堵车Stuck in Traffic

New words

• 交通jiāotōng — traffic
• 堵dǔ — to block, jam
• 出租车chūzūchē — taxi
• 地址dìzhǐ — address
• 来不及láibují — not enough time
• 几乎jīhū — almost

The story

小林：大卫！起床！你知道现在几点了吗？David! Get up! Do you know what time it is?

大卫：几点？……我的手机呢？What time? ...Where's my phone?

小林：在包子下边！现在八点半，九点见客户！Under Baozi! It's half past eight, and we're meeting the client at nine!

大卫：八点半？那我来不及吃早饭了！Half past eight? Then I won't have time for breakfast!

小林：吃什么早饭？来不及了！快去坐出租车！Breakfast? There's no time! Quick, get a taxi!

司机：你们好，去哪儿？Hello, where to?

大卫：这个地址！九点以前能到吗？This address! Can we get there before nine?

司机：九点？你们看看前边的交通……Nine? Take a look at the traffic up ahead...

Opening the lesson…