WHAT TIME AND HOW MUCH? TIME IS MONEY!
Section 4: What time and how much?
Time is money!
Targets for this section
My learning targets
Done?
1
to know and use the numbers in Mandarin
from 11 to 100
2
to be able to use prices in Mandarin
3
to be able to use dates in Mandarin
4
to be able to use times in Mandarin
5
to be able to perform simple calculations in
Mandarin
When?
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Key words for this section
Mandarin
bāshí
八十
sìyuè
四月
bāyuè
八月
shíèryuè
十二月
xīngqī èr
星 期二
xīngqī sì
星 期四
wǎn shang
晚
上
English
eighty
April
August
Tuesday
Thursday
evening
10 RMB cents
(colloquial)
kuài
塊
xīngqī wǔ
星 期五
bǎi
百
RMB dollar
(colloquial)
2
wǔyuè
五月
fēn
分
xīngqīliù
星 期六
bàng
December
máo
毛
diǎn
點
Mandarin
Friday
hundred
o’clock
鎊
jiǔ shí
九 十
shíyīyuè
十一月
liǎng
兩
xīngqī rì
星 期日
xīngqītiān
星 期 天
jiǔyuè
九 月
jǐyuèjǐ rì
幾 月 幾日
nián
年
xiàn zài jǐdiǎn
現 在 幾 點
？
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English
May
minute/cent
Saturday
pound
(sterling)
ninety
November
two (+MW)
Sunday
September
What date?
year
What time is
it?
WHAT TIME AND HOW MUCH? TIME IS MONEY!
qīyuè
七月
biàn shì
便 士
shàngwǔ
上 午
July
Penny/pence
morning
bàn
半
duō shǎo qián
多 少
錢 ？
xiàwǔ
下午
half
How much?
afternoon
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Exercise 4.1
You will hear numbers between 11 and 50 in any order. Simply
write them 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
4
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Exercise 4.2
You will hear numbers between 51 and 80 in any order. Simply
write them 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
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Exercise 4.3
You will hear the numbers between 81 and 100 in any order.
Simply write them 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
6
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Exercise 4.4
Listen as six sets of three numbers in Mandarin are read out to
you. Check the sets below and circle the number that is not
read out.
Numbers
Numbers
Numbers
A
71 72 73
B
80 81 83 84
C
92 93 94 95
D
74 77 78 79
E
89 90 91 92
F
97 98 99 100
My score
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Exercise 4.5
Here are five doors on Nanjing Road. The postman will call at
four of them: the four numbers will be read out. Put the letter
A, B, C or D below the four addresses mentioned.
88
90
92
94
96
My score
8
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Exercise 4.6
You will hear six sets of four consecutive numbers in
Mandarin – write down the last number you hear in each set.
Group of four
Last number
Group of four
A
D
B
E
C
F
Last number
My score
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Exercise 4.7
Listen to the Mandarin for the prices on the tags, which will be
read out to you. Put the letter that corresponds to the price in
the box below each tag.
£88.90
¥67.20
¥35.80
£66.20
£14.86
¥55.50
£15.40
My score
10
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Exercise 4.8
Listen carefully as seven different times will be read out to you
in Mandarin: Mark (1–7) in the boxes below to confirm the
corresponding time that you hear.
4.10
5.20pm
9.05
1.35
A
B
C
D
2.40pm
5.30
11.07
E
F
G
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Exercise 4.9
Listen carefully as some dates are read out to you. Complete
the dates in English in the boxes below. Write in the missing
words for what you hear.
1
July
Tuesday
2
3
20 April
Wednesday 12
4
5
19
Saturday
6
August
7
8
My score
12
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Mandarin spoken here!
What time is it?
xiàn zàijǐdiǎn
現 在幾 點 ？
Tell the teacher/lecturer the time in answer to the
question above. Use the information below.
shàngwǔ
上 午
(morning)
diǎn
點
(o’clock)
fēn
分
(minute)
xiàwǔ
下午
(afternoon)
diǎn
點
(o’clock)
fēn
分
(minute)
wǎnshang
晚上
(evening)
diǎn
點
(o’clock)
fēn
分
(minute)
3.20
10.17
8.35
15.27
21.40
23.00
1
2
3
4
5
6
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Your birthday is on …?
nǐde shēngrì shì
你的 生 日 是 …?
