The (somewhat) lost traveler.

fred2
 June 18, 2009, 12:23 PM posted in General Discussion

 

I am glad there is a site just for suggestions!

Having just returned from China, one of the problems I had was reading the information signs on buses, trains, and shops.  Also It would be nice to understand the announcements on planes and in airports.  Is there any way of:

1. gathering a vocabulary related to these activities

2. doing a "hungry traveler" type of lesson / video / discussion?

For example, arriving at an airport and checking the boards for arrival and departure times, gate, etc.

 

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pretzellogic
 June 18, 2009, 04:25 PM

sadly, there's nothing in these about having your temperature taken and to stay seated (this means YOU) with the other passengers on the airplane until everyone's had their temperature taken

 

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/airport-announcements

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/airplane-arrival

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/checking-baggage

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/applying-for-a-visa

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/booking-a-plane-ticket

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jckeith
 June 19, 2009, 04:31 AM

Hi fred2,

You may want to look through all of the lessons tagged "Travel" and "Transportation", here and here respectively.

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jiangpingyue
 June 19, 2009, 09:40 AM

i feel happy that so many people are learning chinese, i am chinese ,haha.

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fred2
 June 26, 2009, 09:19 PM

pretzellogic, jckeith, jiangpingyue,

Thanks for your help and comments!