下午，他们到了海边的城市。
In the afternoon, they arrived at the seaside city.
他们坐出租车去酒店。
They took a taxi to the hotel.
前台：你们好！
Front desk: Hello!
约翰：你好，我订了房间。
John: Hi, I booked a room.
前台：好的，这是房卡，房间在五楼。
Front desk: OK, here is the room card; the room is on the fifth floor.
小婷：请问，早餐几点？
Xiaoting: Excuse me, what time is breakfast?
前台：早上七点，在二楼。
Front desk: Seven in the morning, on the second floor.
他们坐电梯上了五楼。
They took the elevator up to the fifth floor.
房间很干净，也很大。
The room is very clean and very big.
小婷：约翰，你看！
Xiaoting: John, look!
窗外就是大海！
Right outside the window is the sea!
约翰：明天我们去海边玩吧！
John: Tomorrow let's go play at the beach!
小婷：好！我今天太开心了！
Xiaoting: OK! I'm so happy today!
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 他们 | tā men | they |
| 到了 | dào liǎo | at last; finally; in the end |
| 海边 | hǎi biān | seaside; coast; beach |
| 的 | de | possessive particle |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take (a bus, etc.) |
| 出租车 | chū zū chē | taxi |
| 去 | qù | to go |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | hotel; restaurant; pub |
| 前台 | qián tái | front desk; reception (or stage, in some contexts) |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 好 | hǎo | good |
| 约翰 | yuē hàn | John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name) |
| 你好 | nǐ hǎo | hello; hi |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me |
| 订 | dìng | to order; to book; to subscribe |
| 了 | le | (particle indicating completed action or change of state) |
| 房间 | fáng jiān | room |
| 好的 | hǎo de | okay, good |
| 这是 | zhè shì | This is |
| 房卡 | fáng kǎ | room card (in a hotel) |
| 在 | zài | to be (located); at; in |
| 五 | wǔ | five |
| 楼 | lóu | building; floor |
| 小婷 | xiǎo tíng | a female given name, variant writing of 晓婷 |
| 请问 | qǐng wèn | excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 早餐 | zǎo cān | breakfast |
| 几点 | jǐ diǎn | what time?; when? |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | morning; early morning |
| 七点 | qī diǎn | seven o’clock |
| 二 | èr | two |
| 坐电梯 | zuò diàn tī | to take an elevator |
| 上了 | shàng le | got on |
| 很干净 | hěn gān jìng | very clean |
| 也 | yě | also |
| 很大 | hěn dà | Very big; large |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 看 | kàn | to look; to watch; to see |
| 窗外 | chuāng wài | outside the window |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; simply |
| 大海 | dà hǎi | sea; ocean |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us |
| 玩 | wán | to play; to have fun; to visit for pleasure; toy |
| 吧 | ba | modal particle indicating suggestion |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 太 | tài | too; very |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | happy; joyful |