ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Section 3: One, two, three – your number’s up! Targets for this section My learning targets Done? 1 to know and use numbers in Mandarin from 1 to 10 2 to be able to give my age and ask someone for his/her age 3 to be able to use telephone numbers in Mandarin 4 to be able to use house numbers in Mandarin 5 to be able to perform simple calculations in Mandarin When? TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 1 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Key words for this section Mandarin bā 八 sān 三 yī 一 wǔ 五 èr 二 nǐjǐsuì 你 幾 歳? wǒshísuì 我 十 歳。 jiē 街 guǎng chǎng 廣 場 dàjiē 大街 diàn huà 電 話 hàomǎ 號 碼 lǎoshi 老 師 2 English eight three one five two How old are you? (under 10) I am 10 years old. street square avenue telephone Mandarin liù 六 qī 七 sì 四 shí 十 jiǔ 九 nǐduōdà 你 多 大? tāliùsuì 他六 歳。 lù 路 xiàng 巷 tóng xué 同 學 yīsheng 醫 生 English six seven four ten nine How old are you? (over 10) He is 6 years old. road alley classmate doctor hù shi number teacher 護士 diàn gōng 電 工 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 nurse electrician ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.1 You will hear numbers between 1 and 10 in any order. Write them in the spaces below in figures as you hear them. Number Number A F B G C H D I E J My score TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 3 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.2 You will hear numbers between 1 and 10 in any order. This time they will be inside sentences. You don’t need to know what it all means: write the numbers down in the spaces below in figures as you hear them. Number Number A F B G C H D I E J My score Exercise 3.3 You will now hear six sets of three numbers in Mandarin. Check the sets below and circle the number that is not read out. Numbers Numbers Numbers A 2 4 6 8 C 7 5 1 3 E 10 9 1 7 B 3 9 1 2 D 6 9 3 10 F 4 5 8 6 4 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.4 You will hear six sets of four consecutive numbers (from 1 to 10) in Mandarin – write down only the last one of the four numbers you hear each time. Group of four Last number Group of four A D B E C F Last number My score TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 5 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.5 You will hear numbers between 1 and 10. As you hear them, write them into the grid on the left in figures. Then ten more numbers between 1 and 10 will be read out in a different order. Write them in the grid on the right. Number Number Number Number A F A F B G B G C H C H D I D I E J E J My score 6 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.6 Listen carefully to the recording. Six young children will tell you in Mandarin how old they are. Write their ages in the grid below. Speaker 1 2 3 4 5 6 Age My score TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 7 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.7 You will hear the phone numbers, A to F, of the top six restaurants in a Chinese town. See if you can spot them on the list from a directory printed below. When you hear the restaurant’s telephone number being read out, write the corresponding letter (A, B, C, etc) in the box beside it. The ‘Top Six’ Restaurants in BOCHUM Town 1 2 3 4 5 6 Restaurant Kaiser Princes Square, 8 43283012 Restaurant China Pekin Street, 4 33242329 Restaurant St George Main Street, 7 46113566 Restaurant China Sea Argyle Street, 9 44123343 Restaurant Silver Lantern King Street, 3 21415233 Restaurant Red Dragon Cathedral Square,10 25461154 Which restaurant has the following number in its address? A九 B八 C四 8 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.8 Now listen carefully as another five phone numbers are read out. Compare what is said with the incomplete telephone numbers listed below: then write in the missing figures. A 2 B 3 5 5 4 C D 4 8 1 2 5 6 E wǒ de diànhuà háo mǎ 我 的 電 話 號 碼 ?” My score TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 9 