Listen and Speak

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Step 1

Below is a floor plan of a shopping mall. Listen to the descriptions and match the shop or facility to each floor.

溜冰場 lau4 bing1 coeng4 ice rink	酒樓 zau2 lau4 Chinese restaurant	美食廣場 mei5 sik6 gwong2 coeng4 food court
戲院 hei3 jyun2 cinema	超級市場 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 supermarket

五樓 ng5 lau2 5/F	________
三樓 saam1 lau2 3/F	________
二樓 ji6 lau2 2/F	你在此 nei5 zoi6 ci2* You are here.
一樓 jat1 lau2 1/F	________
地下 dei6 haa2 G/F	________

* This sentence is standard written Chinese. It often appears in the floor plan of a shopping mall.

酒樓喺五樓。

zau2 lau4 hai2 ng5 lau2.

The Chinese restaurant is on the fifth floor.

美食廣場喺三樓。

mei5 sik6 gwong2 coeng4 hai2 saam1 lau2.

The food court is on the third floor.

戲院同溜冰場都喺一樓。

hei3 jyun2 tung4 lau4 bing1 coeng4 dou1 hai2 jat1 lau2.

Both the movie theater and the ice rink are on the first floor.

超級市場喺地下。

ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 hai2 dei6 haa2.

The supermarket is on the ground floor.

One of the floors has disappeared from the shopping mall. Which floor is it? Can you guess why?

Answer

Step 2

Listen to a conversation between a customer and a customer service representative at the shopping mall. The customer is looking for a shop or facility. Write down the shop or facility.

________

客 haak3
職員 zik1 jyun4
客 haak3
職員 zik1 jyun4
客 haak3
職員 zik1 jyun4

Step 3

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

客 haak3	唔好意思，請問超級市場喺幾多樓呀？ m4 hou2 ji3 si1, cing2 man6 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 hai2 gei2 do1 lau2 aa3? Excuse me. May I ask what floor the supermarket is on?
職員 zik1 jyun4	超級市場喺地下。 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 hai2 dei6 haa2. The supermarket is on the ground floor.
客 haak3	呢度係幾多樓嚟㗎？ ni1 dou6 hai6 gei2 do1 lau2 lai4 gaa3? What floor is here?
職員 zik1 jyun4	呢度係二樓嚟嘅，你要坐扶手電梯落兩層。 ni1 dou6 hai6 ji6 lau2 lai4 ge3, nei5 jiu3 co5 fu4 sau2 din6 tai1 lok6 loeng5 cang4. Here is the second floor. You need to take the escalator to go down two floors.
客 haak3	好，唔該晒。 hou2, m4 goi1 saai3. Good. [= Okay.] Thank you so much.
職員 zik1 jyun4	唔使客氣。 m4 sai2 haak3 hei3. No problem.

幾多樓 gei2 do1 lau2 = what floor
坐 co5 = to take
扶手電梯 fu4 sau2 din6 tai1 = escalator
層 cang4 = (Classifier) floor

Step 4

Listen and repeat.

Step 5

Replace the highlighted words in the script with information about other places on the floor plan to make your conversations.