In this chapter 7, there will be five exercises and you will study about 42 vocabularies with the pinyin and also the meaning.
Exercise 1: 小姐，您去哪儿？ Xiǎojiě, Nín Qù Nǎ'er? (Mistress, Where Are You Going?)
In this part, you will read a conversation between and a girl and a taxi driver.| Mandarin | Pinyin | English | Vocabularies (13) |
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A 小姐，您去哪儿？ B 我去语言学院。 A 好。 B 师傅，请问现在几点？ A 差一刻八点。您会说汉语啊！ B 我会说一点儿汉语。我是学生，现在回学院上课。 A 你们几点上课？ B 八点上课。师傅，我们八点能到吗？ A 能到。您的汉语很好。 B 哪里，我的汉语不太好。您会不会说英语？ A 我不会说英语。我也喜欢外语，常常在家学点儿英语。 B 谁教你英语？ A 我孙女儿。 B 真有意思。她今年几岁？A 六岁。我的岁数太大了，学英语不容易。 B 您今年多大岁数？ A 我今年五十二。语言学院到了。现在差五分八点，您还有五分钟。 B 谢谢，给您钱。 A 您给我二十，找您五块四，OK？ B 您会说英语！ A 我也会点儿。拜拜！ B 拜拜. |
A xiǎojiě, nín qù nǎ'er? B wǒ qù yǔyán xuéyuàn. A hǎo. B shīfù, qǐngwèn xiànzài jǐ diǎn? A chà yīkè bā diǎn. Nín huì shuō hànyǔ a! B wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn er hànyǔ. Wǒ shì xuéshēng, xiànzài huí xuéyuàn shàngkè. A nǐmen jǐ diǎn shàngkè? B bā diǎn shàngkè. Shīfù, wǒmen bā diǎn néng dào ma? A néng dào. Nín de hànyǔ hěn hǎo. B nǎlǐ, wǒ de hànyǔ bù tài hǎo. Nín huì bù huì shuō yīngyǔ? A wǒ bù huì shuō yīngyǔ. Wǒ yě xǐhuān wàiyǔ, chángcháng zàijiā xué diǎn er yīngyǔ. B shuí jiào nǐ yīngyǔ? A wǒ sūn nǚ'ér. B zhēn yǒuyìsi. Tā jīnnián jǐ suì? A liù suì. Wǒ de suìshu tài dàle, xué yīngyǔ bù róngyì. B nín jīnnián duōdà suìshu? A wǒ jīnnián wǔshí'èr. Yǔyán xuéyuàn dàole. Xiànzài chà wǔ fēn bā diǎn, nín hái yǒu wǔ fēnzhōng. B xièxiè, gěi nín qián. A nín gěi wǒ èrshí, zhǎo nín wǔ kuài sì,OK? B nín huì shuō yīngyǔ! A wǒ yě huì diǎn er. Bàibài! B bàibài |
A Mistress, where are you going? B I am going to a language college. A OK. B Master, what time is it now? A It's a quarter to eight. You can speak Chinese! B I can speak a little Chinese. I am a student and now I am going back to college to attend classes. A What time do you have class? B It’s at eight o'clock to attend the class. Master, can we arrive at eight o'clock? A Yes, we can. Your Chinese is very good. B No, my Chinese is not very good. Do you speak English? A I don't speak English. I also like foreign languages and often learn some English at home. B Who taught you English? A My granddaughter. B It is really interesting. How old is she? A six years old. I am too old and it is not easy to learn English. B How old are you this year? A I am fifty-two this year. The language academy has arrived. It's five minutes to eight and you have five minutes. B Thanks, I’ll give you the money. A You give me twenty, and I’ll give you five and four, okay? B You can speak English! A I can do it too a little. Bye-Bye! B Goodbye. |
Interjections 诶 éi Eh, Ei Names 梁祝 liángzhù Liangzhu Verbs 到 dào Arrive 找 zhǎo Give Money Change Nouns 点 diǎn Hour 差 chà Difference, Error 刻 kè Quarter 孙女儿 sūnnǚ'ér Female Grandchildren 女儿 nǚ'ér Daughter 岁数 suìshu Age Adverbs 哪里 nǎlǐ (Humble Expression When Being Praised) 拜拜 bàibài Bye Bye Prepositions 到 dào Until, To |
Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; Jerry Schmidt, New Practical Chinese Reader 1: Textbook: Chapter 1 (China: Canadian Consulting Group). 150-151.