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.9 Listen to six people on the recording telling you where they live. Note down in the grid the number of their house. House number House number A D B E C F My score 10 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Exercise 3.10 Listen to six people telling you where they live. Note down in the grid the number of their house and write down in English the type of street they live in. Choose from road, alley, street, square, or avenue. House number Street type A B C D E F My score TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 11 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Mandarin spoken here! What age are you? Tell the teacher/lecturer your age in answer to the question above, using the information below, starting like this… wǒ suì 我 …… 歳 。 I am … years old. 12 12 6 10 19 14 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Where do you live? Tell your teacher/lecturer your address in answer to the question above, using the information below, starting like this… wǒ zhù zài 我 住 在 … I live in/at … zhōnghuá lùsìhào 中 華 路四 號 No. 4 Zhonghua Rd. xīmén dàjiē 西門 大街 wǔhào 五號 No. 5 Ximen Da Jie 1 2 nánkāijiēsān hào 南 開 街 三 號 No. 3 Nankai St. dōngyánglùqīhào 東 陽 路七 號 No. 7 Dongyang Rd 4 5 běilóngjiēèrhào 北 龍 街二號 No. 2 Beilong St. 3 tiānjīnlùshíhào 天 津路十 號 No. 10 Tianjin Rd 6 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 13 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! What’s your phone number? Tell your teacher/lecturer your phone number in answer to the question above, using the information below, starting like this… wǒ dediàn huà háo mǎ shì 我 的 電 話 號 碼 是 … My telephone number is … 14 2536775 4371864 6325984 1 2 3 3196247 5241273 4618683 4 5 6 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! Your teacher/lecturer will point to one of the people below. Imagine you are that person and the information is about you. How much of it could you tell your teacher? Start like this… wǒjiào 我 叫 … I am called … Name: Jian Wang Name: Marianne Lang Name: George Cain Age: 45 Age: 50 Age: 33 Address: 6 Dongmen Street Address: 4 King’s Road Address: 2 West Street Town: Shanghai Town: London Town: Glasgow Country: China Country: England Country: Scotland Nationality: Chinese Nationality: British Nationality: British Occupation: Doctor Occupation: Teacher Occupation: Electrician Telephone Number: 246 54209 Telephone Number: 376 2114 2 Telephone Number: 536 11230 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 15 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! My mini dictionary Mandarin yī 一 èr 二 sān 三 sì 四 wǔ 五 liù 六 one two three four five six qī 七 bā 八 jiǔ 九 shí 十 suì 歳 jǐsuì 幾歲 guó jiā 國 家 shēngrì 生 日 kuàilè 快 樂 zhíyè 職業 16 English seven eight nine ten years old How old? country birthday happy occupation Mandarin diànhuà 電 話 hàomǎ 號碼 jǐhào 幾號 lù 路 jiē 街 xiàng 巷 dàjiē 大街 guǎng chǎng 廣 場 zhù zài 住 在 bà ba 爸爸 mā ma 媽媽 gē ge 哥哥 jiě jie 姐 姐 dì di 弟弟 mèi mei 妹 妹 tóng xué 同 學 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 English telephone number Which number?/ What number? road street alley avenue square to live in dad Mum older brother older sister younger brother younger sister classmate ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! yīsheng 醫 生 xué sheng 學 生 lǎo shi 老 師 mìshu 秘書 doctor student teacher diàn gōng 電 工 hùshi 護士 shāng rén 商 人 electrician nurse businessman secretary TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008 17 ONE, TWO, THREE – YOUR NUMBER’S UP! 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 How old are you? I am (…….) years old. nǐduōdà 你 多 大? or nǐjǐsuì 你幾 歳 ? wǒ suì 我 (…...) 歳 。 Question Answer What is your telephone number? My telephone number is (……). nǐdediàn huà háo mǎjǐhào 你的 電 話 號 碼幾 號 ? wǒde diàn huà háo mǎ shì 我的 電 話 號 碼 是 … Question Answer Where do you live? I live in (street) (number). nǐ zhù zài nǎr 你 住 在 哪兒? wǒzhùzài jiē háo 我住 在 … 街 … 號。 18 TRADITIONAL MANDARIN (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2008