My Favorite Vocabularies

工夫 (gōngfu)
time;painstaking
出差 (chūchāi)
go for business

便 (shùnbiàn)
without extra effort
待 (dāi)
stay


(kōumén)
stingy
自得其
(zìdéqílè)
be content with one's lot
估
(gūjì)
estimate
特
(tèchǎn)
special local product

：
生，你
是干什
去了？急急忙忙的。

生：我去
火
票了。


：
火
票？去哪儿啊？

生：大
。


：是去玩儿
是干
？

生：我
在哪有
工夫去玩儿啊！是去出差。


：哦。那也挺好的，大
可是好地方，可以
便去

。

生：我倒是想，可是没

，只在那里待一天，很

。
没有在路上的


呢！


：那你怎
不坐
机啊？

去只要一个小
，坐火
得十个多小
，把

都浪
在路上多可惜啊

生：你以
我不想坐
机啊？可是我
只

火
票，机票不

。


：你

位也太

了！

生：不
我自己也愿意坐火
，感
更安全。而且一旦碰上
机延
什
的，也不
得快。


：你
真想得
。在火
上十几个小
我可受不了！太
受了，而且也很无聊。

生：也不
得。



票，想坐就坐，想睡就睡，挺好的，如果是

，就更舒服了。你可以在
上


：你
挺自得其
的。我宁可把

花在机
的咖啡
里或者

的床上，也不愿意浪
在火
上。

生：是啊，
完正事，跟那
的老朋友
个面，估


也就差不多了。


：那你什

候走？几点的火
？

生：明天
上八点多的火
，后天早上到。


：那好，一路

！

生：

！回来再聊！


：哎，
了，
忘了
我
大
的特
！
Le Le: Han Sheng, what were you doing? You looked so busy.
Han Sheng: I went to buy a train ticket.
Le Le: Buy a train ticket? Where are you going?
Han Sheng: Da Lian.
Le Le: For holiday or something else?
Han Sheng: I have no time to go for holiday. I’m going for a business trip.
Le Le: Oh, it’s nice too. Da Lian is a nice place. You can travel around this time
.
Han Sheng: I would love to. But there is no time. I only stay at Da Lian for one
day. It would be very busy. The time spend in Da Lian is less than the time on
the way.
Le Le: Why don’t you choose airplane. It only cost you one hour by plane. But it’s o
ver ten hours by train. What a waste to spend time on the way.
Han Sheng: You thought I ddin’t like plane trip? It’s just because we can only refun
d train tickets rather than air tickets.
Le Le: How stingy is your company.
Han Sheng: But as for me, I like train. I feel it safe. What’s more, flights usual
ly delay. And then it’s not that fast.
Le Le: You can always find something to keep yourself up. I can’t bear staying in
a train for more than ten hours. It’s very uncomfortable, and dull.
Han Sheng: It’s not always a dull journey. You can buy a sleeper ticket, then sit
or sleep as you like. It would be much more comfortable with a soft bed ticket.
And you can read or do your own job. Bring a notebook with you. If you want to w
ork, nothing could stop it. And what’s more, if you like, you can chat with someon
e else. Isn’t it funny to sharing different kinds of stories and experience?
Le Le: You can always find a happy way. I would rather spend time in the coffee
shop of an airport or bed in a hotel than in a train. But this time your schedul
e is really busy. I’m afraid you have no chance to go around.
Han Sheng: That’s right. After finishing my business, I would go to see an old fri
end. Then there is no time left.
Le Le: When will you leave?
Han Sheng: The train is 8 pm tomorrow. I will arrive there tomorrow morning.
Le Le: Ok, wish you a good journey.
Han Sheng: Thank you. I will talk to you when I’m back.
Le Le: Oh, wait, don’t forget to bring me something special things.