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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 1

计划一次旅行 Planning a trip

Jìhuà yí cì lǚxíng

Plan a trip. Introduces 林雪 and 王明; teaches 计划 + V and 决定 + V.

Dialogue

我有一个旅行计划 — I have a travel plan

林雪王wáng明míng, 我wǒ有yǒu一yí个gè旅lǚ行xíng计jì划huà! Wang Ming, I have a travel plan!
王明是shì吗ma? 计jì划huà去qù哪nǎ个gè地dì方fāng? Really? Planning to go where?
林雪南nán方fāng. 我wǒ准zhǔn备bèi下xià个gè月yuè出chū发fā. South. I'm preparing to leave next month.
王明时shí间jiān多duō长cháng? How long for?
林雪一yí个gè星xīng期qī. 你nǐ也yě想xiǎng一yì起qǐ去qù吗ma? A week. Want to come along?
王明我wǒ觉jué得de可kě以yǐ. 哪nǎ个gè周zhōu末mò出chū发fā? I think so. Which weekend do we leave?
林雪下xià个gè月yuè的de最zuì后hòu一yí个gè周zhōu末mò. The last weekend of next month.

Dialogue

决定坐火车去 — Decided to take the train

王明路lù线xiàn安ān排pái好hǎo了le吗ma? Have you arranged the route?
林雪还hái没méi. 我wǒ在zài想xiǎng坐zuò飞fēi机jī还hái是shì坐zuò火huǒ车chē. Not yet. I'm deciding plane or train.
王明坐zuò飞fēi机jī快kuài, 坐zuò火huǒ车chē可kě以yǐ看kàn更gèng多duō地dì方fāng. Plane is faster, but on the train you can see more places.
林雪我wǒ决jué定dìng坐zuò火huǒ车chē去qù, 坐zuò飞fēi机jī回huí来lái. I've decided — train down, plane back.
王明好hǎo安ān排pái. 还hái要yào准zhǔn备bèi什shén么me? Good plan. What else to prepare?
林雪这zhè个ge周zhōu末mò我wǒ们men一yì起qǐ去qù买mǎi票piào. This weekend, let’s go buy tickets together.
王明好hǎo. 为wèi了le这zhè次cì旅lǚ行xíng, 我wǒ们men早zǎo点diǎn准zhǔn备bèi吧ba. OK. For this trip, let's prepare early.

Vocabulary

旅lǚ行xíng: n./v. travel; trip
旅lǚ游yóu: n./v. tourism; sightseeing
计jì划huà: n./v. plan; arrangement
准zhǔn备bèi: verb prepare; get ready (recall Bk1)
决jué定dìng: verb decide; decision
出chū发fā: verb set off; depart
安ān排pái: n./v. arrange; arrangement
路lù线xiàn: noun route; itinerary
地dì方fāng: noun place (recall Bk1)
时shí间jiān: noun time (recall Bk1)
周zhōu末mò: noun weekend (recall Bk2)
南nán方fāng: noun the south (recall Bk2)
一yì起qǐ: adverb together (recall Bk1)
觉jué得de: verb think; feel (recall Bk2)
火huǒ车chē: noun train (recall Bk1)
林lín雪xuě: pn. Lin Xue (persona — 26, travel blogger)
王wáng明míng: pn. Wang Ming (persona — 28, software engineer)

New characters

线: (in 路线 = route; itinerary)
路线 lùxiàn — route; itinerary
林: (in 林雪 = Lin Xue (persona — 26, travel blogger))
林雪 Lín Xuě — Lin Xue (persona — 26, travel blogger)
希: hope (in 希望)
希望 xīwàng — hope
望wàng: look toward; hope (in 希望)
希望 xīwàng — hope
每: (in 每周 = every week)
每周 měi zhōu — every week

Hanzi — writing & recognition

旅

lǚ travel (in 旅行) Writing

10 strokes left-right

计

jì plan; calculate (in 计划) Writing

4 strokes left-right

划

huà mark; plan (in 计划) Recognition

6 strokes left-right

排

pái arrange (in 安排) Recognition

11 strokes left-right

决

jué decide (in 决定) Recognition

6 strokes left-right

雪

xuě snow (in 林雪) Recognition

11 strokes top-bottom

Grammar

Verb-phrase / clause as object (三44)

Explanation

Some verbs take an action (verb phrase) or a whole situation (subject-predicate clause) as their object, not just a noun. 打算 / 计划 / 决定 / 想 / 希望 / 喜欢 all do this. 我打算去南方 (去南方 = verb-phrase object). 我希望大家都来 (大家都来 = clause object). A Band 3 syntax point — objects are no longer just simple nouns.

Examples

我打算去南方旅行. I plan to travel south.
他决定坐火车去. He decided to go by train.
我希望这次旅行很有意思. I hope this trip is interesting.
我们计划下个月出发. We plan to set off next month.

Grammar

为了 + purpose (三26)

Explanation

Grammar-01 showed actions can be objects. `为了 + purpose` introduces the GOAL of doing something — 为了 takes the purpose (a noun or action), then a clause states what was done for it. 为了这次旅行, 我准备了很久 (For this trip, I prepared a long time). Distinguish 为了 (purpose) from 为 (三23, beneficiary: 为大家服务).

Examples

为了这次旅行, 我准备了很久. For this trip, I prepared a long time.
为了去南方, 我们计划了一个月. To go south, we planned for a month.
为了早点出发, 我们五点就起床了. To leave early, we got up at five.
为了买便宜的票, 他每天看手机. To buy cheap tickets, he checks his phone every day.

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