Exercise 2: 陈老师，马大为今天不能来上课. Chén Lǎoshī, Mǎ Dàwéi Jīntiān Bùnéng Lái Shàngkè (Teacher Chen, Ma Dawei Cannot Come to Class Today.)
In this part, Ma Dawei's friend who is talking to teacher Chen 陈 to say that Ma Dawei 马大为 cannot come to the class today.| Mandarin | Pinyin | English | Vocabularies (7) |
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A 陈老师，马大为今天不能来上课. B 他为什么不能来上课？ A 昨天是星期日，他上午去商场买东西，下午去朋友家玩儿。他晚上十一点半回学院，十二点写汉字，两点钟睡觉。现在还没有起床。 B 他应该来上课。 A 老师，我能不能问您一个问题？ B 可以。 A 我们为什么八点上课？ |
A chén lǎoshī, mǎ dà wéi jīntiān bùnéng lái shàngkè! B tā wèishéme bùnéng lái shàngkè? A zuótiān shì xīngqírì, tā shàngwǔ qù shāngchǎng mǎi dōngxī, xiàwǔ qù péngyǒu jiā wán er. Tā wǎnshàng shíyī diǎn bàn huí xuéyuàn, shí'èr diǎn xiě hànzì, liǎng diǎn zhōng shuìjiào. Xiànzài hái méiyǒu qǐchuáng. B tā yīnggāi lái shàngkè. A lǎoshī, wǒ néng bùnéng wèn nín yīgè wèntí? B kěyǐ. A wǒmen wèishéme bā diǎn shàngkè? |
A Teacher Chen, Ma Dawei cannot come to class today. B Why can't he come to class? A Yesterday was Sunday. He went to the mall to buy things in the morning and went to a friend's house to play in the afternoon. He went back to the college at 11:30 in the evening, wrote Chinese characters at 12 o'clock, and went to bed at 2 o'clock. And he hasn't gotten up yet. B He should come to class. A Teacher, can I ask you a question? B Yes. A Why do we have class at eight o'clock? |
Verbs 写 xiě Write 睡觉 shuìjiào Sleep 起床 qǐchuáng Get Up 应该 yīnggāi Should Nouns 汉字 hànzì Chinese Character 钟 zhōng Hour, Bell, Gong 问题 wèntí Question |
Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; Jerry Schmidt, New Practical Chinese Reader 1: Textbook: Chapter 1 (China: Canadian Consulting Group). 152-153.
