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Scope and Sequence
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Unit 1
Lesson 1:
Lesson 2:
Lesson 3:
Unit 13
Lesson 37:
Lesson 38:
Greetings & Introductions
Hello!
1
2
What Is Your Name?
How Old Are You?
8
14
Media & Technology
21
Science Exhibition
22
Shopping Online
32
Assessments
Unit 1:
Greetings & Introductions
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*Character Count Comparison
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Themes
Lesson Names
Lesson 1: Hello!
Themes
Language Points
Culture Points
Lesson 2: What Is Your Name?
• Greetings
• Handshaking and bowing
•
and
• Question word:
• Pronouns:
Lesson 4: What Is Your Nationality?
Unit 3:
Time and
Location
•
• Interrogative pronoun:
Culture Points
• Symbolism behind fruits
• Adverb of location:
•
• Adverb
• Chinese courtyard compounds
• The Chinese calendar
to indicate relative location
+ Verb
• Western chains in China
+ Verb = Adjective
or a new situation
Unit 5:
Physical
Attributes
to negate a sentence
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
• The role of food in Chinese Society
Lesson 13: Colors
• Omitting the noun
•
Lesson 14: Clothing
• Time words
•
• Measure words:
Lesson 15: Friends
•
• Reduplication of adjectives
to describe something of
•
high frequency
, meaning “together”
•
• Color symbolism in Chinese
cultures
• Country names
• Chinese families and relationships
•
•
•
Lesson 12: Eating Chinese Food
• Counting in Chinese
•
• Conjunction
•
Scope and Sequence
•
to indicate change
•
•
• Verb +
?
Lesson 6: How Many People Are In
Your Family?
Lesson 9: What Is inside the
Classroom?
iv
or
• Verb
• Measure word:
• Question word
Lesson 8: What Day Is It Today?
Lesson 11: I Am Hungry!
Volume 2
• Chinese names
• Hundred family surnames
Lesson 5: I Attend DaHua High
School
Lesson 7: Where Do You Live?
• Degree adverb:
•
• Conjunction:
versus
• Asking
•
•
•
Unit 2:
About Me
Lesson 10: What Do You Like to
Eat?
Unit 4: Food
?
Lesson 3: How Old Are You?
Language Points
• Pronouns:
• Question particle:
• Adverb:
Unit 1:
Greetings and
Introductions
Lesson Names
• The four treasures of study
Lesson 16: Sports
Lesson 17: Cute Pets
• Clothing and fashion in China
• Famous friendships
•
•
•
, meaning “even more”
, meaning “can”
, meaning “not too...”
•
•
, meaning “it”
, indicating “a number from one • Pets in China
• Sports in China
to nine”
Unit 6:
Preferences &
Abilities
•
•
, meaning “why”
meaning “because…,
therefore...”
Lesson 18: What Languages Can
You Speak?
•
as a preposition, meaning “to
(give)”
, meaning “if”
•
• , meaning “will”
• Languages in China
Scope and Sequence
v
Themes
Lesson Names
Lesson 19: Shopping
Lesson 20: My day
Unit 7:
Activities
Lesson 21: What Are They Doing?
Language Points
Culture Points
• [Verb] +
+ [Verb]
, meaning “how much/many”
•
, meaning “can”
• /
(
meaning “a bit
•(
more”
•
•
•
•
Themes
• Describing the manner of an
action with
Lesson 26: Class Schedules
• The life of students in China
and
, meaning “after”
, meaning “almost”
Language Points
Culture Points
Lesson 25: Back to School
• Shopping in China
, meaning “what time”
•
(zài) + [Verb]
• + [Location]+ [Verb]
• [Verb] + (lái) + [Verb] +
Lesson Names
Unit 9:
School
Lesson 27: Chinese Class
• Traditional martial arts
(qù)
•
•
• Indicating future actions with
• Indicating repeating actions with
• Home life in China
• Chinese views on education and
success
•
: “about to”
construction
• The
• Making comparisons with
with [verb] +
: “as long as”
•
Lesson 22: Today’s Weather
•
•
(
, meaning “how”
(
meaning “a bit”
• China’s varying climate
Lesson 28: Professions
or “somewhat”
•
•
• “Either… or…” questions:
meaning “more and more/less
and less”
, meaning “maybe” or
•
“might”
• to emphasize
Unit 8:
Weather &
Transportation
Lesson 23: Asking Directions
•
•
•
/
,
, meaning “toward”
•
•
• Using
“constantly” or “always”
• Feng Shui
meaning “to sit”
[do A], then [do B].”
