Unit 5 Time and Date

Conversation 1

Key words and phrases

date

August

Conversation 1

Please fill out the form.

All right. ...What's the date today, please?

It's August the thirteen.

Conversation 2

Key words and phrases

museum

sure

quarter

past

Conversation 2

What time does the museum close? Any idea?

I'm not sure, but I think It's open until 4 o'clock.

What time is it now?

It's a quarter past three.

Conversation 3

key words and phrases

sometime

name

March

Friday

Conversation 3

Can we have dinner together somtime this weekend?

Ok, you name the day.

How about the second of March?

What day is that?

It's Friday.

Good. Where shall we meet?

Additional useful expressions

happen

run out

cinema

off

spare

difference

Additional useful expressions

Excuse me. Do you happen to have the time?

We are runing out of time.

take your time.

What time do we leave?

Let's meet at about seven outside of the cinema, shall we?

The train leaves for Shanghai at ten fifteen.

My birthday is on the thirteen of the May.

It's already 9 o'clock. I must be off now.

Can you spare me a few minutes?

What the time difference between Beijing and London?

Unit 6 Asking the Way

Conversation 1 key words and phrases

nearest

bank

next to

post office

round

corner

Conversationg 1

Excuse me, where is the nearest bank?

There is one next to the post office round the corner.

Thank you.

Conversation 2 Key words and phrases

hotel

nearby

Conversation 2

Excuse me, Is there a hotel nearby?

The nearsest one is about ten minutes' walk from here.

how can I get there?

just walk down this road and you'll find it. it's on the right side.

Conversation 3 Key words and phrases

library

turn

left

crossing

Conversation 3

Can you tell me the way to library?

Sure, turn left at the next crossing.

Is it on Xinhua street?

Yes. You can't miss it.

Additional Useful Expressions Vocabulary

lost

restroom

traffic light

shortcut

Additional Useful Expressions

I'm lost. Could you tell me where I am?

What's the name of this street?

Where am I on this map?

Sorry, I'm new here myself.

Where is the restroom?

Is it far?

At the end of the street.

Turn right at the traffic light.

Is there a shortcut to that place?