The Wild West · 美國的危險 · Around the World in 80 Days · Traditional Mandarin · HSK 2

船在海上開了很久。他們在太平洋上。費克是一名英國警察。他不能在海上抓人。為了抓福格，他要幫忙。費克決定幫助福格。福格不知道他的想法。「我想幫助你。」他說。

他們來到美國。美國非常大。這裡有很多危險。大家坐上火車。火車走上一條路。這條路很危險。火車過了一座舊橋。火車開得很快。火車沒有停。橋在後面斷了！大家都非常害怕。

不久，壞人來了。很多壞人上了火車。壞人正在打人。路通非常勇敢。他跑出去打壞人。可是壞人太多了。壞人抓走了路通。安達看見了。她大叫起來。火車終於停了。安達哭了起來。

福格非常著急。他想了很久。朋友比時間重要。路通比八十天賭局重要。為了救人，福格不走了。他決定去找路通。他一定要找到朋友。福格看著他的懷錶。他丟下了懷錶。前面的路很危險。這裡沒有火車了。可是福格走進大雪中。

語法 · Grammar

Expressing Purpose with 為了

為了 + Purpose, Subject + Action

The preposition 為了 means 'in order to' or 'for the sake of'. It is typically placed at the beginning of a sentence or right before the subject to state the reason for the action that follows.

為了抓福格，他要幫忙。In order to catch Fogg, he needed to help.

為了救人，福格不走了。In order to save someone, Fogg stopped his journey.

Comparisons with 比

A + 比 + B + Adjective

To compare two things, Chinese uses 比 (bǐ) between the two items being compared, followed by an adjective. It directly translates to 'A is more [adjective] than B'.

朋友比時間重要。Friends are more important than time.

路通比八十天賭局重要。Passepartout is more important than the eighty-day wager.

練習二 · Matching

Match each word or phrase to its meaning.

1.危險

2.勇敢

3.著急

4.懷錶

5.救人

a.anxious

b.to save people

c.dangerous

d.pocket watch

e.brave

1-c · 2-e · 3-a · 4-d · 5-b

譯文 · Translation

The ship sailed on the sea for a long time. They were on the Pacific Ocean. Fix was a British police officer. He could not arrest people at sea. In order to catch Fogg, he needed to help. Fix decided to help Fogg. Fogg did not know his thoughts. "I want to help you," he said.

They arrived in America. America was very big. There was a lot of danger here. Everyone got on the train. The train went onto a track. This track was very dangerous. The train crossed an old bridge. The train drove very fast. The train did not stop. The bridge snapped behind them! Everyone was very afraid.

Soon, bad guys came. Many bad guys got on the train. The bad guys were hitting people. Passepartout was very brave. He ran out to fight the bad guys. But there were too many bad guys. The bad guys captured Passepartout and took him away. Aouda saw this. She started to shout loudly. The train finally stopped. Aouda started to cry.

Fogg was very anxious. He thought for a long time. Friends are more important than time. Passepartout is more important than the eighty-day wager. In order to save someone, Fogg stopped his journey. He decided to go find Passepartout. He had to find his friend. Fogg looked at his pocket watch. He left his pocket watch behind. The road ahead was very dangerous. There were no trains here anymore. But Fogg walked into the heavy snow.