meaning “both
•
[A] and [B]”
•
“really” or “very”
vi
(
distance
+ [number]
•
meaning “from
•
[A] to [B]”
Lesson 24: Trip to China
Scope and Sequence
professions
• Tourism in China
Lesson 29: Hobbies
with
Unit 10:
Professions
& Hobbies
• Traditional Chinese recreational
games
• Duration
•
•
Lesson 30: Sports Meet
• Using
sake of”, “in order to”
: “unfortunately…”
•
•
“not only… but also…”
•
•
: “so…”
• Parks and wellness
Scope and Sequence
vii
Themes
Lesson Names
Lesson 31: My Room
Language Points
Culture Points
•
+ Verb
• [Verb] +
Lesson 39: Grandpa’s Birthday
performed with
: “everywhere”
Lesson 33: Local Community
Lesson 34: Birthday Party
Lesson 35: Going to the Movies
Unit 12:
Social Events
Lesson 36: Dining Out
• Reduplicating verbs
• Using question words with
•
•
•
to
Lesson 40: Chinese Festivals
• Beijing’s Hutongs
Lesson 41: Nature
Unit 15:
Environment
Lesson 42: Environmental
Protection
•
• Chinese cinema and television
Lesson 43: Getting Sick
• Chinese dining etiquette
/
•
“the more… the
more…”
• Using
to anticipate multiple
responses
•
Unit 13:
Media &
Technology
•
viii
Unit 16:
Health
, meaning “as it happens” or
:
ongoing actions
to indicate a number/
• Using
Scope and Sequence
• Using “
to
• Using
• Using
voice
:
• [Name/pronoun] +
Showing someone’s location or
home
•
as “any”
• Using
emphasis
• Using
• Myths and legends
• The state of Chinese nature
to
to say “and so on”
•
or
“just now”
• Using
make”
, meaning “still” or “all the
•
same”
•
meaning “if…
then…”
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Four great inventions
“happen to”
Lesson 38: Shopping Online
:
• Using
• Asking a rhetorical question with
?
• Chinese zodiac
• Chinese holidays
• Visiting a Chinese person’s home
to emphasize, meaning
“indeed”
: “or”
•
with time phrases
• Using
• Using
to mean “for”
• Indicating an ongoing action with
•
• The campuses of Beida and
Qinghua
as a resultative complement
Culture Points
relevance to a certain topic
:
: “which?”
Language Points
•
Unit 14:
Holiday &
Celebrations
“both…and…”
•
Lesson Names
• Traditional Chinese homes
•
Lesson 32: School Campus
Unit 11: My
Surroundings
Themes
• Traditional markets
Lesson 44: Diet and Health
• Comparative sentence with
• Using
to
• Nutritional therapy
• Using
“otherwise”
• Using noun or measure word
Scope and Sequence
Themes
Lesson Names
Lesson 45: Watching a Performance
Unit 17:
History &
Culture
Lesson 46: Getting to Know China
Lesson 47: Summer Vacation
Unit 18:
Travel &
Geography
Language Points
? meaning “is that okay?/
Will that do?”
meaning “as
•
soon as A, then B”
Culture Points
•
• Multiple numbers to estimate
/
amounts, in the form
+ [measure word]
and
to make
• Using
potential complements
as a resultative
• Using
complement
•
•
“by means of”
“to become”
•
or
to intensify
• Using
adjectives or verbs
meaning “when the time
•
comes”
• Peking Opera
• Philosophy
•
• Summer Travels in China
- Greet and say goodbye to people
- Address people by their titles
Lesson 48: Travel Plans
A measure word for houses,
schools, hospitals, etc.
“need not” or “don’t have
•
to”
- Change statements into questions
•
• Terracotta Warriors and the Great
Wall
- Recognize singular and plural forms of personal pronouns
- Express and respond to gratitude
- Use the courtesy expression
to ask questions
- Introduce yourself and others
- Exchange names using appropriate expressions
- Express pleasure upon meeting someone
- Ask and answer questions pertaining to age
- Count from 0 to 100
- Use
to express that something/someone has the same
characteristics
x
Scope and Sequence
nH hCo
LESSON 1: Hello!
nH hCo
nH hCo
你好！
你好！
tLngxuQ men hCo
同学们好！
zDijiDn
再 见！
zDijiDn
再见！
你好 !
Hello!
白玛丽 :
你好 !
Hello!
白玛丽 :
再见 !
Good-bye!
