Getting to the Hotel by Bus — Mandarin Listening Practice

Zhiwei

我手机忘在公司了，怎么去酒店？

I left my phone at the office. How do we get to the hotel?

Word meanings

我: I · First-person pronoun.
手机: phone · A mobile phone.
忘: left behind · Here, forgetting to bring something.
在: at · Introduces where the phone was left.
公司: office · Company; here, the workplace.
了: Marks the situation now being reported.
怎么: how · Asks about the way to do something.
去: get to · Go to a destination.
酒店: hotel · A hotel providing accommodation.

Jianguo

别急，我看看。你订的是哪家？

Don't worry, let me check. Which one did you book?

Word meanings

别: don't · Used before a verb to tell someone not to do it.
急: worry · Feel anxious or rushed; 别急 reassures someone.
我: I · First-person pronoun.
看看: check · 看 repeated suggests taking a quick look.
你: you · Addresses the friend.
订: book · Reserve a room or service.
的: Links 订 to the hotel being identified.
是: is · Identifies which hotel was booked.
哪家: which one · 哪 + 家 asks which business or establishment.

Zhiwei

河边的那家，叫和平酒店。

The one by the river, called the Heping Hotel.

Word meanings

河边: riverside · 河 + 边 means the area beside a river.
的: Makes 河边 describe the hotel.
那家: that one · 那 + 家 refers to that establishment.
叫: called · Introduces a name.
和平酒店: Heping Hotel · 和平 is the name; 酒店 means hotel.

Jianguo

找到了。我们在前面第三站下车。

Found it. We get off at the third stop ahead.

Word meanings

找到了: found it · 找 + 到 indicates finding successfully; 了 marks completion.
我们: we · Includes both friends.
在: at · Introduces the stop where they will get off.
前面: ahead · Here, farther along the bus route.
第三站: third stop · 第 marks an ordinal; 三站 means three stops.
下车: get off · 下 + 车 means leaving a vehicle.

Zhiwei

下车以后，还要换车吗？

After we get off, do we need to change buses?

Word meanings

下车: get off · Leave the bus or another vehicle.
以后: after · Follows an action to mean after that action.
还: also · Introduces a possible additional step.
要: need to · Expresses necessity here.
换车: change buses · 换 + 车 means transferring to another vehicle.
吗: Turns the statement into a yes-or-no question.

Jianguo

现在太晚了，那边的公交已经停了。

It's too late now; the buses over there have already stopped running.

Word meanings

现在: now · The current time.
太: too · 太…了 expresses an excessive degree here.
晚: late · Late in the day or night.
了: Completes the pattern 太…了.
那边: over there · Refers to the area where they would transfer.
的: Links the location to 公交.
公交: buses · Common short form for public buses.
已经: already · Shows that a change has happened by now.
停了: stopped running · 停 + 了 indicates that service has stopped.

Zhiwei

那我们走过去远吗？

Then is it far if we walk there?

Word meanings

那: then · Introduces a response to the situation.
我们: we · Includes both friends.
走过去: walk there · 走 + 过去 means walking over to the destination.
远: far · Describes the distance.
吗: Marks a yes-or-no question.

Jianguo

不远，大概走十分钟。

Not far, about a ten-minute walk.

Word meanings

不远: not far · 不 negates 远, meaning the distance is short.
大概: about · Introduces an estimate.
走: walk · Travel on foot.
十分钟: ten minutes · 十 + 分钟 gives a duration of ten minutes.

Zhiwei

行。下车以后，往哪边走？

Okay. After we get off, which way do we go?

Word meanings

行: okay · Expresses agreement; pronounced xíng here.
下车: get off · Leave the bus.
以后: after · Places the following action after getting off.
往: toward · Introduces the direction of movement.
哪边: which way · 哪 + 边 asks about direction.
走: go · Here, walk in a particular direction.

Jianguo

先往右走，再过桥，酒店就在左边。

First go right, then cross the bridge. The hotel is right on the left.

Word meanings

先: first · Marks the first step in a sequence.
往: toward · Introduces a direction.
右: right · The right-hand direction.
走: go · Walk in the stated direction.
再: then · Introduces the next step.
过: cross · Go across something.
桥: bridge · A bridge across the river.
酒店: hotel · Refers to the hotel they are going to.
就: right · Emphasizes the precise, nearby location.
在: is on · States where something is located.
左边: the left · 左 + 边 means the left-hand side.

Zhiwei

好，我先把包拿好。

Okay, I'll get my bag ready first.

Word meanings

好: okay · Accepts the plan.
我: I · First-person pronoun.
先: first · Before getting off the bus.
把: Places the affected object before the action.
包: bag · The bag the speaker is carrying.
拿好: get ready · 拿 + 好 means taking hold of something securely or getting it ready.

Jianguo

到了，走吧。

Here's our stop. Let's go.

Word meanings

到了: we've arrived · 到 + 了 marks arrival; here, at their bus stop.
走: go · Here, an invitation to leave together.
吧: Softens the invitation.