Learning Objectives
In this lesson, you will learn to use Chinese to
• Say and write the terms for basic personal hobbies;
• Ask about someone’s hobbies;
• Ask friends out to see a movie;
• Set up plans for the weekend.
Relate and Get ready
In your own culture/community—
1. What are people’s favorite pastimes?
2. What do people usually do on weekends?
3-1 体育运动: Sports
1.做运动: do sports
2.打乒乓球: play Ping-Pong
3.打冰球: play ice hockey
4.打太极: do Taichi
5.打排球: play volleyball
6.打棒球: play baseball
7.打球: play ball with hands
8.打篮球: play basketball
9.打网球: play tennis
10.打高尔夫球: play golf
11.游泳: swim
12. 滑雪: ski
13. 滑冰: ice skate
14. 滑旱冰: roller skate
15.玩: to play
16.玩滑板: play skateboard
17.玩美式足球: play American football
18. 跳水: diving
19. 跳高: high jump
20. 跑步: run/jog
21.踢足球: play/kick soccer ball
22.锻(duàn)炼(liàn)身(shēn)体(tǐ): work out
23.长跑/马拉(lā)松(sōng): marathon
24. 骑车: ride a bike
25.骑马: horseback riding
3-2 业余爱好: leisure hobbies
1. 唱(chàng)歌(gē): singing
2. 跳(tiào)舞(wǔ): dancing
3. 看(kàn)电(diàn)视(shì): watching TV
4. 看(kàn)电(diàn)影(yǐng): watching movies
5. 看(kàn)书(shū)/读(dú)书(shū): reading
6. 听(tīng)音(yīn)乐(yuè): listen to music
7. 逛(guàng)街(jiē): window shopping
8. 购(gòu)物(wù): shopping
9. 画(huà)画(huà): drawing/painting
10. 上(shàng)网(wǎng): get on internet
11. 打(dǎ)麻(má)将(jiàng): play Mahjong
12. 旅(lǚ)游(yóu): travel
13. 看(kàn)球(qiú)赛(sài): watch ball games
14. 球(qiú)迷(mí): ball game fanatics
15. 下(xià)棋(qí): to play chess
16. 打(dǎ)球(qiú): play ball
17. 看(kàn)碟(dié)/看影碟(kànyǐngdié): to watch DVD movies
18. 登(dēng)山(shān)/爬(pá)山(shān): climb mountain
19. 上网(shàngwǎng)聊(liáo)天(tiān): chat online
20. 玩(wán)电(diàn)脑(nǎo)游(yóu)戏(xì): play computer game
3-3 New Expressions
1. 觉(jué)得(de): feel/think
2. 有(yǒu)意(yì)思(si)/有(yǒu)趣(qù): interesting
3. 没(méi)意(yì)思(si)/无(wú)聊(liáo) : boring
4. 好玩儿(hǎowáner): fun
5. 电话卡(diànhuàkǎ): telephone card
6. 外国(wàiguó): foreign countries
7. 只(zhī): only
8. 算了(suànle): forget it!/Never mind!
9. 找(zhǎo): look for/to find
10. 别(bié)（的(de)）:other
11. 别人(biérén): other people
12. 有(yǒu)的(de)时(shí)候(hòu)/有(yǒu)时(shí): sometimes
13. 想(xiǎng)+Actions: want to do……
14. 想(xiǎng)不(bù)想(xiǎng)……?: Do you want to……
15. 看(kàn)+ a person/place: to visit
16. 去(qù)+Verb: to do……
17. 那(nà)…… :then…..
18. 好吗(hǎoma)？/好不好(hǎobùhǎo)？: OK？
19. 对(duì): correct
20. 对不对(duìbuduì)/对吗(duìma)？: Is it right?
21. 除(chú)了(le)......以(yǐ)外(wài)......, 还(hái)...: Besides...... also……
22. 对(duì)......感(gǎn)兴(xìng)趣(qù) (/有(yǒu)兴(xìng)趣(qù)): is interested in...
23. 为(wèi)什(shén)么(me): why
24. 因(yīn)为(wéi)…所(suǒ)以(yǐ)…: ( because...therefore...)
3-4 Grammar
1. Word Order in Chinese
Subject (doer of the action) + (time, place, manner...) + Action (Verb + receiver of the action)
EX: Subj. Adverbial Verb Obj.
1. 王朋 周末/常常 听 音乐
2. 李友 明天 吃 中国菜
3. 高文中 昨天 下午五点半 去看 外国电影
*While this is the most common word order in a Chinese sentence, varying discourse contexts may affect the norm.
