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Elementary

Waiting for the Bus
Menunggu Bas

102 words
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Setiap pagi, Mei Ling menaiki bas ke tempat kerja. Hari ini, dia tiba di perhentian bas pada pukul tujuh setengah. Beberapa orang sudah menunggu di sana. Mei Ling melihat papan tanda untuk memastikan nombor bas yang betul. Selepas sepuluh minit, sebuah bas datang, tetapi itu bukan basnya. Dia bertanya kepada seorang wanita, “Tumpang tanya, bas nombor dua puluh sudah lalu, belum?” Wanita itu menjawab, “Belum.” Tidak lama kemudian, bas Mei Ling pun tiba. Dia naik, menyentuh kad pada mesin dan mencari tempat duduk. Bas itu agak penuh, tetapi dia mendapat tempat duduk berhampiran tingkap. Perjalanan ke pejabat mengambil masa dua puluh minit.

Key Vocabulary

menaiki bas
to take or board a bus
perhentian bas
bus stop
papan tanda
signboard
memastikan
to make sure
sudah lalu
has already passed
belum
not yet
tiba
to arrive
agak penuh
quite full
berhampiran
near
tumpang tanya
excuse me / may I ask
perjalanan
journey
English Translation

Every morning, Mei Ling takes the bus to work. Today, she arrives at the bus stop at half past seven. Several people are already waiting there. Mei Ling looks at the signboard to make sure she has the correct bus number. After ten minutes, a bus arrives, but it is not hers. She asks a woman, “Excuse me, has bus number twenty already passed?” The woman replies, “Not yet.” Before long, Mei Ling’s bus arrives. She gets on, taps her card on the machine and looks for a seat. The bus is quite full, but she finds a seat near the window. The journey to the office takes twenty minutes.

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