Travel 旅行

Asked what a travel notice or itinerary says, weaker candidates copy a whole sentence — including irrelevant clauses — instead of the precise point. Select and re-express: 游客必须在出发前三天办好签证。(Yóukè bìxū zài chūfā qián sān tiān bàn hǎo qiānzhèng.) — arrange the visa before departure. A copied answer with extra or wrong material can cancel an otherwise-correct point.

Reading and listening answers need the exact term. ✗ 我们坐车去北京。(车 could be any vehicle) ✓ 我们坐高铁去北京。(Wǒmen zuò gāotiě qù Běijīng.) — We take the high-speed train to Beijing. ✗ 我买了票。 ✓ 我买了一张来回机票。(Wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng láihuí jīpiào.) — I bought a return plane ticket. Learn the precise noun (高铁, 机票), not a vague catch-all.

比 comparisons must not carry 很 or 非常 before the adjective — degree goes after it. ✗ 飞机比火车很贵。 ✓ 飞机比火车贵得多。(Fēijī bǐ huǒchē guì de duō.) — The plane is much more expensive than the train. Or 飞机比火车贵一点。(Fēijī bǐ huǒchē guì yìdiǎn.) — a little more expensive. Use 得多/一点/多了 after the adjective, never 很/非常 before it.

Match the verb to the vehicle: 坐 (zuò) for a vehicle you sit inside (train, bus, plane), 骑 (qí) for one you straddle (bike, motorbike), 开 (kāi) for driving, 走(路) for on foot. ✗ 我骑火车去北京。 ✓ 我坐火车去北京。(Wǒ zuò huǒchē qù Běijīng.) — I take the train to Beijing. ✓ 我骑自行车上学。(Wǒ qí zìxíngchē shàngxué.) — I ride a bike to school.

In Paper 1 writing (Ex4/Ex5) pinyin earns no credit — write characters. A travel note written in pinyin (gāotiě, hùzhào) scores nothing for content; it must be 高铁, 护照. Pinyin is tolerated only in listening answers as a substitute for a forgotten character. Draft in characters from the start.

A wrong character that changes meaning loses the mark. 玩 (wán, to play/have fun) and 完 (wán, to finish) share the same pinyin AND tone but differ in meaning. ✗ 我们在北京完了三天。 ✓ 我们在北京玩了三天。(Wǒmen zài Běijīng wán le sān tiān.) — We had fun in Beijing for three days. Write the character whose meaning you intend; mind homophones.

过 (guo) reports a general EXPERIENCE with no fixed time — it answers "have you ever…": 我去过泰国。(Wǒ qù guo Tàiguó.) 了 (le) reports a SPECIFIC completed action, usually with a time word: 我去年去了泰国。(Wǒ qùnián qù le Tàiguó.) ✗ 我去年去过泰国 (过 clashes with 去年). ✓ 我去年去了泰国，玩得很开心。(Wǒ qùnián qù le Tàiguó, wán de hěn kāixīn.) 过 and 了 answer different questions and are not swappable.

Learners transfer the ordinary 很 + adjective (很贵, very expensive) into a 比 comparison, producing the wrong 飞机比火车很贵. In a 比 sentence degree goes AFTER the adjective, not by 很/非常 before it: 飞机比火车贵得多 (guì de duō, much more expensive) or 飞机比火车更贵 (gèng guì, using 更 not 很). ✗ 坐地铁比坐出租车很方便。 ✓ 坐地铁比坐出租车方便得多。(Zuò dìtiě bǐ zuò chūzūchē fāngbiàn de duō.)