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Children's Train Ticket

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ID: 2053 Intermediate
Buying tickets in China can be a hurried affair. Train stations can fill up with literally thousands of people all clamoring to get their tickets out of town. And dealing with so many people on a daily basis often makes ticket sellers less than congenial. In this lesson, a mother talks with the ticket seller about buying a ticket for her and her child to take a trip to Nanjing.
Mon Oct 29 2012 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
张 zhāng measure word for flat objects such as tickets
高铁 gāotiě high speed rail
成人 chéngrén adult
儿童 értóng child
你好，去哪里？
nǐhǎo ，qù nǎli ？
Hello, where are you going?
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.
孩子多大了？
háizi duō dà le ？
How old is the child?
四岁半。
sì suì bàn 。
Four and a half.
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