[HSK 4] 高速免费，开车还是坐高铁 - Freeways Are Toll-Free: Should We Drive or Take the High-Speed Train?

During the National Day holiday, passenger cars with seven seats or fewer can use the expressways free of charge, but many sections are prone to traffic jams. 高速免费，开车还是坐高铁 - Freeways Are Toll-Free: Should We Drive or Take the High-Speed Train? [HSK 4] Download the app here: Chinese Short Dialogue | App Store Chinese Short Dialogue | Google Play Available in 8 languages on the app: Chinese Listening | 중국어 리스닝 | 中国語リスニング | Аудирование по китайскому языку | Nghe tiếng Trung | Mendengarkan bahasa Mandarin | Escucha en chino | การฟังภาษาจีน | Chinesisches Hören | Écoute du chinois | Ascolto cinese | Audição em chinês | चीनी सुनना | الاستماع إلى اللغة الصينية 《English Translation》陈花: We’re going back to my parents’ place tomorrow. Let’s drive. The expressway is toll-free, and we can bring along everything we bought for my parents. 黄刚: It’s toll-free, sure, but everyone else thinks the same way. I just saw the news—lots of expressways are already so jammed they’ve turned into parking lots. 陈花: It usually takes just over three hours to drive. Even if there’s a traffic jam, how bad could it really be? 黄刚: You could spend half an hour just waiting to use the restroom at a service area. Saving that little bit on tolls isn’t worth wearing ourselves out. 陈花: Then how about taking the high-speed train? The tickets must have sold out already, right? 黄刚: I just checked. There are still two tickets for tomorrow afternoon. We’ll get there in an hour and a half, and we can even take a nap on the way. 陈花: But what are we going to do with all this stuff? Rice, cooking oil, and the massage chair I bought for my dad… 黄刚: A massage chair? You even bought one of those? Then let’s send it by courier and have it delivered straight to their home. 陈花: All right, we’ll do it your way. But the delivery fee will cost a lot more than the tolls, so you’re paying for it.