李大中 :
再见 !
Good-bye!
老师 :
同学们好 !
Hello, class!
同学们 :
老师好 !
Hello, teacher!
老师 :
同学们再见 !
Good-bye, class!
同学们 :
老师再见 !
Good-bye, teacher!
王小文 :
你好吗？
How are you?
白玛丽 :
我很好。谢谢 !
I'm very well, thank you.
白玛丽 :
再见 !
Good-bye!
王小文 :
再见 !
Good-bye!
hCo
lCoshF
老师
lCoshF
李大中 :
好！
zDijiDn
老师再 见 ！
tLngxuQ men
zDijiDn
同学们再见！
zDijiDn
nH hCo ma
再见！
你 好吗？
wM hRn hCo
xiSxie
我很好。谢谢！
zDijiDn
再见！
Lesson 1 · Hello!
3
LESSON VOCABULARY
1.
2.
SIMPLIFIED
你好
你
好
OPTIONAL VOCABULARY
TRADITIONAL PINYIN
DEFINITION
Hello
嗨
14.
早上好
PINYIN
DEFINITION
再见
to see, to meet
3.
同学
classmate, class (when
used by a teacher)
4.
们
5.
老师
6.
吗
7.
我
很
谢谢
9.
13.
you
再
见
8.
SIMPLIFIED TRADITIONAL
men
[used after a pronoun or
teacher
ma
I, me
very
thank you
REQUIRED VOCABULARY
4
10.
您
11.
不用谢
(不谢)
12.
不客气
Unit 1 · Greetings and Introductions
nín
you are welcome, don’t
you are welcome, not at
Lesson 1 · Hello!
5
LANGUAGE POINTS 1.4
LANGUAGE POINTS 1.1
In a sentence that describes a subject, the adjective appears directly after the subject
,你
Pronouns
我 and 你 are both very common pronouns. In Chinese, pronouns do not change based
on whether they are subjects or objects as English pronouns do. For example, 我 is used
regardless of whether you would see “I” and “me.” in an equivalent phrase in English ("I
look at you"/ 我看你 ; "you look at me" / 你看我 ).
我很好。
Although 很 literally means “very,” it is used so commonly that it does not necessarily
have the same strength as the English “very,” so it is often omitted in translation.
我很好。
你好。
I am well.
LANGUAGE POINTS 1.2
老师很好。
I am well.
LANGUAGE TIPS
们
pronoun or noun must refer to people. Note that unlike English, which lacks a standard plural
form for "you" (not counting regional phrases like "y' all"), Chinese can easily pluralize "you" by
adding 们 .
我们
很 usually
precedes the adjective.
we, us
你们
同学们
class, classmates
老师们
teachers
If two third tone characters appear together in a word or phrase, the pronunciation of
你+好(
+
)
Should be read as:
你好 (ní +
)
您 is used to show respect or politeness. It is normally used to address
LANGUAGE POINTS 1.3
Use
?
吗 is added to the end of a statement to change it to a question.
你好吗？
6
How are you?
Unit 1 · Greetings and Introductions
你们好吗？
How are you (all)?
Besides 你好
,嗨
Like “hi” in English, 嗨 is an informal greeting used between friends and
acquaintances. Another greeting word that is used often is 喂 (wèi), but it is used
喂 (wèi) before 你好 .
Lesson 1 · Hello!
7
jiDo
shQnme
mGngzi
LESSON 2: What Is Your Name?
jiDo WBng XiCowQn
jiDo shQnme
mGngzi
李大中： 请 问， 你 叫 什 么 名
字?
qHngwSn
jiDo shQnme
mGngzi
qHngwSn
tA xIng
shQnme
jiDo shQnme
王小文： 我 叫 王 小 文。 你 叫
什么名字 ?
mGngzi
jiDo LH
hRn gAoxIng
tA
xIng BBi
tA
jiDo BBi
jiDo shQnme
DDwSi
mGngzi
李大中： 我 叫 李 大 中。 很 高
兴认识你。
name?
name?
you.
DDzhKng
rSnshi
nH
tA jiDo BBi
MClI
李大中： 请 问， 他 姓 什 么，
叫什么名字 ?
王小文： 他姓白，叫白大卫。
她叫什么名字 ?
name?
李大中： 她叫白玛丽。
Lesson 2 · What Is Your Name?
9
OPTIONAL VOCABULARY
LESSON VOCABULARY
SIMPLIFIED
1
2
3
4
5
6
TRADITIONAL
请问
请
问
叫
什么
名字
很高兴
认识你
他
7
姓
8
她
PINYIN
SIMPLIFIED
DEFINITION
can you tell me?