Tell your teacher/lecturer the date in answer to the
question above. Use the information below, starting like
this…
wǒdeshēngrìshì
我的 生 日 是 …
Tuesday
10 July
Thursday
19 May
Wednesday
1 January
2
3
1
Monday
23 June
Saturday
21 August
Friday 28
February
5
6
4
How much is that?
duō shǎo qián
多 少
錢 ?
Tell your teacher/lecturer the price in answer to the
question above, using the information on the card
indicated, starting like this…
bàng
biànshì
… 鎊 … 便士
£12.35
£10.00
£50.10
£33.56
£22.60
£35.00
1
2
3
4
5
6
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Imagine you are the person in the picture and the
information is about you. How much of it could you tell your
teacher/lecturer, following the conversation on the left?
T/L: Hi!
You:
T/L: How are you?
Monday
21 May
You:
T/L: What’s your name?
9:05am
You:
T/L: How old are you?
You:
T/L: What’s your address?
You:
T/L: Where do you live? (town)
You:
T/L: Where do you live? (country)
You:
T/L: and your nationality?
Name: Meiling Wang
You:
Age: 25
T/L: What’s your phone number?
You:
Address: 21 Pingchang
Street
T/L: and what’s your job?
City: Beijing
You:
Country: China
T/L: What time is it?
You:
Nationality: Chinese
T/L: What date is it?
Telephone: 2548 3297
You:
T/L: Goodbye.
You:
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My mini dictionary
Mandarin
yīyuè
一月
èryuè
二月
sān yuè
三 月
sìyuè
四月
wǔyuè
五月
liùyuè
六 月
qīyuè
七月
bāyuè
八月
jiǔ yuè
九 月
shí yuè
十 月
shíyīyuè
十一月
shíèryuè
十二月
yī rì yīhào
一日/ 一 號
èr rì èrhào
二日/ 二 號
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English
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1st (of the
month)
2nd (of the
month)
Mandarin
English
bàng
鎊
biàn shì
便 士
kuài
塊
máo
毛
duō shǎo qián
多 少
錢
shénmeshíhòu
甚 麼時 候
jǐdiǎn
幾 點
jǐyuèjǐhào
幾月幾號
guójí
國籍
zhùzhǐ
住 址
diǎn
點
bàn
半
fēn
分
xīngqī yī
星 期一
pounds
(sterling)
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pence/penny
RMB dollar
(colloquial)
10 RMB cents
(colloquial)
How much?
When?
What time?
Which date?
nationality
address
o’clock
half
minute
Monday
WHAT TIME AND HOW MUCH? TIME IS MONEY!
shírì shíhào
十 日/ 十 號
èrshíwǔ rì
二 十 五日/
èrshíwǔhào
二十五號
nián
年
yuè
月
rì
日
xīngqī jǐ
星 期幾
10th (of the
month)
xīngqī èr
星 期二
Tuesday
25th (of the
month)
xīngqīsān
星 期三
Wednesday
year
month
day
Which day?
xīngqī sì
星 期四
xīngqī wǔ
星 期五
xīngqīliù
星 期六
xīngqītiān
星 期 天
xīngqī rì
星 期日
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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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
nà ge duō shǎo qián
那 個 多 少
錢 ？
It costs (number) pounds,
(number) cents.
kuài
máo
… 塊 … 毛
Question
Answer
How much does that cost?
jǐdiǎnle
幾 點 了？
It’s (number) o’clock, (number)
minutes.
diǎn
fēn
… 點 … 分
Question
Answer
What time is it?
What date is it today?
jīn tiān jǐ yuè jǐ rì hào
今 天 幾 月 幾 日/ 號 ？
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It is (day) the (number) of
(month).
yuè
hào
… 月 … 號
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