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Section 6: In school – the happiest days!
學校－最愉快的日子
Targets for this section
My learning targets
1
to know the Mandarin names for common
school subjects
2
to be able to complete a school timetable in
Mandarin
3
to be able to say ‘I like’ or ‘I dislike’
things/activities
4
to be able to use minutes to/past, midday,
midnight
5
to be able to refer to specific locations
within the school building
Done?
When?
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Key words for this section
Mandarin
shēng wù xué
生
物 學
huà xué
化 學
zhōng wén
中
文
dé wén
德 文
yīng wén
英 文
dìlǐ
地理
fǎ wén
法 文
wǒbùxǐhuan
我不喜 歡
xuéxiào
學 校
lìshǐ
歷史
xiǎoxué
小 学
zhōngxué
中 學
2
English
biology
chemistry
Chinese
German
English
geography
French
I don’t like
school
history
primary school
secondary school
Mandarin
měishù
美 術
shùxué
數 學
kē jì
科 技
yīnyuè
音 樂
wù lǐ
物 理
zōngjiàojiàoyù
宗 教 教 育
tǐyù
體育
yùndòng
運 動
jìshù
技術
Or
láojì
勞技
xìjù
戲劇
jīngjì
經 濟
kēxué
科學
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English
art
mathematics
science and
technology
music
physics
religious
education
P.E.
sport
technology
drama
economics
Science
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jiāzhèng
家 政
xuéyuàn
學 院
dàxué
大學
diànnǎo
電 腦
xìnxījìshùzī
信 息技 術 資
xùnkējì
訊 科技
home economics
college
university
computer
information
technology (IT)
zhōngwǔ
中 午
wǔcānshíjiàn
午餐 時 間
jiào shì
教 室
shíyànshì
實 驗 室
yòuéryuán
幼 兒園
jìndàiyánjiū
近 代 研 究
noon
lunchtime
classroom
laboratory
nursery school
modern
studies
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Exercise 6.1
Listen as some people use five of the words below in sentences
in Mandarin. Just listen for the words and indicate in the grid
in which sentence which one was used.
For example:
wǒ shìlǎoshī
‘I am a teacher’ 我 是 老 師 。
No
Word
1
teacher
2
English
3
library
4
pencil
5
classroom
Used in…..
My score
4
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Exercise 6.2
Listen as some people tell you which type of school or college
they go to – primary, university etc. Write opposite the
person’s name the type of place they go to – in English.
Person
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
School/College
Hannah goes to a
hán nà
涵 娜
Marianne goes to a
mǎlìān
瑪麗安
Frazer goes to a
fēiz é
飛澤
Katie goes to a
kǎidì
凱蒂
Peter goes to a
bǐdé
彼德
Paul goes to a
bǎoluo
保 羅
Julie goes to a
zhūlì
珠麗
In school!
zàixuéxiào l ǐ
在学 校 里
My score
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Exercise 6.3
You will hear some young people speaking in Mandarin. In
each of the ten sentences they will mention a school subject.
Write down the name in English of each subject mentioned.
Subject
Subject
1
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
5
10
My score
6
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Exercise 6.4
You will hear ten sentences in which a pupil asks the way to a
subject classroom. Write into the grid below in English which
subject room each pupil is looking for.
Pupil
Is looking for … room
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
My score
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Exercise 6.5
You will now hear some directions to get to classrooms in a
school – just like directions to go to a building in a town. This
time it’s the 第一(1st)，第二(2nd) etc. room on the right or
left.
No
Room (1st, 2nd, etc)
Right or left?
1
2
3
4
5
My score
8
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Exercise 6.6
This is an exercise to remind you of times and days – write
down in the grid in English the days and times as you hear
them.
Day
Time
Day
1
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
5
10
Time
My score
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Exercise 6.7
You will hear Chinese pupils telling you the subjects they
either like or dislike. Write in the subject name in English after
each speaker with a tick (√) for ‘like’ or a cross (x) for
‘dislike’.
No
Subject
√ Like
X Dislike
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
My score
10
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Exercise 6.8
Listen carefully as eight different clock times are read out.
Draw the hands on each clock according to the time you hear.
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Exercise 6.9
This time you will hear a Chinese pupil telling you the subjects
he either likes or dislikes. Write the subjects he likes in the
left-hand column and those he doesn’t like in the right-hand
column.
lín xiǎo lóng
Lin Xiaolong 林 小
龍
Like
xǐhuan
喜歡
Dislike
bù xǐhuan
不 喜歡
Exercise 6.10
Take the passage below that describes how a pupil feels about school
and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
Hello! My name is
in
I am in
and I am
. I attend Oriental High School.
9A. In school I like
I also like
12
years old. I
. But I do not like
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Mandarin spoken here!