12
TRADITIONAL
PINYIN
DEFINITION
白大卫
白
to request, to ask; please
to ask
call, to be called
大卫
what
name
13
玛丽
she, her
REQUIRED VOCABULARY
9
您贵姓
PROPER NOUNS
10
10
王小文
11
王
小文
李大中
李
大中
Unit 1 · Greetings and Introductions
Lesson 2 · What Is Your Name?
11
LANGUAGE POINTS 2.1
叫 means “to be called…” or “is named…” in this lesson. When followed by an object, 叫 is
used to present a full name or just a given name. 姓 is both a noun and a verb. While 叫 and
姓 are used in a similar fashion (i.e., appearing before the object), the key difference is that
姓
1.
我叫白玛丽。
2.
我姓李。
3.
老师姓王。
4.
我姓王，叫小文。
LANGUAGE POINTS 2.3
他 and 她
1.
她叫白玛丽。
2.
他叫白大卫。
LANGUAGE TIPS
LANGUAGE POINTS 2.2
什么 is a question word meaning "what." Question and answers have similar word order in
Chinese, so the question word usually appears around where the answer will appear in the
response. (i.e., “你姓什么？” “我姓白。”)
1.
12
你叫什么名字？
2.
她姓什么？
3.
他姓什么，叫什么？
Unit 1 · Greetings and Introductions
您 is the polite form of 你 and is used in formal settings to address
one’s seniors. Like 您 , 您贵姓 is a respectful and polite expression used to
ask for someone’s surname. It literally means, “What is your honorable surname?”
我姓 [surname], making sure to exclude
the 贵 .
Question:
Answer:
您贵姓？
我姓王。
Lesson 2 · What Is Your Name?
13
duK dD
LESSON 3: How Old Are You?
duK dD
shGsI
你多大？
我十四岁。
shG’Sr
李大中：
你多大 ?
白玛丽：
我十二岁。你呢 ?
李大中：
我十四岁。
白玛丽：
他多大 ?
李大中：
他十五岁。
白玛丽：
她多大 ?
李大中：
她也十五岁。
How old are you?
about you?
suI
我十
二岁。
ne
你呢？
I am 14 years old.
shGwW
他十五岁。
duK dD
他多 大 ？
shGwW
suI
她也十五岁。
duK dD
她 多大？
Lesson 3 · How Old Are You?
15
LESSON VOCABULARY
1
SIMPLIFIED
多大
TRADITIONAL PINYIN
DEFINITION
how old
多
2
3
大
十二
岁
呢
5
十四
十五
也
小
6
7
8
17
18
19
dà
twelve
20
21
岁
4
SIMPLIFIED
years old
ne
九
十
零（〇）
百
千
shí
DEFINITION
ten
zero
hundred
thousand
OPTIONAL VOCABULARY
22
fourteen
TRADITIONAL PINYIN
23
万
亿
wàn
ten thousand
also, too
REQUIRED VOCABULARY
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
16
一
二
三
四
五
六
七
八
Unit 1 · Greetings and Introductions
one
two
three
four
seven
Lesson 3 · How Old Are You?
17
LANGUAGE POINTS 3.3
LANGUAGE POINTS 3.1
多大 is a question word used to ask about age. When answering, connecting verbs do not need
to be included in the statement. Instead, the noun phrase, 岁 , is inserted after the subject.
While 你多大 is often used to inquire about ages greater than or equal ten, when addressing a
person under the age of ten, one usually asks for age using 你几岁
1.
A: 你多大？
subject of the sentence.
1.
A: 我十六岁，他呢？
他也十六岁。
A: How old are you?
2.
我十五岁。
2.
也 means “also” or “too.” In Chinese, the adverb 也 should be placed directly after the
A: 我姓白。
我也姓白。
A: 老师多大？
老师四十六岁。
3.
LANGUAGE TIPS
A: 玛丽多大？
玛丽十二岁。
4.
A: 你几岁？
A: How old are you?
我五岁。
LANGUAGE POINTS 3.2
(ne)?
呢 is a word placed at the end of the sentence to indicate a question with an implied context or
呢 appears after the subject in the sentence 你呢？ and means
“how about (you)?”
1.
A: 我十六岁，你呢？
我十五岁。
2.
A: 我叫王小文。你呢？
Counting in Chinese is quite straightforward. Once you learn the basic numbers and
counting unit words, along with a few rules, you can count up to very high numbers.
