过年买票

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Note: The text is pasted here in case you want to copy/paste one of the words into a dictionary app, but the above video and zip file download are best inputting the content as they have audio and text-tracking.

A: 回家的车票买了吗？

B: 什么车票？

A: 就是过年回家的车票啊！因为快过年了，车票越来越难买了。要是你没买的话，得快去买了。

B: 没买，今年过年我不打算回去。

A: 为什么？你不想你的家人吗？

B: 当然不是，我不回去是因为我父母要来我这儿，我们一家人在这里过年。我们每年都是在老家过的，今年想改变一下。

A: 了解了！我还是得和以前一样，回老家去。

B: 那你的车票买到了吗？

A: 买到了，晚上12点的。还是我同事帮我买的。

B: 这么晚？没有早一点的票了吗？

A: 没有了，你也知道中国每年到了这个时间，一票难求！因为大家都想回家和家人一起过年。

B: 对！春运挤是中国春节的一个特点，因为很多人都是在别的地方工作。希望中国政府能想办法解决这个大问题。

A: 对！ 解决了的话，我也就不用这么晚去坐车了。

B: 而且还不用担心买不到票。

Top-Down Words

车票 piào - train ticket
就是  jiùshì - exactly, just
过年 - celebrate Spring Festival
啊 a - (particle of exclamation)
越来越 yuèláiyuè - increasingly
难 nán - difficult
帮 bāng - to help
知道 zhīdào - to know
春运 chūnyùn - transport during the Spring Festival
挤 jǐ - crowded
春节 chúnjié - Spring Festival
地方 dìfang - place
希望 xīwàng - hope
政府 zhèngfǔ - government
就 jiù - then
而且 érqiě - also

How to Use This Lesson

Step One

Watch the video here on the course platform. Feel free to take as much time as you'd like to understand the content, but don't feel obligated to understand the text right now fully. You'll download the video and return to it later. 

Step Two

Download the zip file from the sidebar (desktop/laptop) or below this description (Mobile APP). That zip file contains the following:

• Text tracking video(s) MP4 file(s)
• Audio MP3 file(s)
• Image file of the text & top-down words for your reference

Dialogues contain one text-tracking video file at 80% speed followed by native speed. 

Opinions & Short Stories contain two text tracking video files, one female voice, and one male voice. Both start at 80% speed, followed by native speed.

Step Three

At a time of your choosing, use the video files to practice shadowing. If you need a reminder, this lesson explains how to shadow. These video files are ideal for shadowing, especially if you download them to your phone because you can walk around while doing it.

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