4/24
T-1 Vocabulary
1. 坐(zuò) : to sit/ride (2 people sit on the bleacher)
2. 开(kāi) : to operate/drive (Kailan is driving a car)
3. 车(chē) : car, vehicle (Churchill’s vehicle)
4. 开(kāi) 车(chē): to drive a car
5. 坐车: to ride on a vehicle
6. 火(huǒ) : fire
7. 火(huǒ) 车(chē) : train
8. 开火车: to operate a train
9. 公(gōng)车(chē): public bus (grumpy old man takes the bus)
10. 校(xiào) 车(chē) : school bus
11. 出(chū) 租(zū) 车(chē): taxi (Choose to take taxi)
12. 飞(fēi) : to fly (Fey likes to fly)
13. 机(jī) : machine, machinery (Jeep is a machine)
14. 飞(fēi) 机(jī) : airplane (a flying machine)
15. 坐飞机: to fly by plane
16. 船(chuán) : boat (pimple face with mouth is on the boat)
17. 坐船: to ride a boat
18. 自(zì) 行(xíng)车 : bicycles
19. 走 (zǒu): to walk (Zorro is walking)
20. 走 (zǒu) 路 (lù): to walk, by foot
21. 地(dì) ground (little brother fell on the ground)
22. 铁(tiě) iron, metal (taste of iron)
23. 地铁: subway
24. 坐地铁:to ride a subway
25. 去: to go to
26. 来(lái) : to come to
27. 怎(zěn)么: how
Grammar: How do you get there (a place)?
Q:你怎(zěn)么(me)去(qù) ( name of the place)？
A: 我 +(means of transportation) +去 + (a place).
Quiz: next double day 4/26
https://quizlet.com/82846710/1-transportation-vocab-with-pinyin-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/8629993/1-transportation-vocab-l1-flash-cards/
4/25
1. Take quiz
2. T-2 Grammar
For present tense:
EX 1:
Q: How do you get to NYC? : 你怎么去纽约市？
A: I will get there by train.: 我坐火车去纽约市。
EX 2:
Q: How do you get here my (house)? : 你怎么来我家？
A: I will get here by bike.: 我骑自行车来你家。
For Past Tense:
Person + 是 (means of transportation) 去的。
EX.
Q: How did you get to China?: 你是怎么去的中国？
A: I got there by plane: 我是坐飞机去的中国。
Person + 是 (means of transportation) 来的。
EX:
Q: How did you get here?: 你是怎么来的？
A: I got here by walking: 我是走路来的。
4/28
3. T-3 Translate the sentences into English:
(Do any 10 of these sentences)
1. 你每天怎么去学校？
2. 我每天坐校车去学校。
3. 你妈妈怎么去上班？
4. 我妈妈坐火车去上班。
5. 你哥哥怎么去大学上课？
6. 我哥哥开车去大学上课。
7. 你爸爸是怎么去的日本？
8. 我爸爸是坐飞机去的日本。
9. 你们明天怎么去纽约市？
10. 我们明天坐出租车去纽约市。
11. 你昨天是怎么去的你的朋友的家？
12. 我是骑自行车去的我的朋友的家。
13. 你明年怎么去日本？
14. 我明年坐船去日本。
15. 你姐姐怎么上街？
16. 我姐姐坐地铁上街。
17. 中国人怎么上班？
18. 中国人坐公车上班。
19. 你明天怎么来我家？
20. 我明天走路去你家。
http://quizlet.com/8675379/2-transportation-sentences-flash-cards/
5/1
T-4 Translation and Typing:
(Do any 10 of these sentences)
1. How does your little brother get to school every day?
2. He sometimes rides school bus to go to school
3. How does your friend get to work?
4. My mom takes the bus to go to work.
5. How does your older sister get to college?
6. My older brother drives to work.
7. How did your dad get to Japan last year?
8. My dad took the boat to Japan last year.
9. How will you guys get to school tomorrow?
10. My friend and I will drive us to school.
11. How did you get to your friend’s house yesterday?
12. My little brother rides the bike to his friend’s house.
13. How are you going to get to England next year?
14. I will fly to Japan next year.
15. How will your older sister go to the mountain?
16. My older sister will take the cab to go shopping.
17. How do Chinese people go to work?
18. Chinese people go to work by bikes.
19. How are you going to get to my house tomorrow?
20. I will run to your house tomorrow.
New vocab: “by train, airplane, bicycle, horse, motorcycle, washroom, cell phone”
Learn different words for “to ride” – to ride a bike and to ride a bus.
Understand the patterns of how Chinese words are built
Learn transportation related words like “car, to drive, bus, to sit/ride, subway”
Ask questions like “Do you know how to drive?” and “What kind of car do you drive?”
Make sentences like “I like to drive” and “I go to work by bus every day”
Review different transportation words: “work, school car, every day”
Learn the pattern for “go to/get off work, go to/get off school, get in/get out of a car”
Use the Golden Rule to make the sentence “How do you go to work every day”