VIP Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Pronunciation

nodules – Nah Joo Wulls

pulmonary – Puul Muh N’air-Ree     Pole    PAAL

Asking for and Giving Directions:

Asking for Directions:

Excuse me, can you tell me the way to… the Hongqiao airport?

How do you get to…?

Do you know where  … is?

Can you help me find?

Giving Directions:

Go left/right

Turn left/right

Bear/Head (general direction)   go to the left/right side, and get ready to turn.

eg: When you see Shanghai library, bear right, and take your 2nd right.

On your left/right

Go along/down/up

Keep going until… you can see Jing An temple subway station.

If you see the … you have gone too far

Make a U-turn/turn around

My hospital is across the street from… IAPM mall.

How do I get to People’s Square from here?

People’s square is far away from here. You can take the subway. Go out this building then turn right. Go along this street and you can find Jing an temple subway is on the first corner. You can take line 1 and when you arrived Nanjing East station you can transfer line 8. When you take off the station you can go out from the 14 gate. You may find the people’s square

People’s square is far away from here. You can take the subway. Go out of this building then turn left. Go down this street and you will find Jing an temple subway is on the first corner. You can take line 1. When you get to Nanjing East station you need to transfer to line 8. When you get off at the station you can go out of gate 14. You will find the people’s square.

Vocabulary

she got a checkup today

she will get a follow-up tomorrow

the far left lane

across the table from me

I always get lost

ask for directions

a follow up – something that comes after the original one, and is about the results of the original one

eg: We need to do a follow-up check next week.

eg: He didn’t answer any of my follow up questions.

Follow up question Example: (Where are you from?      Shanghai.       Do you like Shanghai?)

a sense of direction – a general idea of where you are.

eg: I have a bad sense of direction.

highway – an elevated fast road

exit/off-ramp – the place where you get off the highway

on-ramps – get on the highway.

lane – 1. a narrow path you follow 2. where you drive, between two lines on a road.

eg: You are in the wrong lane, there are cars coming at us.

eg: Get in the left lane, you need to turn soon.

eg: All the lanes at the store had a long line.