.
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