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ID: 3087 Upper Intermediate
On a flight to Beijing, a nervous flyer ends up sitting next to a rather overbearing and talkative passenger who starts giving lots of travel tips.
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
趁 chèn to take advantage of a condition or an opportunity
宰 zǎi to kill; to rip off
凶 xiōng fierce
难如登天 nán rú dēngtiān lit: it is as hard as scaling the heavens; harder than making a pig fly
不好意思能不能借我过一下我想去趟洗手间等一下好了空服员像是要送餐了
bùhǎoyìsi 不好意思néngbùnéng 能不能jiè 借wǒ 我guò 过yīxià 一下wǒ 我xiǎng 想qù 去tāng 趟xǐshǒujiān 洗手间děng yīxià 等一下hǎo le 好了kōngfúyuán 空服员xiàng 像shì 是yào 要sòng 送cān 餐le 了
Excuse me, could you let me pass? I need to go to the bathroom...actually, I can wait a bit, the flight attendants seem like they are about to serve our meals.
您先去吧趁空服员还没送到我们这边来您赶紧去吧没事儿
nín 您xiān 先qù 去ba 吧chèn 趁kōngfúyuán 空服员hái 还méi 没sòngdào 送到wǒmen 我们zhèbiān 这边lái 来nín 您gǎnjǐn 赶紧qù 去ba 吧méishìr 没事儿
You go ahead! Go before the flight attendants come to where we are, you go ahead! No worries at all.
回到座位谢谢你他们果然还没送到我们这儿来你真是专业乘客你常飞北京吗
huí dào 回到zuòwèi 座位xièxie nǐ 谢谢你tāmen 他们guǒrán 果然hái 还méi 没sòngdào 送到wǒmen 我们zhèr 这儿lái 来nǐ 你zhēn 真shì 是zhuānyè 专业chéngkè 乘客nǐ 你cháng 常fēi 飞Běijīng 北京ma 吗
(back at the seat) Thanks! You're right! They haven't arrived here yet. You really are a "professional passenger". Do you often fly to Beijing?
其实我是第一次到中国有点紧张听说有些地方宰观光客宰得很凶连从机场打车到朋友家我都担心不用说其他食衣住行的问题了
qíshí 其实wǒ 我shì 是dì yī cì 第一次dào 到Zhōngguó 中国yǒudiǎnr 有点jǐnzhāng 紧张tīngshuō 听说yǒuxiē 有些dìfang 地方zǎi 宰guānguāngkè 观光客zǎi de 宰得hěn 很xiōng 凶lián 连cóng 从jīchǎng 机场dǎchē 打车dào 到péngyou 朋友jiā 家wǒ 我dōu 都dānxīn 担心bùyòng 不用shuō 说qítā 其他shí 食yī 衣zhù 住xíng 行de 的wèntí 问题le 了
This is actually my first time in China. I'm a little nervous. I hear that some places really try and rinse tourists. I'm even worried about getting a taxi from the airport to my friend's house, let alone all the other problems I'm going to have with my entire time there.
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