NUMBERS
CHINESE
PINYIN
DEFINITION
11
十一
19
十九
20
二十
two tens
22
二十二
two tens plus two
40
四十
four tens
80
八十
99
九十九
101
一百零一
ten plus one
one hundred plus one
我叫李大中。
18
Unit 1 · Greetings and Introductions
Lesson 3 · How Old Are You?
19
- Make a plan to go to an event with a friend
- Inquire for more information about an event and how to get tickets
- Describe an experience going to an event (what you saw and learned)
- Understand different types of exhibitions and what they involve
- Recognize critical information about an event from a poster or
dialogue
- Engage in a conversation about online activities
- Express and understand different types of price discounts and
coupons
- Identify the pros and cons of various shopping experiences
- Discuss personal preferences regarding shopping online vs. in store
- Describe preferences regarding different types of payment methods
LESSON 37: Science Exhibition
What are you looking at, Dazhong?
I am looking at a poster for a
science and technology exhibition.
There are several good exhibitions
next week.
Really? What exhibitions are there?
A lot! Look, there’s an electronics
fair, a space exhibition, and a
robotics competition!
Which exhibition do you want to
go see the most?
The electronics fair, of course. I
heard they are showing the latest
digital camera. There have been
a lot of reports about this camera
model lately, and I’ve been wanting
to check it out. Which one do you
want to see?
Lesson 37 · Science Exhibition
25
LESSON VOCABULARY
LESSON 37 (CONTINUED)
SIMPLIFIED
I want to see the robotics
competition. I’ve never seen a
robot before!
to be at the same place; we can
kill two birds with one stone and
see both.
Great! See, it says here that entry
is free for students on Mondays;
download a ticket. Let’s go
together, how does that sound?
TRADITIONAL PINYIN
DEFINITION
1
poster
2
quite a few
3
exhibition
4
electronic goods
goods, product
5
outer space
6
robot
machine
7
of course;
without a doubt
8
to exhibit
9
style, pattern
style, pattern
[a measure word
used for clothes,
shoes, electronic
goods etc.]
Sure, no problem!
10
digital camera
digital
camera
Chinese Science and Technology Museum
Photographer:
Provided by Microfoto
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Unit 13 · Media & Technology
11
on, about, concerning
12
news report; to report
(news)
13
straight; continuously
Lesson 37 · Science Exhibition
27
LANGUAGE POINTS 37.1
LESSON VOCABULARY (CONTINUED)
SIMPLIFIED
TRADITIONAL PINYIN
14
15
16
guò
DEFINITION
[completion of action]
at an opportune moment;
to accomplish two goals
with a single action;
“to kill two birds with
one stone”
17
free (of charge)
18
to enter a meeting place
or an exhibition
19
download
20
ticket
Using
to anticipate multiple responses
can be added to a question to indicate that more than one item is expected to be given
asks
she is expecting
to list
in the response. So, when
at least two exhibitions in his reply.
1.
What are the different nationalities of
the people in your class?
2.
What things are in the classroom?
3.
Which classes have you chosen?
4.
What hobbies do your friends have?
LANGUAGE POINTS 37.2
Expressing past experiences with
OPTIONAL VOCABULARY
before, as in
21
aviation exhibition
structure
28
Unit 13 · Media & Technology
is used to describe something that one has or hasn’t done or experienced
“I’ve ever been to China (before)”. When you use
, there is
with
, as in he
+ verb +
.
1.
I’ve been to China.
2.
My older sister has eaten Chinese
foodbefore.
3.
I haven’t seen that movie.
4. A:
A: Has your older brother ever studied
Spanish?
B:
B: No, my older brother hasn't studied
Spanish before.
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LANGUAGE POINTS 37.3
LANGUAGE TIPS
Meaning “as it happens”; “happen to”
We use
to express that something is a positive coincidence. It is similar to the English “as
it so happens…”.
1.
As it so happens, I know how to get to
the park. Let me take you there.
2.
Let’s go play baseball this weekend—
it’s going to be sunny.
3. A:
A: How about going for a swim
together tomorrow?
B:
can be added after certain types of nouns to build new words. It is short for
which means a kind of exhibition or fair. For instance:
B: Sure! I happen to have some free
time then.
4. A:
A: How about going to the bank
together?
B:
B: Sure, as it so happens, I also want to
go.
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LESSON 38: Online Shopping
homework?
Yes, I did. Right now I’m
downloading some software for
studying Chinese. What’s up?
