Intermediate - Hanoi (C0981)

现在是去酒店的路上。
xiànzài shì qù jiǔdiàn de lùshang.
We're on the way to the hotel now.
河内的摩托车很多,算是一个特色。
Hénèi de mótuōchē hěn duō, suàn shì yī ge tèsè.
There are lots of motorcycles in Hanoi. You could say it's a characteristic of the place.
唉,这儿有大排档,生意不错。是在卖牛肉粉吗?
éi, zhèr yǒu dàpáidàng, shēngyi bùcuò. shì zài mài niúròufěn ma?
Oh, there's a street restaurant here. Business is good. Are they selling beef pho?
越南这几年发展得很快,盖了好多摩天大楼。
Yuènán zhè jǐ nián fāzhǎn de hěn kuài, gài le hǎo duō mótiāndàlóu.
These past few years Vietnam has developed quickly. They've built a lot of skyscrapers.
不过城市里还是有很多老房子,有殖民地风格的,也有本土的。
bùguò chéngshì lǐ háishì yǒu hěn duō lǎo fángzi, yǒu zhímíndì fēnggé de, yě yǒu běntǔ de.
But there are still a lot of old houses in the city, some of them colonial style, others local style.
古典加现代,东方加西方,总之河内很有感觉。
gǔdiǎn jiā xiàndài, dōngfāng jiā xīfāng, zǒngzhī Hénèi hěn yǒu gǎnjué.
Classical mixed with modern, the east combined with the west; anyway, Hanoi is so atmospheric.
听说河内还有很多河,我怎么一条都没看见?
tīngshuō Hénèi hái yǒu hěn duō hé, wǒ zěnme yī tiáo dōu méi kànjiàn?
I hear that Hanoi also has lots of rivers. How come I haven't seen a single one yet?
司机说马上要到胡志明墓了,可惜晚上看不清。
sījī shuō mǎshàng yào dào Húzhìmíng mù le, kěxī wǎnshang kànbuqīng.
The driver said we are almost at Ho Chi Minh's grave. Too bad it's hard to see at night.
明天再来吧!
míngtiān zài lái ba!
Let's come back tomorrow!

Key Vocabulary

河内HénèiHanoi
摩托车mótuōchēmotorcycle
suànto be considered
特色tèsècharacteristic
大排档dàpáidàngrestaurant stall
牛肉粉niúròufěnbeef pho
越南YuènánVietnam
发展fāzhǎnto develop
gàito build
摩天大楼mótiāndàlóuskyscraper
殖民地zhímíndìcolonial
风格fēnggéstyle
本土běntǔlocal
古典gǔdiǎnclassic
现代xiàndàimodern
总之zǒngzhīin a word
感觉gǎnjuéfeeling
胡志明Hú ZhìmíngHo Chi Minh
tomb
看不清kànbuqīngto not see clearly

Supplementary Vocabulary

zàoto build
越南语YuènányǔVietnamese language
失望shīwàngdisappointed
重视zhòngshìto attach importance to
原因yuányīnreason
结果jiéguǒresult
语系yǔxìlanguage family
广东话GuǎngdōnghuàCantonese language