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Getting to the Office

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ID: 1843 Elementary
You'd normally just check online for the fastest route via public transportation to get to your destination, but you're out of data on your smartphone and can't find wireless. What do you do? Good thing you listened to this ChinesePod lesson and learned how to ask for and understand directions in Mandarin Chinese! Crisis averted!
Tue Jan 10 2012 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
公司 gōngsī company
怎么 zěnme how
走 zǒu to go
现在 xiànzài now
你好，我要去你们公司。请问怎么走？
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yào qù nǐmen gōngsī 。qǐngwèn zěnme zǒu ？
Hi, I want to go to your office. May I ask how to get there?
你现在在哪里？
nǐ xiànzài zài nǎli ？
Where are you now?
我在人民广场。
wǒ zài Rénmín guǎngchǎng 。
I'm at People's Square.
那你可以坐地铁二号线。在中山公园站下车。然后打的。
nà nǐ kěyǐ zuò dìtiě èr hào xiàn 。zài Zhōngshān gōngyuán zhàn xiàchē 。ránhòu dǎdī 。
You can take the subway, line two. Get off at the Zhongshan Park stop, then take a taxi.
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