I want to ask you for some help.
I’d like to buy a new watch, but
I don’t know where I can get one
that’s good quality but not too
expensive.
Have you bought things online
before? I happen to have a 30%
off coupon for a shopping
website. How about going online
and taking a look?
Great! Do you often shop
online?
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LESSON 38 (CONTINUED)
LESSON VOCABULARY
Sometimes. Now you can get
anything online, plus the prices
are often cheaper. It’s also really
convenient to compare prices
online, unlike in stores where you
have to go from one shop to the
next. What kinds of things do you
like to do online?
I mostly chat with friends;
sometimes I check the news or look
up information. I rarely buy things
online because you can’t see what
you’re buying. It makes me feel a
little uneasy when I can’t test out
what I’m going to buy.
Well, online shopping has its pros
and cons. Look, Dawei, this watch
looks really good and it’s on sale
for only 150 RMB.
Not bad. I like both the color and
the style. I’ll buy this one.
How do you want to pay?
I’ll use my credit card!
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SIMPLIFIED
TRADITIONAL PINYIN
DEFINITION
1
network; Internet
2
software
3
4
to be in the process of
[happening/doing
something]
to help do sth.;to give a
hand on sth.
to help
5
wristwatch
6
quality
7
website
8
9
to give a discount
10
price
11
to compare; to contrast
12
13
to walk leisurely,
to stroll
in most cases;
the greater part
14
news
15
to look up, to research
16
material, data
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LANGUAGE POINTS 38.1
LESSON VOCABULARY (CONTINUED)
SIMPLIFIED
TRADITIONAL PINYIN
DEFINITION
expressing ongoing actions
In Lesson 21 and the previous lesson,
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18
to try out
19
OK! [agreement]
20
each has advantages
and disadvantages;
both have pros and
cons
pros and cons
21
good-looking
22
to pay a sum of money
23
credit card
were used to indicate that an action is
This adds extra emphasis,
saying that someone is “right in the middle” of doing something, besides, we can also use
the pattern
1.
and
Chinese book.
2.
The teacher is painting right now.
3.
The kitten is sleeping at the moment.
4.
The older sister is right in the middle
5.
Dad is playing basketball at the
moment.
LANGUAGE POINTS 38.2
OPTIONAL VOCABULARY
Using
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social networking site
25
favorable
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was used in Lesson 20 to indicate that something happened later than expected. It can also
be used to show that the amount of something is smaller than one might expect; in this case, its
1.
59
evaluate; evaluation
2.
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to indicate a small number or amount
This pair of shorts looks great and it's
on sale; it's only 59 dollars.
this year.
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3.
The distance from my house to the
school is short; it only takes 10 minutes
to walk.
10
4.
That blue skirt is cheap—it’s only 80
dollars.
80
LANGUAGE TIPS
Homographs:
(biàn, pián)
is a homograph, which means it is a character than can be pronounced in
more than one way. In
(“cheap”), it is pronounced pián, whereas in
(“convenient”), it is pronounced biàn. Try reading the sentence
from the Lesson Text aloud to practice these variations.
Discounting in Chinese is done from the opposite perspective of discounting in
English:
for instance, means the discounted price is 70% of the original
price, whereas in English we would say that it is 30% off of the original price. If the
item on sale is labeled “
and it was originally $100, the sale price is then
$80 (since that's 80% of $100).
VS
In this lesson,
has appeared more than once, such as
and
In the phrase
plays a role of a measure word for watch;
,
on the other hand, is a noun means style or pattern. In
is a noun meaning
money or funds.
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Discovering Chinese Pro
Volume 1, Unit 1 (Lessons 1 – 3)
Listening Comprehension
1. Select the Pinyin heard in the audio recording.
1)
2) a.
3)
4) a.
5) a.
6) a.
7) a.
8)
9) a.
10)
2. In this section, you will listen to several listening selections. Listen carefully,
then answer the questions.
1)
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a.
1. Listen to the dialogue carefully, then introduce at least one of the characters based
on what you hear.
a.
2. Introduce yourself with a recording. Include the following:
1) A greeting
a.
1. Read the following reading selections carefully, and then answer the questions.
A
B
C
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a.
a.
A
B
8)
To whom is
a.
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2)
2. Choose the appropriate character missing from each space
a.
a.
1)
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2)
.
3)
4)
5)
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3.
the passage.
1. The following passages contain grammar errors. First identify the phrase containing
the error, and then rewrite the phrase correctly.
a)
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B
C
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