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015NegotiatingtheSubway

Dialogue1

A:It”smyfirstvisittoPrague,I”llbehereforthreedays

foraconference,thenIhaveadayonmyowntodosomesighteing

yousuggestIewhenI”mhere?

B:Therearemanyinterestingplacesyoushouldbesuretoe.

Oneproblemistransportation,ethecityisvery

old,nlyhavethreeor

fourdaystovisit,youdon”twanttospendthemwaitingintraffic

styoutakethesubway.

A:Thesubway?Butisthereasubwaystationnexttomyhotel?

Ihavetogobetweentheconferencecenterandthehotelveral

timesaday.....

B:Noworries,there”sasubwaystationattheconferencecenter

itlf,andashuttlefromyourhoteltotheconferencecenterthat

udoyourpersonalsighteing,you

canfirsttaketheshuttletotheconferencecenter,thenhopon

themetro.

A:Isitexpensivetorideontheunderground?

B:Youcangetadailypassthatwillallowyoutotravel

i,youcan

paybytrip,whichisabout50centsto2dollarachtrip,

dependingonhowfaryougo.

A:Isiteasytogetlost?

B:No,no....it”retwolines,

onethatgoesinacircle,et

lost,therearealwayssubwayattendantsthatcanhelpyoufindyour

way.

Dialogue2

A:Excume,canyouhelpmefigureouthowtogettothe

Wudaokousubwaystationfromhere?

B:Sure....firstyou”regoingtohavetobuyatickettoride

aokoustationisonthelightrail,soyou”

youbuyacombinationticketforthe

ldcostyou5yuan.

A:AnafterIbuytheticket,whereshouldIgo?

B:Youcantaketheredlinetrainfromhere,butyou”llhave

youtransfer,takethebluelinethatisheadingnorthtowards

Fuchengmen.

A:soItransferfromredtoblue,thenhowlongdoIridethe

blue?

B:You””

sabigstation,sotherewilllikelybealotofpeoplegetting

transfertothelightrailthere,you”

llhavetoexitthesubwayandprenttheunudportionofyour

combinationtickettotheticketmaster,they”llgiveyouanew

tickettouonthelightrailsystem.

A:Itsoundssocomplicated!

B:No,notthereally,don”tworryaboutit,likeIsaidthere”

llbealotofpeopletheredoingthesamethingthatyouaredoing,

sojustfollowthecrowd,There”sonlyonedirectiontogo,soyou

won”rthontheYellowline,and

you”lleWudaokouinjustacoupleofstops.

A:Thanks!