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My First Shanghai Metro Ride
第一次坐上海地铁
Dì yí cì zuò Shànghǎi dìtiě
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海，自己地铁滩。酒店员，。
Wǒ dì yí cì lái Shànghǎi de shíhou, xiǎng zìjǐ zuò dìtiě qù Wàitān. Jiǔdiàn de gōngzuò rényuán gàosu wǒ, dìtiě zhàn jiù zài qiánmiàn de lùkǒu.
站以后，先，然后。明，位员。，站车。
Jìn zhàn yǐhòu, wǒ xiān kàn xiànlùtú, ránhòu mǎi piào. Wǒ bú tài míngbai zěnme huàn xiàn, suǒyǐ wèn le yí wèi gōngzuò rényuán. Tā shuō de hěn màn, yě gàosu wǒ zài nǎ yí zhàn xià chē.
以后，滩。海地铁紧张，。
Sìshí fēnzhōng yǐhòu, wǒ dào le Wàitān. Suīrán dì yí cì zuò Shànghǎi dìtiě yǒu yìdiǎnr jǐnzhāng, dànshì wǒ juéde hěn fāngbiàn.
⭐ Key vocabulary
地铁站
dìtiě zhàn
metro station
محطة مترو
路口
lùkǒu
intersection
تقاطع
线路图
xiànlùtú
route map
خريطة الخطوط
换线
huàn xiàn
change lines
يغير الخط
方便
fāngbiàn
convenient
مريح / عملي
💡 Grammar in context
所以 introduces a result: “so / therefore”.
我不明白，所以问了工作人员。
Wǒ bù míngbai, suǒyǐ wèn le gōngzuò rényuán.
A useful contrast: “although…, but…”.
虽然有一点儿紧张，但是很方便。
Suīrán yǒu yìdiǎnr jǐnzhāng, dànshì hěn fāngbiàn.
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1. “我”想坐地铁去哪里？
“Wǒ” xiǎng zuò dìtiě qù nǎlǐ?
Where does the traveller want to go by metro?
2. 地铁站在哪里？
Dìtiě zhàn zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the metro station?
3. 进站以后，“我”先做什么？
Jìn zhàn yǐhòu, “wǒ” xiān zuò shénme?
What does the traveller do first after entering?
4. 为什么“我”问工作人员？
Wèishénme “wǒ” wèn gōngzuò rényuán?
Why does the traveller ask a staff member?
5. 最后“我”觉得上海地铁怎么样？
Zuìhòu “wǒ” juéde Shànghǎi dìtiě zěnmeyàng?
What does the traveller finally think of Shanghai’s metro?
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我第一次来上海的时候，想自己坐地铁去外滩。酒店的工作人员告诉我，地铁站就在前面的路口。
Wǒ dì yí cì lái Shànghǎi de shíhou, xiǎng zìjǐ zuò dìtiě qù Wàitān. Jiǔdiàn de gōngzuò rényuán gàosu wǒ, dìtiě zhàn jiù zài qiánmiàn de lùkǒu.
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