Exercise 3: 星期日林娜到一个英国朋友家玩儿。星期一八点她有课、Xīngqírì línnà dào yīgè yīngguó péngyǒu jiā wán er. (Linna went to a British friend's house to play on Sunday)
In this part, you will read a story about Linna 林娜 who is going to her friend's house on Sunday.| Mandarin | Pinyin | English | Vocabularies (3) |
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星期日林娜到一个英国朋友家玩儿。星期一八点她有课、七点三刻她打的回学院上课。这个司机今年五十二岁、他有一个孙女儿、今年六岁。他说林娜的汉语很好。他也喜欢外语、现在跟他孙女儿学英语。他们差五分八点到学院。 马大为星期天很忙。他上午去商场买东西、下午去朋友家玩儿、晚上很晚回学院。他十二点写汉字、两点钟睡觉。星期一八点上课、他八点十分还没有起床。陈老师很不高兴、她问丁力波：马大为在哪儿？丁力波说马大为现在还没有起床、他不能来上课。 |
Xīngqírì línnà dào yīgè yīngguó péngyǒu jiā wán er. Xīngqí yībā diǎn tā yǒu kè, qī diǎn sān kè tā dǎdi huí xuéyuàn shàngkè. Zhège sījī jīnnián wǔshí'èr suì, tā yǒu yīgè sūn nǚ'ér, jīnnián liù suì. Tā shuō línnà de hànyǔ hěn hǎo. Tā yě xǐhuān wàiyǔ, xiànzài gēn tā sūn nǚ'ér xué yīngyǔ. Tāmen chà wǔ fēn bā diǎn dào xuéyuàn. Mǎ dà wéi xīngqítiān hěn máng. Tā shàngwǔ qù shāngchǎng mǎi dōngxī, xiàwǔ qù péngyǒu jiā wán er, wǎnshàng hěn wǎn huí xuéyuàn. Tā shí'èr diǎn xiě hànzì, liǎng diǎn zhōng shuìjiào. Xīngqí yībā diǎn shàngkè, tā bā diǎn shí fēn hái méiyǒu qǐchuáng. Chén lǎoshī hěn bù gāoxìng, tā wèn dīnglì bō: Mǎ dà wéi zài nǎ'er? Dīnglì bō shuō mǎ dà wéi xiànzài hái méiyǒu qǐchuáng, tā bùnéng lái shàngkè. |
Linna went to a British friend's house to play on Sunday. She had class at eight o'clock on Monday, and she rushed back to the college for class at a quarter past seven. The driver is fifty-two years old and has a granddaughter who is six years old. He said Linna’s Chinese was very good. He also likes foreign languages and is now learning English with his granddaughter. They arrived at the academy five minutes before eight. Ma Dawei was very busy on Sunday. He went to the mall to buy things in the morning, went to a friend's house to play in the afternoon, and returned to the college late in the evening. He writes Chinese characters at twelve o'clock and goes to bed at two o'clock. Class starts at 8 o'clock on Monday, and he hasn't gotten up yet at 8:10. Teacher Chen was very unhappy. She asked Ding Libo: Where is Ma Dawei? Ding Libo said that Ma Dawei hadn't gotten up yet and he couldn't come to class. |
Verbs 打的 dǎdi Order Taxi Nouns 课 kè Class, Lesson 司机 sījī Driver 星期一 xīngqíyī Monday 分 fēn Minute |
Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; Jerry Schmidt, New Practical Chinese Reader 1: Textbook: Chapter 1 (China: Canadian Consulting Group). 159.
Exercise 4: 今天下午你有课吗？ Jīntiān Xiàwǔ Nǐ Yǒu Kè Ma? (Do You Have Classes This Afternoon?)
In this part, you will read a conversation between two persons who are planning to watch movie in the evening.| Mandarin | Pinyin | English | Vocabularies (8) |
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A 今天下午你有课吗？ B 有，下午我有两个钟头的课。 A 你几点钟下课？ B 三点半。 A 我也是三点半下课。听说有一个电影不错，我们一起去看，好不好？ B 好啊！电影是几点钟的？ A 五点一刻。我想下了课马上就去买票。 B 那么，我在三点四十五分在学校门口等你，好不好？ A 好啊！下午见。 |
A jīntiān xiàwǔ nǐ yǒu kè ma? B yǒu, xiàwǔ wǒ yǒu liǎng gè zhōngtóu de kè. A nǐ jǐ diǎn zhōng xiàkè? B sān diǎn bàn. A wǒ yěshì sān diǎn bàn xiàkè. Tīng shuō yǒu yīgè diànyǐng bùcuò, wǒmen yīqǐ qù kàn, hǎobù hǎo? B hǎo a! Diànyǐng shì jǐ diǎn zhōng de? A wǔ diǎn yī kè. Wǒ xiǎng xiàle kè mǎshàng jiù qù mǎi piào. B nàme, wǒ zài sān diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn zài xuéxiào ménkǒu děng nǐ, hǎobù hǎo? A hǎo a! Xiàwǔ jiàn. |
A Do you have classes this afternoon? B Yes, I have two hours of class in the afternoon. A What time do you finish class? B Half past three. A I also finish class at half past three. I heard there’s a good movie. Let’s go watch it together, okay? B OK! What time is the movie? A A quarter past five. I want to buy tickets right after class. B Then, I'll wait for you at the school gate at three forty-five, okay? A OK! See you in the afternoon. |
Verbs 下课 xiàkè Finish Class 等 děng Wait Nouns 钟头 zhōngtóu Hour 门口 ménkǒu Gate 门 mén Door Adjectives 累 lèi Tired Adverbs 一起 yīqǐ Together 马上 mǎshàng Soon, Immediately |
Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; National Taiwan Normal University. Practical Audio-Visual Chinese: Chapter 1 (Taiwan: Tsai Fong Books, 2008), 211.
