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Learning Objectives
In this lesson, you will learn to use Chinese to
• Ask a friend to go to a party with you;
• Suggest things to take to a get-together;
• Offer someone a ride and arrange a time and place to meet;
• Thank people for their gifts;
• Describe a duration of time;
• Talk about the year of your birth and your Chinese zodiac sign;
• Give a simple description of someone’s facial features.
Relate and Get ready
In your own culture/community—
1. How are birthdays usually celebrated?
2. What do people bring to a birthday party?
3. Are there any taboos about gift giving?
4. Are people supposed to open gifts in front of the gift giver?
5. What kinds of facial features are considered attractive?
1/16/20
I-1 Vocabulary
为/为了: conj. for; in order to......
舞会: wǔ huì n dance party; ball
晚会/派（pài)对: n a party
表姐: biǎojiě n older female cousin
堂哥: tángge n older male cousin
送: sòng v to give as a gift; to see someone off
接: jiē v to catch; to meet; to welcome
收/收到: shōu v to receive/received
带: dài v to bring things or people
领: lĭng v to bring people, not things
领带: n neck tie
礼物 : lĭ wù n gift; present
饮料: yĭn liào n beverage
蛋糕 :dàn gāo n cake
把 : bǎ mw (measure word for bunches of things, and chairs)
重: zhòng adj heavy; serious
贵重: adj valuable, expensive
重要/重大: adj important
重点: n the key point; the important part
钟头: zhōng tóu n hour, casual way for 小时
以为: yǐ wéi v to assume erroneously
认为/觉得: v feel
聪明: cōng ming adj smart; bright; clever
用功: yòng gōng adj hard-working; diligent;
暑期: shǔ qī n summer term
班: bān n a class of students
长: zhǎng v to grow; to appear
属: shǔ v to belong to
圆: yuán adj round
像: xiàng v to be like; to look like; to take after
长大: zhǎng dà vc to grow up
一定: yídìng adj/adv certain(ly); definite(ly)
气球: qìqiú n balloons
卡/卡片: kǎ piàn n card
汽水（儿）: qì shuĭ(r) n soft drink; soda pop
零食 : ling shí n snacks
饼干: bǐng gān n cookies; crackers
糖（果）: táng (guō) n candy
过生日: to celebrate birthday
过年: guò nián, to celebrate the New Year
过节: guò jié, to celebrate a festival
过日子: guò rìzi, to live one’s life; to live from day to day)
又…又… (yòu...yòu..., both...and...)
海伦: Hǎilún Helen
汤姆: Tāngmǔ Tom
脸: liǎn n face
眼睛: yǎn jing n eye
鼻子: bízi, nose
嘴/口/嘴巴 : zuĭba, n mouth
头发: tóu fa, hair
耳朵: ěr duo, ears
眉毛 :méi mao, eyebrows
牙/牙齿: yá chĭ, teeth
Study for Quiz on 1/21/20
http://quizlet.com/47167872/3-i-birthday-party-p1-without-pinyin-flash-cards/
1/21/20
1. Review vocab (20 Min)
2. Take Quiz
3. Language Notes
Read the notes first, then do half amount of the sentences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SADM6Tzj4W8
I-2
1. Apart from 过生日(to celebrate one’s birthday), the verb 过 (guò, to live [a life]; to observe [a holiday]; to celebrate [a festival]) appears in many other expressions such as 过年 (guò nián, to celebrate the New Year), 过节 (guò jié, to celebrate a festival), and 过日子 (guò rìzi, to live one’s life; to live from day to day).
Translate:
How is life for people in South America （南美）?
How do Chinese people celebrate Chinese New Year （春节）?
How do you celebrate your grandpa's birthday?
How do you celebrate 4th of July (独du立li节）?
How do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving (感gan恩en节）？
I-3
2. The kinship term 表姐 (biǎojiě) is more narrowly defined than its translation “older female cousin” would suggest. One’s “older female cousin” will be a 表姐if she is a daughter of one’s father’s sister or one’s mother’s sister or brother. But if she is one’s paternal uncle’s daughter, she will then be a 堂姐 (tángjiě) instead of a 表姐 .
Practice:
Not only I have 12 of female older cousins from mom's side, I also have 6 of younger male cousins from my dad's side.
How many female younger cousins do you have from your mom's side?
I only have one male older cousin from my dad's side, I have no female cousins.
I-4 Practice:
3. 你们来了 (You’re here) not only acknowledges the visitors’ arrival， but also serves as a casual greeting.
Are you guys leaving?
Are you done eating lunch?
Going shopping?
Taking a walk?
4. 钟头 (zhōngtóu) is the colloquial equivalent of 小时 (xiǎoshí).
