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我要去机场

I want to go to the airport

Name: ________________ Date: ________

早上七点,山姆跑出家门,坐上出租车。

“师傅,我要去机场!快!”

司机问:“哪个机场?”

“北京有两个机场吗?”

“有,首都机场和大兴机场。你去哪个?”

山姆不知道。他看手机,没找到机票。他给妈妈打电话:“妈,我在哪个机场坐飞机?”

妈妈说:“什么飞机?你今天去上海,坐火车!”

“对,是火车!”

司机笑了:“好,那我们不去机场了。”

山姆也笑了:“我要去火车站!”

司机问:“哪个火车站?”

山姆马上拿起手机:“妈……”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
早上zǎoshangmorning
七qīseven
点diǎnto point out; to bring up
坐zuòto sit
上shàngup; above; on
出租车chūzūchētaxi; cab
去qùto go
问wènto ask
哪个nǎgewhich; which one
知道zhīdàoto know; to be aware of
看kànto look at; to see; to watch
手机shǒujīmobile phone; cell phone

English (for the teacher)

Seven in the morning: Sam runs out of the house and jumps into a taxi.

“Driver, I want to go to the airport! Quick!”

The driver asks, “Which airport?”

“Beijing has two airports?”

“Yes, Capital Airport and Daxing Airport. Which one are you going to?”

Sam doesn’t know. He looks on his phone but can’t find a plane ticket. He calls his mum: “Mum, which airport am I flying from?”

Mum says, “What plane? You’re going to Shanghai today, by train!”

“Right, it’s the train!”

The driver laughs. “OK, so we’re not going to the airport.”

Sam laughs too. “I want to go to the train station!”

The driver asks, “Which train station?”

Sam grabs his phone straight away: “Mum…”