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The Flight Is Cancelled
Fog, an important meeting the next morning and two ways to get there in time — or not.
A conversation at an airline desk. The staff member gives reasons with 由于, a formal “because of”. Follow the traveller’s options one by one and see why each is accepted or not.
你好，我的航班取消了。我今天晚上必须到北京，明天早上有一个很重要的会议。
非常对不起。由于大雾，今天下午去北京的航班全部取消了。我帮您看看还能怎么办。
晚上还有航班吗？
晚上九点有一班，可是已经满了。明天早上七点的还有座位。
七点起飞的话，几点能到？
十点左右。
那来不及了，我的会议九点就开始。坐高铁怎么样？
高铁是个好主意。今天晚上八点有一趟，半夜十二点到。如果您改坐高铁，机票我们可以给您全部退款。
钱多长时间能回来？
一般三到七个工作日，会回到您付钱的那张银行卡上。
好，那我坐高铁吧。现在去火车站来得及吗？
来得及。现在六点，坐地铁四十分钟就到。一路平安！
你好，我的航班取消了。我今天晚上一定要到北京。
对不起。因为大雾，下午去北京的飞机都不飞了。
晚上还有飞机吗？
晚上的飞机已经满了。明天早上七点的还有座位，十点到。
那来不及了，我的会议九点开始。坐火车怎么样？
今天晚上八点有一趟快的火车，半夜十二点到。机票的钱都还给您。
钱什么时候能回来？
三到七天。
好，那我坐火车。
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More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Chinese for travelling
- Words
- 163
- Sentences
- 22
- Words per sentence
- 7.4
- in the vocabulary
- 100 %
- measured level
- 4
- Reading time
- 1 min
Grammar in this text
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由于大雾
由于 is a formal “because of, owing to”, typical of announcements and service desks. Owing to: yóuyú →
来不及了 · 来得及吗
来得及 / 来不及: there is / there is not enough time to make it. Can or cannot: potential complements →
起飞的话
……的话 after a condition is the spoken partner of 如果: 七点起飞的话. If: rúguǒ … jiù →
The words from 4 up in this text
Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 5 of the 93 words in this text are at 4 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.
一路平安
have a safe journey
4由于
because of; owing to
4航班
flight
4退款
to refund; refund
4高铁
high-speed rail
4
The word lists for this text
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Comprehension questions
4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.
1. Why was Lin Feng’s flight cancelled?
Look at Gao Yue’s first answer.
Look for 由于.
由于大雾
2. Why does the 7 a.m. flight not help him?
Lin Feng answers after he hears the arrival time.
Look for 来不及.
那来不及了，我的会议九点就开始
3. What happens to the money for his plane ticket?
Gao Yue explains it when she talks about the train.
Look for 全部.
机票我们可以给您全部退款
4. When does the high-speed train arrive?
Look at what Gao Yue says about the train.
Look for 半夜.
半夜十二点到