Exercise 5: 您好。今天玩儿得好吧？ Nínhǎo. Jīntiān Wáner Dé Hǎo Ba? (Hello. Did you have a good time today?)
In this part, you will read a conversation about a person who is talking to the hotel receptionist.| Mandarin | Pinyin | English | Vocabularies (11) |
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A 您好。今天玩儿得好吧？ B 很好。可是太累了 。现在几点钟了？ A 已经十点过七分了。明天早上要叫您起床吗？ B 要。请您差五分七点就叫我。 A 您在房间吃早饭吗？ B 不，我七点半到楼下来吃早饭。吃了早饭就到火车站去。 A 您坐几点钟的火车？ B 我坐八点二十分的火车。 A 票已经买了吗？ B 已经买了。 A 那，一定没问题。明天见。 B 明天见。 |
A nín hǎo. Jīntiān wán er dé hǎo ba? B hěn hǎo. Kěshì tài lèile. Xiànzài jǐ diǎn zhōngle? A yǐjīng shí diǎnguò qī fēnle. Míngtiān zǎoshang yào jiào nín qǐchuáng ma? B yào. Qǐng nín chà wǔ fēn qī diǎn jiù jiào wǒ. A nín zài fángjiān chī zǎofàn ma? B bù, wǒ qī diǎn bàn dào lóu xiàlái chī zǎofàn. Chīle zǎofàn jiù dào huǒchē zhàn qù. A nín zuò jǐ diǎn zhōng de huǒchē? B wǒ zuò bā diǎn èrshí fēn de huǒchē. A piào yǐjīng mǎile ma? B yǐjīng mǎile. A nà, yīdìng méi wèntí. Míngtiān jiàn. B míngtiān jiàn. |
A Hello. Did you have a good time today? B Very good. But I am too tired. What time is it? A It's seven past ten. Do I need to wake you up tomorrow morning? B Yes. Please call me at five minutes to seven. A Do you have breakfast in your room? B No, I'll go downstairs for breakfast at half past seven. After breakfast, we went to the train station. A What time does your train take? B I’ll take the eight-twenty train. A Have you bought ticket? B I’ve already bought it. A Then, it must be no problem. See you tomorrow. B See you tomorrow. |
Verbs 过 guò Cross, Pass Nouns 早上 zǎoshang Morning 房间 fángjiān Room 早饭 zǎofàn Breakfast 火车 huǒchē Train 火车站 huǒchēzhàn Train Station Adjectives 累 lèi Tired Adverbs 已经 yǐjīng Already 就 jiù Immediately, Directly 那 nà Therefore Prepositions 下xià Under |
Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; National Taiwan Normal University. Practical Audio-Visual Chinese: Chapter 1 (Taiwan: Tsai Fong Books, 2008), 212.
Congratulations! In this chapter 8, you have learned at least 44 vocabularies and if you combine it from the previous lesson, you have learned at least 399 vocabularies. Keep up your hard work to go to the next level.
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