Travel mishaps

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 旅行
  lǚxíng

  to travel; journey; trip

• 钱包
  qiánbāo

  purse; wallet

• 偷
  tōu

  to steal; to pilfer; to snatch

• 被
  bèi

  quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)

• 护照
  hùzhào

  passport

• 银行卡
  yínhángkǎ

  bank card

• 倒霉
  dǎoméi

  to have bad luck; to be out of luck

• 警察
  jǐngchá

  police; police officer

• 于是
  yúshì

  thereupon; as a result

• 酒店
  jiǔdiàn

  wine shop; pub (public house); hotel

• 顺利
  shùnlì

  smoothly; without a hitch

• 航班
  hángbān

  (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

• 取消
  qǔxiāo

  to cancel; to call off

• 却
  què

  but; yet; however

• 恐怕
  kǒngpà

  fear; I'm afraid that...; perhaps

• 订
  dìng

  to agree; to conclude; to draw up

• 记住
  jìzhù

  to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart

• 丢
  diū

  to lose; to put aside; to throw

• 意外
  yìwài

  unexpected; accident; mishap

• 遇到
  yùdào

  to meet; to run into

• 行李
  xíngli

  luggage

• 机场
  jīchǎng

  airport; airfield

• 导游
  dǎoyóu

  to conduct a tour; tour guide; guidebook

• 司机
  sījī

  chauffeur; driver

• 迷路
  mílù

  to lose the way; lost; labyrinth

• 票
  piào

  ticket; ballot; banknote

• 着急
  zháojí

  to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency

• 办法
  bànfǎ

  way of handling sth; means

• 解决
  jiějué

  to solve; to resolve; to eliminate

The lesson’s grammar

• The passive: 被 / 叫 / 让

  Affected object + 被 (+ agent) + Verb + complement

• I'm afraid (that): 恐怕

  恐怕 + clause ｜ Subject + 恐怕 + Verb

• So, thereupon: 于是

  Event 1，于是 + (Subject) + Event 2

• Yet, however: 却

  A，(Subject) + 却 + Verb / Adj

• Result complements: 住, 掉, 成, 好, 到

  Verb + 住 / 掉 / 成 / 好 / 到 (+ Object)