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On the Underground

A wrong line, a helpful stranger and a late arrival.

Directions and transport: zuò for taking a vehicle, huàn for changing lines, and the result complement cuò in zuò cuò le, to take the wrong one.

上(shàng)个(ge)星期(xīngqī),我(wǒ)第一次(dìyīcì)一个人(yígerén)坐(zuò)地铁(dìtiě)去(qù)朋友(péngyou)家(jiā)。

朋友(péngyou)告诉(gàosu)我(wǒ),先(xiān)坐(zuò)二(èr)号线(hàoxiàn),再(zài)在(zài)人民(Rénmín)广场(Guǎngchǎng)换(huàn)一(yí)号线(hàoxiàn)。

可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)上(shàng)错(cuò)了(le)车(chē),方向(fāngxiàng)不(bú)对(duì)。过(guo)了(le)三(sān)站(zhàn),我(wǒ)才(cái)知道(zhīdao)。

我(wǒ)问(wèn)旁边(pángbiān)的(de)一(yí)位(wèi)阿姨(āyí)。阿姨(āyí)告诉(gàosu)我(wǒ)在(zài)下(xià)一(yí)站(zhàn)下车(xiàchē),再(zài)坐(zuò)回(huí)去(qù)。

最后(zuìhòu)我(wǒ)比(bǐ)约(yuē)好的(hǎode)时间(shíjiān)晚(wǎn)了(le)四十(sìshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)。朋友(péngyou)笑(xiào)着(zhe)说(shuō):“没关系(méiguānxi),第一次(dìyīcì)谁(shéi)都(dōu)会(huì)坐(zuò)错(cuò)。”

Words
79
Sentences
9
Words per sentence
8.8
in the vocabulary
0 %
measured level
2
Reading time
1 min

Comprehension questions

3 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. Where should the narrator change lines?

2. What went wrong?

3. How late was the narrator?