坐公共汽车 Taking the Bus — HSK 2 Reading

我wǒ的de公司gōngsī离lí家jiā很hěn远yuǎn，所以suǒyǐ我wǒ每měi天tiān坐zuò公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē上班shàngbān。

My company is far from home, so I take the bus to work every day.

今天jīntiān早上zǎoshang下雨xià yǔ，车站chēzhàn等děng车chē的de人rén非常fēicháng多duō。

It was raining this morning, and a lot of people were waiting for the bus at the stop.

公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē来lái了le，大家dàjiā都dōu上shàng了le车chē。

The bus came, and everyone got on.

车chē上shang没有méiyǒu座位zuòwèi，我wǒ站zhàn了le二十èrshí分钟fēnzhōng。

There were no seats on the bus, so I stood for twenty minutes.

一个yí gè学生xuésheng对duì我wǒ说shuō：“我wǒ要yào下车xià chē了le，你nǐ坐zuò这儿zhèr吧ba。”

A student said to me, "I'm getting off soon — take my seat."

我wǒ说shuō：“谢谢xièxie你nǐ！”雨yǔ很hěn大dà，但是dànshì我wǒ很hěn快乐kuàilè。

I said, "Thank you!" The rain was heavy, but I felt happy.

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Key words 生词

公共汽车gōnggòng qìchēbus

上班shàngbānto go to work

车站chēzhànbus stop; station

座位zuòwèiseat

站zhànto stand

下车xià chēto get off (a vehicle)

…，所以… — result

所以 introduces the result of a reason: 公司离家很远，所以我坐公共汽车. Often paired with 因为.

因为下雨，所以等车的人很多。— Because it was raining, many people were waiting for the bus.

要…了 — about to happen

要 + verb + 了 means something is about to happen very soon.

我要下车了。— I'm about to get off.

1. Why does the writer take the bus every day?

2. Why did the writer have to stand on the bus?

3. What did the student do?