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HSK 3

Lesson 6 · 高铁上还可以点外卖

What you'll learn

Plan a high-speed train trip with `该...了`, `如果...就...`, and `越来越` for changing situations.

About 36 min
A cute cartoon high-speed train station with travelers checking blank tickets and food bags.
1

Listen and Read

Buy tickets and enter the station while conditions become busier.

小林
快到中午了，我们该买车票了。
Kuài dào zhōng wǔ le, wǒ men gāi mǎi chē piào le.
It is almost noon. We should buy the train tickets.
小雨
如果买不到下午的票，就买晚上的吧。
Rú guǒ mǎi bú dào xià wǔ de piào, jiù mǎi wǎn shàng de ba.
If we cannot buy afternoon tickets, let’s buy evening ones.
小林
没问题。前面排队的人越来越多。
Méi wèn tí. Qián miàn pái duì de rén yuè lái yuè duō.
No problem. More and more people are lining up ahead.
小雨
那我们先去安检，再检票进站。
Nà wǒ men xiān qù ān jiǎn, zài jiǎn piào jìn zhàn.
Then let’s go through security first and then check tickets to enter the station.
小林
如果路上饿了，就在车上点一份外卖吧。
Rú guǒ lù shang è le, jiù zài chē shang diǎn yí fèn wài mài ba.
If we get hungry on the way, let’s order one takeout meal on the train.
2

Core Words

Practice the words that carry this lesson's dialogue, patterns, and final question.

高铁
gāo tiě
high-speed train
外卖
wài mài
takeout; delivery
车票
chē piào
ticket
排队
pái duì
to line up
安检
ān jiǎn
security check
检票
jiǎn piào
to check tickets
越来越
yuè lái yuè
more and more
3

Pattern: `该...了`

该 + verb + 了

Use `该...了` when it is time or appropriate to do something now.

我们该进站了。
Wǒ men gāi jìn zhàn le.
It is time for us to enter the station.
你该休息一下了。
Nǐ gāi xiū xi yí xià le.
It is time for you to rest a little.
4

Pattern: `如果...就...`

如果 + condition，就 + result

Use this structure to connect a possible condition with what will happen or what you will do.

如果下雨，我们就晚点儿走。
Rú guǒ xià yǔ, wǒ men jiù wǎn diǎnr zǒu.
If it rains, we will leave a little later.
如果车站人太多，就先去喝水。
Rú guǒ chē zhàn rén tài duō, jiù xiān qù hē shuǐ.
If there are too many people at the station, go drink some water first.
5

Pattern: `越来越`

越来越 + adjective

`越来越` shows that a quality changes gradually over time.

等车的人越来越多。
Děng chē de rén yuè lái yuè duō.
There are more and more people waiting for the train.
坐高铁越来越方便。
Zuò gāo tiě yuè lái yuè fāng biàn.
Taking the high-speed train is becoming more and more convenient.
6

Learning Note

Travel sentences often chain actions.

Use short action order words like `先`, `再`, and `然后` when describing station steps. It keeps the plan clear.

7

Practice

Choose the conditional sentence.

If there are too many people at noon, go to the station in the afternoon.

Which sentence uses `如果...就...` correctly?

8

Practice

Choose the change-over-time sentence.

More and more people are waiting for the train.

Which sentence uses `越来越` correctly?