2. Affirmative + Negative (A-not-A) Questions (II)
In this type of question there can be no adverbials before the verb other than time words as in (1) and (2). If there is an adverbial—such as 很 ( very), 都(,all), or 常常 (often)—before the verb, the 吗 type question must be used instead, as in (3), (4), and (5). If there is more than one verb, the question form applies to the first verb, as seen in (6) and (7).
1. 你明天去不去？(Are you going tomorrow?)
2. 她今天晚上看不看电视？ (Is she going to watch TV tonight?)
3. 他们都是学生吗？(Are they all students?)
(3a) *他们都是不是学生？
4. 你常常看电影吗？(Do you often go to the movies?)
(4a) *你常常看不看电影？
5. 王医生很忙吗？ (Is Dr. Wang very busy?)
*You cannot say: (5a) 王医生很忙不忙？
6.你想不想跳舞？ (Do you want to dance?)
*You cannot say: (6a) 你想跳不跳舞？
7. 你的同学去不去打球？
*You cannot say: (7a) 你的同学去打不打球？
3. The Conjunction 那(么) then; in that case)
In a dialogue, immediately following a statement by speaker A, speaker B can often start with 那(么) which links up the sentences by the two speakers.
A: 今天晚上没事儿。 (We have nothing to do tonight.)
B: 那我们去看电影，怎么样？ (In that case, let’s go to see a movie. How’s that?)
A: 好，我请客。 (Okay, my treat!)
B: 是吗？太好了！(Really? Great!)
A: 我今天很忙，不想去吃晚饭。
(I’m very busy today. I don’t want to go to dinner.)
B: 那明天呢？(Then how about tomorrow?)
A: 你喜欢不喜欢吃美国菜？
(Do you like to eat American food or not?)
B: 不喜欢。(No, I don’t.)
A: 那我们吃中国菜，怎么样？
(Then let’s eat Chinese food. How’s that?)
B: 我也不喜欢。(I don’t like that either.)
4. 去 (qù, to go) + Action
If the performance of an action involves a change of location, then this is the construction we use.
1.明天晚上我们去看电影。(We are going to see a movie tomorrow night.)
2.晚上我不去跳舞。 (I will not go dancing tonight.)
3. 周末我去跳舞，你去不去？(I’ll go dancing this weekend. Are you going?)
5. Questions with 好吗 ?
To solicit someone’s opinion, we can ask 好吗 after stating an idea or suggestion.
1. 我们去看电影，好吗？(We’ll go see a movie, all right?)
2. 我们今天晚上吃中国菜，好吗？(We’ll eat Chinese food tonight, all right?) *You will also hear people say 好不好, instead of 好吗.
6. The Modal Verb 想 (want to; would like to)
想 has several meanings. In this lesson it is a modal verb indicating a desire to do something. It must be followed by a verb or a clause.
1. 你想听音乐吗？ (Would you like to listen to some music?)
2. 白老师想打球，可是王老师不想打。(Teacher Bai felt like playing ball, but Teacher Wang didn't.)
3. 你想不想看中国电影？(Do you feel like going to see a Chinese movie?)
4. 你想不想听外国音乐？(Do you feel like listening to some foreign music?)
想 vs. 喜欢
想can be translated as “would like to,” “to have a desire to.” 喜欢 is “to like,” meaning “be fond of.” 想 and 喜欢 are different, and are not interchangeable.
想 vs. 觉得 (juéde)
Both 想and 觉得 can be translated as “to think,” but the former means “to desire,” whereas the latter means “to feel,” “to have the opinion,” or “to give a comment.”
7. Verb + Object as a Detachable Compound
Even though 睡觉 (to sleep), 唱歌 (to sing), and 跳舞 (to
dance) are treated each as a word, grammatically speaking, they are all verb-object compounds. When there is an attributive element to modify the object, such as an adjective or a number-measure word combination, it must be inserted between the verb and the noun. Such a compound is called a
“detachable compound.” It is important to remember that a detachable compound does not take an object. Here are examples:
睡觉→ 睡一个好觉 (have a good sleep)
唱歌→ 唱英文歌 (sing an English song)
跳舞→ 跳中国舞 (do a Chinese dance)
In later lessons, you will see examples of other elements, like aspect markers, being inserted between the verb and the object in a detachable compound.
8. 为(wèi)什(shén)么(me): why
9. 因(yīn)为(wéi)…所(suǒ)以(yǐ)…: ( because...therefore...)
Let’s practice how to explain why you would or would not do something.
