Listen and Speak

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Step 1

Listen to the names for the public transport below. Complete their names.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
bussubwaytraintramminibus
巴士
____ si2
地鐵
____ tit3
火車
fo2 ____
電車
____ ce1
小巴
siu2 ____
bussubwaytraintramminibus

Step 2

Listen to a conversation. The speakers will talk about how to get to a place. Write down the public transport they have mentioned.

________
A
B
A
B

Step 3

Listen to the conversation again. Read the script while listening. Check your answers.

A
你有冇去過車公廟呀?
nei5 jau5 mou5 heoi3 gwo3 ce1 gung1 miu2 aa3?
Have you gone to Che Kung Temple before?
B
有呀,做咩呀?
jau5 aa3, zou6 me1 aa3?
Yes. Why?
A
我聽日同朋友拜車公呀,你知唔知道可以坐咩車去呀?
ngo5 ting1 jat6 tung4 pang4 jau5 heoi3 baai3 ce1 gung1 aa3, nei5 zi1 m4 zi1 dou3 ho2 ji5 co5 me1 ce1 heoi3 aa3?
I will go there to worship Che Kung with my friend(s) tomorrow. Do you know what public transport I can take to go there?
B
車公廟呀?可以坐火車去。
ce1 gung1 miu2 aa4? ho2 ji5 co5 fo2 ce1 heoi3.
Che Kung Temple? You can take the train to go there.
  • 車公廟 ce1 gung1 miu2 = Che Kung Temple
  • 拜車公 baai3 ce1 gung1 = to worship Che Kung (literally ‘to worship + car + god’)
  • 知道 zi1 dou3 = to know
  • co5 + Transport = to take
  • ce1 = car; public transport

Step 4

Listen and repeat.

Step 5

Replace the highlighted words in the script with the information below to make your conversations.

去邊度?
heoi3 bin1 dou6?
同邊個去?
tung4 bin1 go3 heoi3?
去做咩?
heoi3 zou6 me1?
坐咩去?
co5 me1 heoi3?
 大館
daai6 gun2

Tai Kwun (a former police station, now a place for cultural events)
 男朋友
naam4 pang4 jau5
boyfriend
 睇展覽
tai2 zin2 laam5
to see exhibitions
 地鐵
dei6 tit3
subway
 黃金商場
wong4 gam1 soeng1 coeng4

Golden Computer Arcade (a shopping mall for electronics)
 同事
tung4 si6
colleague
 買嘢
maai5 je5
to buy things
 巴士
baa1 si2
bus
 城門水塘
sing4 mun4 seoi2 tong4

Shing Mun Reservoir (a reservoir with a hiking trail)
 同學
tung4 hok6
classmate
 行山
haang4 saan1
to hike
 小巴
siu2 baa1
minibus
 高先電影院
gou1 sin1 din6 jing2 jyun2
Golden Scene Cinema
 女朋友
neoi5 pang4 jau5
girlfriend
 睇戲
tai2 hei3
to watch movies
 電車
din6 ce1
tram

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