I didn’t go to Shenzhen.

我没有去深圳。

A How was your trip down south?

A 你去南方的旅程如何？

B It was good. But I was very busy. I visited Guangzhou.

B 很好。但是很忙。我去了广州。

A Did you get a chance to go to Shenzhen? I’ve heard it’s worth seeing.

A 你有机会去深圳吗？我听说那里值得一看。

B No, I didn’t go to Shenzhen. I was too busy.

B 不，我没有去深圳。我太忙了。

A Maybe next time. I wanted to visit Shenzhen when I was down south but I didn’t have time either.

A 也许下次吧。当我在南方时我很想去深圳，但是我也没有时间。

B Yes, next time I go down south, I’ll make sure I have enough time.

B 是的，下次我去南方，我将确保自己有足够的时间。

Notes注释

1 When you want to talk about something in the past in the negative form, you use didn’t / didn’t (short form of did not), e.g. I didn’t go to Shenzhen / I didn’t go to Shenzhen ; I didn’t see the football on TV last night / I didn’t see the football on TV last night; I didn’t have time / I didn’t have time.

当你想用否定的形式谈论过去发生的事情时，用didn’t (是did not缩写形式)。例如I didn’t go to Shenzhen /我没去深圳； I didn’t see the football on TV last night /我昨晚没看电视足球赛； I didn’t have time /我没有时间。

2 Remember enough / enough, e.g. Next time, I’ll make sure I have enough time / Next time, I’ll make sure I have enough time.

记住enough /足够的。例如Next time, I’ll make sure I have enough time /下次，我要确保自己有足够的时间。

3 Sometimes you can talk about directions, particularly north and south, in the following way: down south / down south; up north / up north, e.g. I’m going on holiday down south / I’m going on holiday down south.

有时你可以用下面的方法谈论方向，尤其是北方和南方: down south /南下； up north /北上。例如：I’m going on holiday down south /我将到南方去度假。

Key phrases and sentences

How was your trip down south?

It was good. But I was very busy.

I visited Guangzhou.

Did you get a chance to go to Shenzhen?

I’ve heard it’s worth seeing.

No, I didn’t go to Shenzhen. I was too busy.

Maybe next time.

I wanted to visit Shenzhen when I

was down south but I didn’t have time either.

Yes, next time I go down south, I’ll

make sure I have enough time.

你去南方的旅程如何？

很好。但是很忙。

我去了广州。

你有机会去深圳吗？

我听说那里值得一看。

不，我没有去深圳。我太忙了。

也许下次吧。

当我在南方时我很想去深圳，但是我也没有时间。

是的，下次我去南方，

我将确保自己有足够的时间。