Intermediate - Give Up Your Seat, Young Man! (C2114)

广播: 欢迎乘坐712路公交车,请给需要帮助的乘客让个座。
huānyíng chéngzuò qīyāoèr lù gōngjiāochē, qǐng gěi xūyào bāngzhù de chéngkè ràng gè zuò.
Welcome to public bus 712. Please give your seat to those in need.
A: 小伙子,你能让个座吗?这边有一个孕妇。
xiǎohuǒzi, nǐ néng ràng gè zuò ma? zhèbiān yǒu yī gè yùnfù.
Young man, can you give up your seat? There's a pregnant woman over here.
A: 小伙子!
xiǎohuǒzi!
Young man!
B: 车上这么挤,你让我站哪儿啊?
chēshang zhème jǐ, nǐ ràng wǒ zhàn nǎr a?
The bus is full. Where do you expect me to stand?
A: 就是因为挤才需要你让座啊,孕妇不方便。
jiùshì yīnwèi jǐ cái xūyào nǐ ràngzuò a, yùnfù bù fāngbiàn.
It's because it's so packed that you need to give up your seat. The pregnant lady is uncomfortable.
B: 你是她婆婆还是她老妈?
nǐ shì tā pópo háishì tā lǎomā?
What are you, her mother-in-law? Her mother?
A: 你怎么这么说话呢?
nǐ zěnme zhème shuōhuà ne?
Why do you have to be like this?
C: 阿姨,谢谢你,我没事,我不坐。
āyí, xièxie nǐ, wǒ méishì, wǒ bù zuò.
Ma'am, thank you. I'm fine. I won't sit down.
A: 小伙子,你坐的可是“老弱病残孕”专座。
xiǎohuǒzi, nǐ zuò de kě shì" lǎo ruò bìng cán yùn” zhuānzuò.
Young man, the seat you're sitting in is reserved for the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled and the pregnant.
B: 关你什么事。嫌挤打车啊!凭什么叫别人让座。
guān nǐ shénme shì. xián jǐ dǎchē a! píng shénme jiào biérén ràngzuò.
What does that have to do with you? If it's too crowded for you, then take a taxi! What right do you have to make someone give up their seat?
A: 你这个年轻人怎么这么没素质!
nǐ zhè ge niánqīngrén zěnme zhème méi sùzhì!
Don't you young people have any manners?
C: 算了阿姨。
suànle āyí.
Forget it, ma'am.
D: 姑娘,你来这边坐吧,我马上下车了。
gūniang, nǐ lái zhèbiān zuò ba, wǒ mǎshàng xiàchē le.
Young lady, you can come sit here. I'm getting off the bus soon.

Key Vocabulary

乘坐 chéngzuò to ride (a bus, train, etc.)
孕妇 yùnfù pregnant woman
to squeeze
让座 ràngzuò to give up one's seat
方便 fāngbiàn convenient
婆婆 pópo mother-in-law
ruò weak
cán disabled
yùn pregnant
专座 zhuānzuò dedicated seat
关你什么事 guān nǐ shénme shì to have what to do with you
xián to dislike
píng on the basis of
素质 sùzhì character
cái only (because of)

Supplementary Vocabulary

妇女 fùnǚ woman
怀孕 huáiyùn pregnant
强调 qiángdiào emphasis
吐痰 tǔtán to spit
脏话 zānghuà bad language

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