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Lesson 179 是快车吗？
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M: Is train no. 21 an ordinary passenger train? 二十一次列车是普通客车吗 érshíyī cì lièchē shì pǔtōng kèchē ma?
S: 不是 bú shì.
M: Is it an express train 是快车吗 shì kuàichē ma?
S: Kind of.
M: Is it a special express 是特快吗 shì tèkuài ma?
S: 对了，是特快 duìle, shì tè kuaì.
M: What platform does it leave from 它从哪个站台开出？Tā cóngněige zhàntái kāichū?
S: Platform 3 三号站台 sānhào zhàntái.
S: That was a short chat, but with plenty of very useful new things.
M: We're still at the station wǒmen hái zài huŏchēzhàn.
S: 我们坐二十一次列车。
M: wŏmen zuò èrshíyī cì lièchē. 次 CI cì, means ‘order' or ‘sequence', and it's used for train numbers in China. 二十一次 is no. 21, èrshíyī cì.
S: èrshíyī cì lièchē. 列, LIE liè can mean ‘row' or ‘line'. A train is a row of carriages, and lièchē, as well as huŏchē, means ‘train'. Èrshíyī cì lièchē is train 21.
M: So how do we say, We'll take train no. 18? Hĕn hăo. 我们坐十八次列车 wŏmen zuò shíbā cì lièchē.
S: Liè is also the measure word for train. So, I see one train is, 我看到了一列火车, wŏ kàndàole yíliè huŏchē.
M: So now say, I see two trains. Méi cuò. 我看到了两列火车 wŏ kàndàole liăng liè huŏchē.S: And there are several types of passenger train in China. One of them is 普通客车. 普通 PU TONG pŭtōng, third tone first tone, is the same pŭtōng as in pŭtōnghuà. pŭtōngmeans ‘common', ‘ordinary'. pŭtōnghuà., common language, or standard Chinese. 客车 kèchē, passenger train, kèchē, pŭtōng kèchē, ordinary passenger train, pŭtōng kèchē
M: And they are a bit slow, the milk run. An express train快车 literally ‘fast vehicle' kuàichē is faster.
S: And the fastest, fewer stops, is a special express, 特快 tèkuài. Here we don't have to say chē, or lièchē, or huŏchē, or kèchē.
M: Simply, tèkuài. The 特 TE tè means ‘special' tè, and kuài we know means ‘fast'. So, 我们坐特快 we'll take a special express, wŏmen zuò tèkuài.
M: And we'll finish with a quick chat.
S: Wŏmen zuò èrshíyī cì lièchē.
M: èrshíyī cì lièchē shì pŭtōng kèchē ma?
S: bú shì.
M: shì kuàichē ma?
S: Kind of. Tā shì tèkuài lièchē.
M: And we have to specially quickly xià kè. Zài jiàn.
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