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到南京时，有朋友约去游逛，勾留了一日；第二日上午便须渡江到浦口，下午上车北去。父亲因为事忙，本已说定不送我，叫旅馆里一个熟识的茶房陪我同去。他再三嘱咐茶房，甚是仔细。但他终于不放心，怕茶房不妥帖；颇踌躇了一会。其实我那年已二十岁，北京已来往过两三次，是没有甚么要紧的了。他踌躇了一会，终于决定还是自己送我去。我两三回劝他不必去；他只说，“不要紧，他们去不好！”

dào Nánjīng shí ，yǒu péngyou yuē qù yóuguàng ，gōuliú le yī rì ；dì èr rì shàngwǔ biàn xū dù jiāng dào pǔkǒu ，xiàwǔ shàngchē běiqù 。fùqin yīnwèi shì máng ，běn yǐ shuō dìng bú sòng wǒ ，jiào lǚguǎn lǐ yī gè shúshí de cháfáng péi wǒ tóng qù 。tā zàisān zhǔfù cháfáng ，shèn shì zǐxì 。dàn tā zhōngyú bù fàngxīn ，pà cháfáng bù tuǒtiē ；pō chóuchú le yīhuì 。qíshí wǒ nà nián yǐ èrshí suì ，Běijīng yǐ láiwǎng guò liǎng sān cì ，shì méiyǒu shènma yàojǐn de le 。tā chóuchú le yīhuì ，zhōngyú decision háishì zìjǐ sòng wǒ qù 。wǒ liǎng sān huí quàn tā búbì qù ；tā zhī shuō ，“bùyàojǐn ，tāmen qù bù hǎo ！”

When we got to Nanjing, a friend showed us around and we stayed for a day. The next morning I had to take the ferry to Pukou so that I could catch the afternoon train to Beijing. My father had business to attended to so we had decided that there was no need for him to see me off. Yet he still asked a waiter he knew from the teahouse to go with me. He gave his detailed instructions to the waiter again and again. Yet, he still felt uneasy, worried that the waiter wouldn't do the job properly. He mulled over the situation, still unsure of what to do. I was actually already twenty that year, and I'd already travelled back and forth to Beijing quite few time, there really wasn't anything to worry about. Yet, he was still hesitating over what to do. Finally, he decided that he would see me off himself. I tried to tell him several times that he didn't need to come. He just kept saying: "no bother, it's no good them going".

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回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。这些日子，家中光景很是惨淡，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。丧事完毕，父亲要到南京谋事，我也要回北京念书，我们便同行。

huíjiā biànmài diǎnzhì ，fùqin huán le kuīkōng ；yòu jièqián bàn le sāngshì 。zhèxiē rìzi ，jiāzhōng guāngjǐng hěn shì cǎndàn ，yībàn wèile sāngshì ，yībàn wèile fùqin fùxián 。sāngshì wánbì ，fùqin yào dào Nánjīng móushì ，wǒ yě yào huí Běijīng niànshū ，wǒmen biàn tóngxíng 。

Once we got home we sold our possessions, so that father was able to pay off the debt. We then had to borrow money to cover the funeral costs. Those were darks days for our family, partly because of the funeral, and partly because of my father's unemployment. After the funeral, my father planned on seeking work in Nanjing and I needed to get back to Beijing for school. We decided to travel back up together.

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我要两张十八号去南京的高铁票，一张成人的，一张儿童的。

wǒ yào liǎng zhāng shí bā hào qù Nánjīng de gāotiě piào ，yī zhāng chéngrén de ，yī zhāng értóng de 。

I want two high speed rail tickets to Nanjing on the 18th - one adult ticket, one children's ticket.

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这趟车是直达南京的吗？

zhè tàng chē shì zhídá Nánjīng de ma ？

Does the train go non-stop to Nanjing?

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南京

Nánjīng

Nanjing

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眼看自己的孩子王强（化名）明年就要高考了，却还陷在游戏的世界里不能自拔南京市民龚女士越来越焦心

yǎnkàn zìjǐ de háizi wángqiáng （huàmíng ）míngnián jiùyào gāokǎo le ，què hái xiàn zài yóuxì de shìjiè lǐ bùnéngzìbá Nánjīng shìmín Gōng nǚshì yuèláiyuè jiāoxīn

A Nanjing resident Ms. Gong is becoming more and more anxious as her son (Wang Qiang, a pseudonym) continues to indulge in mobile games even though he has a college entrance examination to prepare for next year.

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那就去南京泡温泉吧，两天一晚，人均五百块就能搞定。

nà jiù qù Nánjīng pào wēnquán ba ，liǎngtiānyīwǎn ，rénjūn wǔbǎi kuài jiù néng gǎodìng 。

Then let's go to Nanjing to bathe in the hot springs! For two days and one night, you can book it for around 500 kuai per person.

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以前南京是中国南部的一个比较重要的交通的一个城市。那你可以说，南京的交通四通八达。还有可能它可以坐船，因为长江，还有运河什么的。

yǐqián Nánjīng shì Zhōngguó nánbù de yī gè bǐjiào zhòngyào de jiāotōng de yī gè chéngshì 。nà nǐ kěyǐ shuō ，Nánjīng de jiāotōng sìtōngbādá 。háiyǒu kěnéng tā kěyǐ zuò chuán ，yīnwèi Chángjiāng ，háiyǒu yùnhé shénme de 。

In the past, Nanjing was a very important city for transportation. So you can say, Nanjing's transportation is very convenient. It's also possible to take a boat there because of the Yangtze River. It also has canals and things like that.

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那我就在山西路和南京路路口下车吧。

nà wǒ jiù zài Shānxī Lù hé Nánjīng Lù lùkǒu xiàchē ba 。

Then I'll just get off at the corner of Shanxi Road and Nanjing Road.

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去南京路。

qù Nánjīng Lù 。

Nanjing Road.

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