坐高铁回家
Taking the high-speed train home — Chinese reading, HSK 4
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我老家在湖南，以前坐普通火车回家要十几个小时，春节的时候连站票都很难买到。这几年高铁越来越方便，现在从广州到我老家只要两个半小时。
wǒ lǎo jiā zài hú nán yǐ qián zuò pǔ tōng huǒ chē huí jiā yào shí jǐ gè xiǎo shí Chūn jié de shí hou lián zhàn piào dōu hěn nán mǎi dào zhè jǐ nián gāo tiě yuè lái yuè fāng biàn xiàn zài cóng Guǎng zhōu dào wǒ lǎo jiā zhǐ yào liǎng gè bàn xiǎo shí
My hometown is in Hunan. It used to take over ten hours by ordinary train, and at Spring Festival even standing tickets were hard to get. High-speed rail has become more and more convenient, and now Guangzhou to my hometown is just two and a half hours.
买票也比以前简单多了，在手机上就能选座位，进站的时候只要刷身份证。车上又干净又安静，还可以给手机充电。
mǎi piào yě bǐ yǐ qián jiǎn dān duō le zài shǒu jī shàng jiù néng xuǎn zuò wèi jìn zhàn de shí hou zhǐ yào shuā shēn fèn zhèng chē shàng yòu gān jìng yòu ān jìng hái kě yǐ gěi shǒu jī chōng diàn
Buying tickets is much easier too: you choose your seat on your phone and just swipe your ID card to enter the station. The train is clean and quiet, and you can charge your phone.
不过高铁票的价格比普通火车高不少，所以有些老人还是愿意坐慢车。我父母就常说，时间多的人不怕慢，能省钱就好。
bú guò gāo tiě piào de jià gé bǐ pǔ tōng huǒ chē gāo bù shǎo suǒ yǐ yǒu xiē lǎo rén hái shi yuàn yì zuò màn chē wǒ fù mǔ jiù cháng shuō shí jiān duō de rén bú pà màn néng shěng qián jiù hǎo
High-speed tickets cost quite a bit more than ordinary trains, though, so some older people still prefer the slow trains. My parents often say people with time on their hands don't mind slow — saving money is what counts.
生詞
老家 lǎojiā hometown
普通 pǔtōng ordinary
高铁 gāotiě high-speed rail
座位 zuòwèi seat
刷 shuā to swipe
身份证 shēnfènzhèng ID card
充电 chōngdiàn to charge (a battery)
愿意 yuànyì to be willing