Unit title: 你家在哪儿 – Where do you live?
Area of interaction focus
Which area of interaction will be our focus?
Why have we chosen this?
Environment
• This AoI was chosen so that we can consider how the Chinese environment influences the types of homes and towns that people in China live in.
Significant concepts
What are the big ideas?
What do we want our students to retain for years into the future?
Our environment and culture has a strong influence on where and how we choose to live.
MYP unit question
What are the similarities and differences between Chinese and
English homes and towns?

1.
卧室
2.
浴室
3. 书房
4.
花园
5.
房子
6.
厨房
7. 客厅
8.
厕所
9.
饭厅
Match the picture to its Chinese translation – without your books!
G
H
B
D
C
E
F
A
D
G
B
H
E
C
F
I
A
I

比

bǐ
比
1.
X + 比 + Y + Adjective
2.
Don’t use 很！
3.
得多 / 多了

X + 比 + Y + Adjective
比
.
I am taller than my little brother.

X + 比 + Y + Adjective
比
.
The kitchen is bigger than the dining room.

X + 比 + Y + Adjective + 得多 / 多了
比
得多 .
My garden is much more beautiful than his garden.

X + 比 + Y + Adjective + 得多 / 多了
比
多了 .
Mum’s study is much smaller than
Dad’s study.

bǐ
比
比 is used to make comparisons. The structure is: x + 比 + y + Adj
There is no 很 in a comparison sentence but if we want to add emphasis we use
得多 or 多了 after the adjective.

比
Workbook – pg. 30, ex. 1
EXT: Using the same 比 structure, what other way can you say each sentence by changing the adjective.

比
1. Find a person who has the translation of your Chinese sentence and your English sentence –write their names down.
2. Once you have found the second person, write in your books a 比 sentence to describe how you compare to that person.
Some adjectives you might like to use ：
美丽 高 矮 好看 小
聪明 瘦 漂亮 大

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