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Section 2: Introductions
jièshào
介紹
How will I achieve my targets?
Targets for this section
My learning targets
Done?
1
to be able to give my own name when
asked
2
to be able to ask someone else for his/her
name
3
to be able to say which country I live in
and my nationality when asked
4
to be able to ask someone in which country
he/she lives and his/her nationality
5
to be able to give my occupation and to ask
someone else for his/her occupation
When?
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Key words for this section
Mandarin
English
nǐjiàoshénme
你 叫 什 麼？
What’s your
name?
nǐshìshuí
你是 誰 ?
Who are
you?
wǒdemíngzishì
我的 名 字 是 /
My name is
wǒ jiào
我 叫
wǒshì
我是
I’m
xìng
姓
surname
míng
名
míngzi
名 字
nǐzhùnǎ
你 住 哪？
nǐzhùzàinǎli
你 住 在 哪里？
wǒzhùzài
我住 在
2
first name
Where do
you live?
I live in
Mandarin
English
xiānggǎng
香 港
xiānggǎngrén
香 港 人
taiwān
臺 灣
taiwānrén
臺 灣 人
Hong Kong
měiguó
美 國
měiguórén
美 國 人
rìběn
日本
rìběnrén
日本 人
fǎguó
法國
fǎguórén
法國 人
déguó
德國
déguórén
德國 人
xīnxīlán
新 西蘭
xīnxīlánrén
新 西蘭 人
dìzhǐ
地址
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People from
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Taiwanese
USA
American
Japan
Japanese
France
French
Germany
German
New Zealand
New Zealander
address
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dàbúlièdiān
大不 列 顛
dàyīngliánhéwángguó
大英 聯 合王 國
yīngguó
英 國
yīngguórén
英 國 人
yīnggélán
英 格蘭
yīnggélánrén
英 格蘭 人
sūgélán
苏格 蘭
sū gé lán rén
苏 格 蘭 人
ài ěrlán
爱 爾蘭
ài ěr lán rén
爱 爾 蘭 人
wēiěrshì
威 爾士
wēiěrshìrén
威 爾士 人
zhōngguó
中 國
zhōngguórén
中 國人
xīnjiāpō
新 加坡
xīnjiāpōrén
新 加 坡人
Great
Britain
United
Kingdom
niánlíng
年 齡
age
suì
歳
years old
rìqī
日期
date
yóubiān
郵 編
postal code
guójí
國籍
nationality
chéngshì
城 市
city
jiē
街
street
qiānmíng
簽 名
signature
qiānzì
簽 字
to sign (a
signature)
British
England
English
Scotland
Scottish
Ireland
Irish
Wales
Welsh
China
Chinese
Singapore
Singaporean
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Exercise 2.1
On the recording you will hear six people saying in Mandarin
what their names are. Write down in the grid below their names
as they speak.
Peter
bǐ dé
彼 德
Hannah
hán nà
涵 娜
Maria
mǎlìyà
瑪麗亞
Order
Becky
bèijí
貝吉
David
dà wěi
大 偉
Karen
kǎirén
凱 仁
Name
1
2
3
4
5
My name is David.
wǒ de míngzi shì dà wěi
我 的 名 字 是 大 偉。
My score
4
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Exercise 2.2
Listen as a teacher calls out a class register in Mandarin. In
which order does (s)he say the names? Write the number (1, 2,
3, etc) beside the name as it is read out.
shèngtángmǔxuéxiào
St. Thomas School 聖 唐 姆 學 校
nǚhuángzhēn
Queenstown 女 皇 鎮
bānjí
Class 班 级: 1D
pānlǎoshī
Teacher: 潘 老 師
nián
yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián
Year 年 : 1997 一 九 九 七 年
sì yuè
Month月: April 四 月
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Name
Emma Young
àimǎ
愛瑪 Young
Catriona Wright
kě tíng nà
可 婷 娜 Wright
Li Dalong
lǐdàlóng
李大 龍
Liu Dehua
liúdéhuá
劉 德華
Jack Cairns
jiékè
杰 克 Cairns
Lynn Chung
zhānglín
張 琳
Andrew Chan
chénānzhú
陳 安竹
Harry Smith
hāli
哈里 Smith
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Order
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Exercise 2.3
Eight people will tell you where they live. Printed in the grid
are eight sentences telling you the nationality of these people.
Match the number of the spoken sentence with the printed one.
My nationality
Goes with number
1
I am British
2
I am from China
3
I am Russian
4
I am French
5
I am from Hong Kong
6
I am Taiwanese
7
I am Singaporean
8
I am American
My score
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Mandarin spoken here!
You will be asked two of the following questions: what
would you say in Mandarin when …
1.
You ask someone of your own age for his/her name
2.
You ask someone of your own age where he/she lives
3.
You give your own name
4.
You say in which country you live
5.
You say what your nationality is
My score
8
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Where do you live?
Tell your teacher/lecturer the answer to the question
above, using the information below, starting like this …
I live in …
wǒ zhù zài
我 住 在
China
Hong
Kong
Scotland
Singapore
Taiwan
England
1
2
3
4
5
6
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And your nationality is …?
nǐ shì nǎ guórén
你 是 哪 國 人？
Tell your teacher/lecturer the answer to the question
above, using the information below, starting like this…
wǒ shì
我 是 。。。
I am …
Scottish
Chinese
English
From
Hong
Kong
1
2
3
4
10
Singaporean
Taiwanese
5
6
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Introductions!
Imagine you are one of the people whose details appear
on the cards below. Read out to your teacher your name,
your nationality and the country you live in.
