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Travel Plans — 旅行计划
旅行计划
Fourteen travel words that each come with a conversation, one V不了 grammar point, and a dialogue about escaping a Chengdu winter.
Ears first, or eyes first?
The whole dialogue is recorded below. Listen once and answer with the text folded away; open it when you want to check.
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After the dialogue听完回答
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Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
Lamia 为什么想去泰国？
Lamia wèi shén me xiǎng qù tài guó
Why does Lamia want to go to Thailand?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
她打算怎么去玩？
tā dǎ suàn zěn me qù wán
How is she planning to travel?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
Jane 提醒她冬天去泰国要注意什么？
Jane tí xǐng tā dōng tiān qù tài guó yào zhù yì shén me
What does Jane warn her about going in winter?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
Jane 请 Lamia 帮她带什么？
Jane qǐng Lamia bāng tā dài shén me
What does Jane ask Lamia to bring back?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
Jane 春节为什么不打算出去玩？
Jane chūn jié wèi shén me bù dǎ suàn chū qu wán
Why isn't Jane travelling over Spring Festival?
Word check — the new words, back at you生词复习
No pressure — just making it stick.
这次是跟团游，全程都有____带我们讲解。
zhè cì shì gēn tuán yóu，quán chéng dōu yǒu ____ dài wǒ men jiǎng jiě。
It's a package tour — a guide explains everything the whole way.
到了一个新地方，我最喜欢吃____人常去的小馆子。
dào le yí gè xīn dì fang，wǒ zuì xǐ huān chī ____ rén cháng qù de xiǎo guǎn zi。
Somewhere new, I love the little places the locals go to.
旺季的时候酒店很贵，____要提前订。
wàng jì de shí hou jiǔ diàn hěn guì，____ yào tí qián dìng。
Hotels are pricey in high season — book your accommodation early.
一个人旅行，我一般住____，便宜还能认识朋友。
yí gè rén lǚ xíng，wǒ yì bān zhù ____，pián yi hái néng rèn shi péng you。
Travelling alone I usually stay in hostels — cheap, and you meet people.
这是我们老家的____，你带回去尝尝。
zhè shì wǒ men lǎo jiā de ____，nǐ dài huí qu cháng chang。
This is a specialty from my hometown — take some home and try it.
Memory hook
V＋得了 / V＋不了 — can or can't pull it off
V不了 — fill, build, say语言点练习：V不了
No pressure — just making it stick.
她病得很严重，只能喝粥，____其他东西。
tā bìng de hěn yán zhòng，zhǐ néng hē zhōu，____ qí tā dōng xi。
She is badly ill — congee only, she can't eat anything else.
It's raining too hard today — no frisbee.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Your turn — say it
我受不了成都的冬天。
I can't stand Chengdu winters.
他从小娇生惯养，____苦。
tā cóng xiǎo jiāo shēng guàn yǎng，____ kǔ。
Spoiled since childhood, he can't endure hardship.
Lamia 的旅行打算——用词语库填空
Tap a word to fill the next gap; tap a filled sentence to clear it. Every word is used once.
Word bank
0/5在中国大陆____Facebook。
zài zhōng guó dà lù ____Facebook。
In mainland China you can't get onto Facebook.
He's married — he can't give you the love you want.
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Your sentence
Your turn — say it
跟团太不自由了，我想自己去。
Tours are too restrictive — I'd rather go on my own.
See it, say it看图配词
No pressure — just making it stick.
看图配词：背包客、免税店、纪念品、攻略
Tap a picture, then choose its word. Match all the cards to finish.
Before flying home she bought two bottles of perfume at the airport duty-free.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Ears only听力反应
No pressure — just making it stick.
What is coming soon?
Your turn — say it
要！我想去泰国，成都冬天太冷了，我有点儿受不了，想去暖和一点的地方。
Yes! Thailand — Chengdu winters are too cold, I can't quite take it, I want somewhere warmer.
How would you answer?
Your turn — say it
不过冬天的时候泰国应该是旅游旺季，什么都比淡季贵一点儿。
Though winter is high season in Thailand — everything's a bit pricier than off-season.
Before you go课后回顾
- Role-play ①: the tour guide wants photos-and-back-on-the-bus at every stop. You hate it. Tell the guide — politely, firmly, in Chinese.
- Role-play ②: holiday soon — you want Japan, your friend wants China. Negotiate a destination without losing the friend.
- Plan your next real trip out loud for two minutes: where, when, 自由行 or 跟团, your 攻略 — using at least five of today's words.