EX: 你为什么不去看电影?（很忙）:因为我很忙，所以我不去看电影。
1. 你为什么不去打球？（有事儿）:
2. 你为什么不去看外国电影？ （不喜欢）:
3. 你为什么星期五请我吃晚饭？ （你的生日）:
4. 你为什么不去 跳舞？ （不喜欢）:
5. 你为什么不听音乐？ （没有音乐）:
10. A familiar and affectionate way of addressing a young person is to add 小to the family name, e.g., 小王 (Little Wang). Similarly, to address an older acquaintance, 老 can be used with the surname, e.g., 老王 (Old Wang). However, such terms are rarely used to address a relative, or a superior.
11. 觉得 juéde v to feel; to think
*The position of negatives in Chinese is not always the same as their counterparts in English. An English speaker would say: “I don’t think going to the movies is a lot of fun,” but a Chinese speaker would say 我觉得看电影没有意思 which literally means, “I think going to the movies is not a lot of fun.”
12. 睡觉 : shuì jiào to sleep
* The character 觉 is pronounced in two different ways and has two different meanings: jué as in 觉得 (juéde, to feel) and jiào as in 睡觉 (shuì jiào, to sleep).
3-5 Language Practice
A. “What do you like to do on weekends?”
Find out what your classmates like to do on weekends:
A: 你周末喜欢做什么？
B: 我周末喜欢 。
Report to the class what your fellow students like to do on weekends. Be prepared to answer the teacher’s questions:
John 周末喜欢做什么？ John 喜欢不喜欢 看书？
他们喜欢跳舞。
B. 想 (would like to)
Ask your friend if he or she would like to do the following activities this weekend.
Example: → 你周末想不想打球？
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C. 有意思 (interesting)
Describe what activity each of the persons is or is not interested in.
Example: 打球 （小高）->小高觉得打球很有意思。
1. 跳舞（白医生）->
2. 听中国音乐（王律师）->
3. 看外国电影（李老师）->
4. 看英文书（王小姐）->
5. 看电视（高先生) ->
D. Pair Activity
Find out what your partner would like to do this weekend.
A: 这个周末你想做什么？
B: 这个周末我想…… 。
E. Find out if your partner feels like doing something else this weekend.
A: 你想…… 吗？ B: 我想/不想 。
What types of activities does your partner think are fun?
A: 你觉得（看电影、看书， etc.）有意思吗？
B: 我觉得 …… 很有意思/没有意思。
3-6 Translate:
1. 小高，好久不见，
2. 你好吗？
3. 我很好。你怎么样？
4. 我也不错。这个周末你想做什么？想不想去打球？
5. 打球？我不喜欢打球。
6. 那我们去看球，怎么样？
7. 看球？我觉得看球也没有意思。
8. 那你这个周末想做什么？
9. 我只想吃饭、睡觉。
10. 算了，我去找别人。
3-7 Role Playing
Make short movie scenes based on the following two dialogues in Chinese:
Dialogue I
Dialogue II
3-8 Culture Note 1
When Chinese people go out to eat with friends, they rarely split the check at the end of the meal. Usually, someone will insist on picking up the tab by saying:“今天我请客” It’s my treat today). The next time someone else will offer to pay. Often more than one person reaches for the bill and there might be a little struggle over who gets to pay.
In general, Chinese people don’t have the habit of getting a receipt after paying for a meal in a restaurant. But more and more people will ask for an invoice, 发票 (piào), for reimbursement purposes.
Culture Note 2
Playing mahjong 麻将 (májiàng) is one of the most popular pastimes for many Chinese people. The game needs four players and each mahjong set consists of 144 tiles. To win, the players have to draw various tiles to form different combinations, which have all been assigned scores based on pre-set rules. The more difficult the combination, the higher the score is. There are four games in each round, and the players can decide how many rounds they wish to play. Normally, people play either 8 or 12 rounds. Besides mahjong,
playing Chinese chess 象棋 (xiàngqí) is another popular pastime in China. The international chess has pieces such as king, queen, rook, knight, and pawn, whereas Chinese chess has commander in chief, general, chariots, horses, and soldiers. Both mahjong and Chinese chess go back centuries. Community centers and clubhouses in China often have a 棋牌室 (qípáishì) or chess and poker room where men and women, especially retirees, meet for chess and mahjong marathons. It is also common to find onlookers gathering around chess players in neighborhood parks.
This is how the mahjong tiles are set up before a new game begins. Each team of Chinese Chess pieces is identified by colors, typically black and red. They are set up as shown. You have learned the character/radical meaning “horse.” Can you find where the horses are on the board? Here are the mahjong tiles. There are some with Chinese numerals on them. Can you identify some of the numbers?