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Andrew Chan
John Smith
Michelle Yuen
Maria Chang
Occupation:
Occupation:
Occupation:
Occupation:
Engineer
Electrician
ICT specialist
Teacher
Country:
Country:
Country:
Country:
China
United Kingdom
United States
Scotland
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Have a conversation with your teacher. You will be told
to follow a route through the conversation, 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Use the Chinese words best suited to that route.
T/L:
1 Hi!
2 Have a
good day!
有個愉快
的一天
3 Good
Evening
4 Good
Night
2 Fine,
thanks
3 Not very
well
4 Very
well
You: (give the best answer)
T/L:
How are you?
You:
1 OK
T/L:
What’s your name?
You:
(say your name)
T/L:
Where do you live?
You:
(say the town and country you live in)
T/L:
Goodbye
You:
......?......
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My mini dictionary
Mandarin
dì zhǐ
地 址
niánlíng
年 齡
nián
年
English
address
age
year
tián biǎo gé
填 ( 表 格)
biǎo gé
表 格
rì qī
日 期
fill in (a
form)
qǐng
請
xìng
姓
wǒ jiào
我 叫
wǒshì
我是
please
form
date
surname
I am called
I am
Mandarin
guójiā
國 家
zài
在
é guó
俄 國
é luosī
俄 羅斯
sū gé lán
苏 格 蘭
sū gé lánrén
苏 格 蘭 人
sū gé lán fù n ǚ
苏 格 蘭 婦女
xīzàng
西藏
fǎ guórén
法 國 人
xīlà
希臘
yīng guó
英 國
English
country
in
Russia
Scotland
Scottish
Scottish
woman
Tibet
French
Greece
Britain/UK
de
nǐde
你的
的 makes
possessive
taiwān
臺 灣
Taiwan
your/yours
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nǐjiào
你叫
zhíyè
職業
gōngchéngshī
工 程 師
yǐshēng
醫生
yàzhōu
亞洲
yàzhōurén
亞洲 人
ōuzhōu
歐洲
ōuzhōurén
歐洲 人
xìnxījìshùzhuān
信 息技 術 專
jiā
家
zī xùn y ǔ tōngxìn
資訊 與 通 信
kējìzhuānjiā
科技 專 家
tàiguó
泰 國
měng gǔ
蒙 古
wǒ de
我 的
14
xīn jiā pō
新 加 坡
àiěrlán
job/profession
愛爾 蘭
zhōngguófùnǚ
engineer
中 國 婦女
yīng gé lán fùnǚ
doctor
英 格 蘭 婦女
You are
called
Asia
Asian
Europe
European
ICT specialist
Thailand
Mongolia
my
Ireland
Chinese
woman
Englishwoman
yīng gé lán
英 格 蘭
England
diàngōng
電 工
electrician
lǎoshī
老 師
teacher
àodàlìyà
澳大利亞
nán fēi
南 非
yìdàlì
意大利
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Singapore
Australia
South Africa
Italy
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yuè
月
míng
名
nuó wēi
挪 威
xīzàng
西藏
àodìlìrén
奥地利 人
bō lán rén
波 蘭 人
bō lán
波 蘭
pú táo yá
葡 萄 牙
yóubiān
郵 編
luomǎníyà
羅 馬尼亞
Months are
formed
numerically
by putting the
numbers one
guójí
to twelve
國籍
yuè
before 月
’month （or
moon)’
name
Norway
Tibet
Austrian
Pole
Poland
Portugal
postal code
Romania
chéng shì
城
市
jiē
街
jié kè rén
捷 尅 人
jiékègònghéguó
捷 尅 共 和國
qiānmíng
簽 名
míng zì
名 字
jièshào
介 紹
wēiěrshì
威 爾士
wēiěrshìrén
威 爾士 人
Nationality is
formed by
rén
putting 人
after the
country
city
street
Czech
Czech
Republic
signature
first name
introductions
Wales
Welsh
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é guó
俄 國/
é luo sī
俄 羅 斯
sūgélánrén
苏格蘭 人
sū gé lán
苏 格 蘭
xué xiào
學 校
ruìdiǎn
瑞 典
ruì shì
瑞 士
ruì shì rén
瑞 士 人
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Russia
Scottish
Scotland
school
Sweden
Switzerland
Swiss
zěnme
怎麽
nǎ li
哪 里
wǒ zhù
我 住
nǐ zhù
你 住
àidīngbǎo
愛丁 堡
gé lā sī gē
格 拉 斯 哥
lúndūn
倫 敦
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how
where
I live
you live
Edinburgh
Glasgow
London
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Questions and answers
When people have a conversation, it is often in the form of question and
answer: one person asks a question and the other gives an answer.
Here are the important questions and answers in this lesson.
Try to remember them!
Question
Answer
What are you called?
I am called (name).
nǐ jiàoshénme
你 叫 什 麽？
wǒjiào
我 叫 。。。
Question
Answer
What is your name？
My name is (name).
nǐ shén me míngzi
你 什 麽 名 字？
wǒ de míngzi shì
我 的 名 字 是
Question
Answer
What is your job?
I am (job).
nǐzuòshénmede
你 做 什 麽的？
nǐ de zhíyè shì shénme
你 的 职 业 是 什 麽？
wǒ shì
我 是 。。。
Question
Answer
Where do you live?
I live in (town/country).
nǐ zhù zài nǎli
你 住 在 哪里？
wǒ zhù zài
我 住 在 。。。
Question
Answer
What is your nationality?
I am (nationality).
nǐ shì nǎ guó rén
你 是 哪 國 人？
wǒ shì
我 是 。。。
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