Tell the teacher/lecturer the subject(s) you like
according to the list below, starting like this
wǒxǐhuan
我喜 歡 …
wǒxǐhuan
I like… 我喜 歡 …
zhōngwén
中 文
yīngwén
英 文
jiāzhèng
家 政
shēngwùxué
生 物學
huàxué
化 學
měishù
美 術
Chinese
English
home economics
biology
chemistry
art
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Tell your teacher/lecturer you don’t like the subject(s)
wǒbùxǐhuan
below, saying 我不喜 歡 …
wǒbùxǐhuan
I don’t like … 我不喜 歡 …
geography
R.E.
maths
music
physics
drama
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dìlǐ
地理
zōngjiàojiàoyù
宗 教 教 育
shùxué
數 學
yīn yuè
音 樂
wù lǐ
物 理
xìjù
戲劇
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In which room …?
zài n ǎ gè jiào shì
在 哪 個 教 室？
Tell the teacher/lecturer in which room you have the
subjects shown below, according to the information
below, starting like this …
On ... I go to classroom number … for my … lesson
xīngqī
wǒdào
hàojiàoshìshàng
kè
星 期…，我到 …號 教 室 上 …课.
Day
Monday
xīngqīyī
星 期一
Tuesday
xīngqīèr
星 期二
Wednesday
xīngqīsān
星 期三
Thursday
xīngqīsì
星 期四
Friday
xīngqīwǔ
星 期五
Saturday
星期六
Subject
Classroom no.
French
10
History
3
Computing
12
Geography
7
English
9
Maths
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What time …?
jǐdiǎnzhong
幾點 鐘 ？
Tell the teacher/lecturer the day and time you have the
subjects indicated below, with information from the part
timetable underneath. Remember the hours of the day
fēn
diǎn diǎnzhong
are expressed by 點 or 點 鐘 and 分 ‘minute’ are
diǎn
placed after 點 .
… hour of the day … minutes
diǎn fēn
… 點 …分
Day
Subject
Time
Monday
German
8.45am
Tuesday
PE
9.35am
Mandarin
10.35am
Art
11.15am
English
1.10pm
Maths
2.20pm
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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On Monday at 8.35, I have …
xīng q ī y ī b ā diǎnsānshí w ǔ fēn w ǒ yǒu
kè
星 期一，八 點 三 十 五 分 ，我 有 。。。。課
Tell the teacher/lecturer the subject you have on the day
and time asked about, using the information from the
timetable below.
10.35
Monday
xīngq īy ī
星 期一
Tuesday
xīng q ī è r
星 期二
Wednesday
xīngq īsān
星 期三
11.15
Chinese
Physics
Biology
11.55
12.35
Maths
Art
Music
History
1.35
PE
Lunch
Drama
Chemistry
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My mini dictionary
Mandarin
yōuxiù
優 秀
lǐxiǎng
理 想
bù lǐxiǎng
不 理 想
hěnchà
很 差
jígé
bùjígé
及格 / 不及格
zuìxǐhuan
最 喜歡 /
zuìài
最愛
xǐhuan
喜歡
yùndòng
運 動
lánqiú
籃 球
gāoěrfūqiú
高 爾夫 球
qū gùn qiú
曲 棍 球
kōngjié
空 節
wǔxiū
午休
xiūxīshíjiàn
休 息時 間
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English
excellent
satisfactory
unsatisfactory
very
unsatisfactory
pass/fail
favourite
like
sport
basketball
golf
hockey
free period
lunch break
break, interval
Mandarin
kēmù
科目
kèchéngbiǎo
課 程 表
shēngwùxué
生 物學
huàxué
化 學
subject
timetable
biology
chemistry
電 腦課
computing
studies
yīngwén
英 文
English
diànnǎo k è
měishù
美 術
dìlǐ
地理
shùxué
數 學
fǎwén
法文
yīnyuè
音 樂
lìshǐ
歷史
wùlǐ
物理
jiāzhèng
家 政
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English
art
geography
mathematics
French
music
history
physics
home economics
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yòuéryuán
幼 兒園
xiǎoxué
小 學
gōnglìxuéxiào
公 立學 校
sīlìxuéxiào
私立 學 校
chūzhōng
初 中
zhōngxué
中 學
gāozhōng
高 中
xuéyuàn
學 院
bàn yè
半 夜
zhōngwǔ
中 午
shèjì
設計
gōngyì
工 藝
nursery school
primary school
state school
independent
school
junior high
school/middle
school
secondary
school
senior high
school
college
midnight
midday
design
craft
zōngjiàojiàoyù
宗 教 教 育
tǐyù
體育
kēxué
科學
jīngjì
經 濟
xìjù
戲劇
jìndàiyánjiū
近 代 研 究
chéngjìdān
成 績單
wǒ
我
yě
也
biànshì
便 士
líng
零
jìshù
技術
R.E.
P.E.
science
economics
drama
modern studies
report (card)
I/me
also
pence
zero
technology
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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!
Brackets like this (word) mean the word can be missed out.
Question
Answer
Do you like (----)?
I like (---------).
nǐxǐhuan
ma
你喜 歡 。。。嗎？
wǒxǐhuan
我喜 歡 。。。
I don’t like (-------).
wǒbùxǐhuan
我不喜 歡 。。。
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