Stage 4 · Lesson 20

Cycling and crossing safely

Describe distance and safe travel actions.

17 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/40 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pinyin Meaning

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

安安

学校xué xiào离lí住zhù的de地dì方fāng近jìn吗ma？我wǒ想xiǎng骑qí自zì行xíng车chē去qù，平píng时shí你nǐ也yě骑qí车chē吗ma？

Is school near home? I would like to cycle. Do you usually ride a bicycle too?

小禾

我wǒ也yě骑qí。这里zhè lǐ离lí学校xué xiào三sān公gōng里lǐ，前qián面miàn有yǒu一yī段duàn公gōng路lù，骑qí过guò去qù要yào注意zhù yì行xíng人rén。

I do. School is three kilometres from here, with a main-road section ahead where we must watch for pedestrians.

安安

那nà我wǒ把bǎ车chē放fàng在zài路lù边biān，再zài走zǒu过guò这zhè条tiáo街jiē，走zǒu进jìn学校xué xiào，可以kě yǐ吗ma？

Could I leave the bicycle beside the road, cross the street and walk into school?

小禾

先xiān找zhǎo能néng放fàng车chē的de地dì方fāng。过guò街jiē时shí要yào小xiǎo心xīn，信xìn号hào不bù对duì就jiù停tíng；别bié人rén喊hǎn站zhàn住zhù，你nǐ要yào先xiān看kàn是shì不bù是shì有yǒu危wēi险xiǎn。

Find an allowed parking spot first. Cross carefully and stop when the signal says so. If someone calls out to stop, check for danger.

Extension reading

小xiǎo禾hé没有méi yǒu马mǎ上shàng走zǒu开kāi，而ér是shì陪péi安ān安ān把bǎ路lù线xiàn走zǒu了le一yī遍biàn。他tā说shuō，近jìn不bù等děng于yú一yī定dìng安ān全quán，走zǒu到dào路lù口kǒu还hái要yào看kàn清qīng楚chu周zhōu围wéi。

Xiao He stays to walk the route with Anan. He says a short distance is not automatically safe; they still need to look at junctions.

到dào了le学校xué xiào，两liǎng个gè人rén给gěi家jiā里lǐ发fā了le消xiāo息xī，说shuō自zì己jǐ已yǐ经jīng平píng安ān到dào了le。安ān安ān把bǎ不bù清qīng楚chu的de路lù口kǒu记jì下xià，准zhǔn备bèi下xià次cì再zài问wèn。

At school they message home that they arrived safely. Anan notes the junctions she is unsure about to ask next time.

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