Arguably less popular but more prestigious is the game of encirclement 围棋 (wéiqí), better known in the West by its Japanese name Go. It is a deceptively simple game played with counters or stones on a board ruled with 19 vertical and 19 horizontal lines. The objective of the game is to surroundand capture the opponent’s counters. Every year major corporations sponsor tournaments with master players from China, Japan, and Korea participating and TV stations providing live coverage of important matches.
Before proceeding to next lesson, be sure you can complete the following tasks in Chinese:
Please review the lesson if any of these tasks seem difficult.
3-9 For RT & HA:
How to describe and comment on an action (well, not good, extremely well......) ?
1.He plays soccer very well /He is good at playing soccer.
2. You speak English very well!
3. My little brother runs very fast.
4. He is not good at playing basketball
5. Use this for applying on other expressions:
playing piano; singing; dancing; cooking......
When you are in Chinese class, think in "Chinglish"
Translate English literally is not the AUTHENTIC way to speak other languages!
EX:
English: big house
Spanish: casa grande
English: I am 15 years old.
Spanglish: I have 15 years.
Spanish: Yo tengo 15 años.
English: She is pretty.
Chinglish: She (no "is") very pretty.
English: There are 5 people in my family.
Chinglish: My family has 5 people.
English: I go to school every day.
Chinglish: I every day go to school.
English: I eat lunch at home.
Chinglish: I at home eat lunch.
To describe or comment an action (how well, not good, a lot...)
* Adverbs for describe actions/verbs:
好/很好/非常好/快/很多......
* For just verbs (no noun involved)
EX: 吃， 说，跳， 跑, 吃饭 说中文 踢足球
Person + Verb + 得 + how well/bad/fast/a lot...
He eats a lot.
Chinglish: He eats 得 a lot.
他 吃 得 很多。
Chinglish: He (speaks) Chinese speaks 得 very well.
他 (说) 中文 说 得 很好。
1. He plays soccer very well /He is good at playing soccer.
他(踢)足球踢得很好。
2. He is not good at playing basketball.
他(打)篮球打得不好。
3. My little brother runs very fast.
我弟弟(跑步)跑得很快。
* 2 Words Rhythm
When the action only has two words, usually you keep both words for the rhythm.
To ask how well you can do an action:
Q：你(打)篮球打得怎么样?
A：我(打)篮球打得不太好。
3-10 Translate & Type the following Sentences I
1. My boyfriend plays soccer very well.
2. His uncle is very good at playing baseball.
3. My mom’s dad is very good with Taichi.
4. Mr. Li is not very good at playing basketball.
5. Miss Huang is a good swimmer (she swims well).
6. That boy runs really fast.
7. Mrs. White’s daughter is very good at playing tennis.
8. My dad’s mom is good at playing Ping-Pong.
9. My best friend is very good in horseback riding.
10. Her auntie is a very good diver.
3-11 Translate & Type the following Sentences II
1. Not only is my uncle good at baseball, he is also a good golfer.
2. Although my dad’s dad is good at Taichi, but he is not a good swimmer.
3. Mr. Hao’s son is not only good at skateboarding, but also a good tennis player.
4. Because my auntie does horseback riding every day, therefore she is very good at it.
5. Why is your mom’s mom not good at high-jump? Because she is very old.
6. Miss Wang is not good at roller skate. Because she does not know how.
7. Although I know how to ski a little bit, but I am not good at it.
8. Mrs. Qian’s children are very good at ice-skating, because they do it every day.
9. Because those boys play soccer at the park often, therefore they are very good at it.
10. That girl is tall. Therefore not only is she good at playing basketball, but also is a good volleyball player.
3-12 Family PPT Project Part 3 of 6
Add at least one type of sports that each of your imaginary family members is good/bad at. You must use the sentence pattern:
Person + Action (verb+object) + Verb + 得 + how well/bad/fast/excellent...
Online Learning Sources:
1. http://quizlet.com/17094427/sports-ii-vocab-flash-cards/
2. http://quizlet.com/17137994/sports-ii-sentences-flash-cards/
3. http://quizlet.com/17157729/how-well-do-you-do-sentence-i-flash-cards/
4. http://quizlet.com/17158581/how-well-can-you-do-sentences-ii-flash-cards/
5.http://www.yoyochinese.com/learn-Chinese/Chinese-grammar-lessons/lesson-26-complement-of-degree-part-1