期五(4/3): for those who're late for class or didn't come, read the instructions carefully. You have a lot to do for today's lab assignment.
我们正在学习#旅游#。可是现在因为冠状病毒 (coronavirus),我们都不能旅游了。Let's imagine that in the future, you're going to China on a study abroad program and want to rent an apartment for two months. 你们怎么找房子?找到了房子以后,如果想在中国旅游,你们怎么买票?
For Class: apartment hunting+train ticket
中国有很多“租房网站”。我们今天试一下“58同城”和“安居客”
1. 58.com;choose a city by clicking on any of those city names
我们正在学习#旅游#。可是现在因为冠状病毒 (coronavirus),我们都不能旅游了。Let's imagine that in the future, you're going to China on a study abroad program and want to rent an apartment for two months. 你们怎么找房子?找到了房子以后,如果想在中国旅游,你们怎么买票?
For Class: apartment hunting+train ticket
中国有很多“租房网站”。我们今天试一下“58同城”和“安居客”
1. 58.com;choose a city by clicking on any of those city names
2. Narrow your search by rates, number of bedrooms, etc. Are you going to live alone or with friends? How much are you willing to pay? Does it allow you to select the length of stay?
3. Try the "视频房源" or "视频看房", a virtual tour of the apartment
4. Do a similar search on 安居客 (Anjuke.com);
5. Decide which apt you want to rent. Take notes & save some pictures for the e-portfolio post you're going to write later today
中国还有很多订火车票的地方。我们今天试一下“中国铁路12306”
1. go to https://www.12306.cn/index/
2. search for a train; you need to figure out the meanings of all those 汉字; You have to select a departure date from tomorrow to 30 days from today; I tried a "北京-上海" trip, departing tomorrow
4. Do a similar search on 安居客 (Anjuke.com);
5. Decide which apt you want to rent. Take notes & save some pictures for the e-portfolio post you're going to write later today
中国还有很多订火车票的地方。我们今天试一下“中国铁路12306”
1. go to https://www.12306.cn/index/
2. search for a train; you need to figure out the meanings of all those 汉字; You have to select a departure date from tomorrow to 30 days from today; I tried a "北京-上海" trip, departing tomorrow
3. Plan your trip and "book" the ticket; don't go to payment though.
For your e-portfolio post:
旅游和租房
Read P276. Which kind of seat did you book?
Booking a train ticket can be crazy, esp. during China's biggest travel rush, the Spring Festival. The website we used today has a crazy graphic verification system that asks you to identify something in a group of pictures that are sometimes super confusing. See this one (find the sun)
For your e-portfolio post:
旅游和租房
Read P276. Which kind of seat did you book?
Booking a train ticket can be crazy, esp. during China's biggest travel rush, the Spring Festival. The website we used today has a crazy graphic verification system that asks you to identify something in a group of pictures that are sometimes super confusing. See this one (find the sun)
And people made fun of the system by creating pictures like below:
They all look the same to me ~
Ok let's move on to apartment hunting:
有的人在网上看房,有的人实地(on-site, going to the place)看房。
看一下这个视频。他们在上海看房。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYv1WcP1dI
你觉得这些房子怎么样?你觉得是在网上看房好还是实地看房好?Now write: you may include some of these questions/thoughts: how did you select your apartment? what's it like? why did you choose this one? and what trip did you plan? how did you buy the ticket? Write in Chinese as much as possible.
Ok let's move on to apartment hunting:
有的人在网上看房,有的人实地(on-site, going to the place)看房。
看一下这个视频。他们在上海看房。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYv1WcP1dI
你觉得这些房子怎么样?你觉得是在网上看房好还是实地看房好?Now write: you may include some of these questions/thoughts: how did you select your apartment? what's it like? why did you choose this one? and what trip did you plan? how did you buy the ticket? Write in Chinese as much as possible.