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B-7: Directions

How to ask for and give directions.

谢谢!不客气! polite phrases.

到 describes destinations

第 indicates order

New Vocab

Must memorize all the Pinyin and Characters listed here!

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Phrases

  • destination + 怎么走?        (zoo, park, school, your home)

  • 往+direction + 转                (turn right, turn towards east)

  • 第  dì  prefix before a number (first, second, number five, etc.)
    第一个人 ,第二只猫,第三个飞机,第四个出租车,第五个篮球,
    第六个公园,第七个路口,第八个学生,第九个老师,第十个生日

  • 往东一直走;我一直很喜欢中文。

  • 到了第二个路口,向右转。

Sentences

Excuse me, how do you get to Dahua Middle School?

请问 大华中学  怎么走

 

How do we get to the park/zoo/your home?

我们去公园怎么走?

我们去动物园怎么走?

我们去你家怎么走?

Go straight towards the east/west.

往东一直走。

往西一直走。

Turn left/right when you get to the second crossroad.

到第二个路口 左转。

到第二个路口 右转。

Walk straight towards the west, turn right when you get to the fourth crossroad, then you’ll be there.

一直往西走,到第四个路口右转,就到了。

怎么 (zěn me)pro. how, why

Lyrics:你要我怎么做 怎么说 你才能爱我

9277你只属于我 要我怎么做 你才能爱我

9277你只属于我 要我怎么做 你才会爱上我

Map Search Activity

https://map.baidu.com/

Students go to 百度地图 (bǎi dù dì tú);

Type in: 美国加州橙县 (měi guó jiā zhōu chéng xiàn)
Find the following places in this area:
学校,公园,动物园,中餐馆

Choose two places as the starting point and destination.

Write down in Chinese how to get from Point A to Point B.

*Chinese Experiment (Extra Credit)

Change the setting of your phone into Chinese and download 百度地图app onto your phone (or set your google map to Chinese). 

Use your phone GPS to guide yourself around for a week, pay special attention to the instructions in Chinese.

​前方两百米左转。qián fāng liǎng bǎi mǐ zuǒ zhuǎn

map中文地图.jpg
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