行李丢了Lost Luggage

New words

• 航班hángbān — flight
• 航空hángkōng — aviation; airline
• 登dēng — to board, climb (登机 = board a plane)
• 距离jùlí — distance; to be… away from
• 单独dāndú — alone, on one's own
• 丢diū — to lose

The story

爷爷：小雨，成都距离爱荷华有多远？Xiaoyu, how far is Chengdu from Iowa?

小雨：距离爱荷华有一万二千公里。It's twelve thousand kilometres from Iowa.

爷爷：平均一天开两千公里。我预测，六天！距离春节还有十天，够了！Two thousand kilometres a day on average. My forecast: six days! It's still ten days to Spring Festival. Plenty of time!

小雨：爷爷！中间有海！Grandpa! There's an ocean in between!

爷爷：什么？我没听见。What? I didn't hear you.

小雨：第一个箱子，没有猫。第二个箱子，没有猫。第三个，两千个饺子。First suitcase, no cat. Second suitcase, no cat. Third, two thousand dumplings.

大卫：小雨，你已经看了三次了！航班明天才飞！Xiaoyu, you've already checked three times! The flight isn't until tomorrow!

小雨：北京，上海，青岛，医院……哪次没有猫？这次一只也没有！Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, the hospital... when was there ever no cat? This time there isn't a single one!

Opening the lesson…