5. 以为 (yĭwéi) is often used to signify an understanding or judgment which has proved to be erroneous. If someone has realized that she was mistaken in assuming someone else to be vegetarian, she could say to that person: 我以为你吃素 (I thought you were a vegetarian).
I-5 Practice:
I thought Tom Cruise was tall.
He thought the girl was his cousin.
The barber thought he was a girl.
I thought they all live a very good life.
1. I-6 Practice
6. About the formation of the adjective 聪明 (cōng ming; clever): 聪 literally means “able to hear well,” and 明 means “able to see clearly,” among other things. Therefore, 聪明 describes someone who is perceptive or bright.
I thought his cousin was very smart.
I heard that pigs are very smart animals.
He told me that his doctor is very smart.
Do you think that scientists are all very smart?
7. The Chinese words 班 (bān) and 课 (kè) denote two different concepts that are represented by the same word, “class,” in English. While 课 refers to a course or a meeting time for the course, 班 is the term for the group of students who take a course together. Thus one says “我今天有电脑课” (I have a computer class today), but “我的电脑班有二十个人” (There are twenty people in my computer class).
I-7 Practice
There are only 10 people in Chinese class.
When I go to Chinese class, I must pay attention to the teacher.
How many classes do you have every day?
In my class, many students are very smart and hard-working.
8. The character 长 (zhǎng/cháng) has two different meanings and pronunciations. As a verb, it is pronounced “zhǎng”, meaning “to grow.”
Also, as a noun, it means the head/leader of an organization or unit. When used as an adjective, it is pronounced “cháng”, and means “long.”
I-8 Translate
principal (head of school)
parents (head of a family)
The flower grows beautifully.
He grows taller and taller.
His writing is too long.
He has very long legs.
1/22/20
Grammar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxLHQib73Zc
1. 呢 (ne) Indicating an Action in Progress
呢 (ne), at the end of a sentence, indicates that the action is in progress. It is like 在 (zài), which is never used at the end of a sentence, but rather before a verb.
1. 你写什么呢？ (What are you writing?)
2. 你找什么呢？ (What are you looking for?)
呢 (ne) can be used in conjunction with 在 (zài):
3. 你在写什么呢？ (What are you writing?)
4. 你在找什么呢？ (What are you looking for?)
在 (zài) can be preceded by 正 (zhèng). The phrase 正在 places extra emphasis on the progressive nature of an action.
5. 我昨天给他打电话的时候，他正在做功课呢。(When I called him yesterday, he was right in the middle of doing his homework.)
6. 別去找他，他正在睡觉呢。 (Don’t go look for him. He is sleeping.)
在 (zài) alone indicates that an action is in progress; therefore, the 呢 (ne) in (3) and (4) above can be omitted.
Practice
Required：I-9. What Are They Doing?
With a partner, ask and answer what these people are doing.
Example:
A: 他（在）做 什么呢？ B: 他（在）喝汤呢。
1. Mr. Gold is taking a shower /bath in the bathroom。
2. Old Zhang is driving a truck on a highway
3. Little Gao is visiting a doctor in a hospital
4. Ms. Week is chatting online with a lawyer
5. Uncle Plum is studying Asian Study with a professor
6. the pink pig is sleeping outside
7. the cop is walking on the street
9. store clerk is selling food
10. nurse is talking to the doctor
Grammar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meALiDPKNac
2. Verbal Phrases and Subject-Predicate Phrases
Used as Attributives
In Chinese, attributives, often followed by the particle 的 (de), always appear before the elements that they modify. Verbs, verbal phrases, and subject-object phrases can all serve as attributives.
1. 吃的东西 (things to eat)
2. 穿的衣服 (clothes to wear, or clothes being worn)
3. 新买的饭卡 (newly-bought meal cards)
4. 昨天来的同学 (the classmate{s} who came yesterday)
5. 以前认识的朋友 (the friend{s} one got acquainted with in the past)
6. 我妈妈做的豆腐 (the tofu dish that my mother makes/made)
7. 老师给我们的功课 (the homework the teacher assigned us)
8. 朋友送的苹果 (the apples given by a friend)
9. 请你跳舞的那个人 (that person who asked you to dance)
10. 我妹妹爱的那个很帅的男人 (that very handsome man that my sister loves)
Required Assignment
I-11 Translate the following expressions into Chinese:
the birthday gift that you bought for your mom
the drink that you brought to the party
the boy who studies very hard
the man who invites your sister to dance
the taxi that picked you up at the airport
the vegetarian dishes that the chef cooked
the store where Ms. Field bought a pretty jacket
the accountant who is at the top floor
the gift that your grandma gave to you
the guy who is waiting for you downstairs
I-12 Oh, That One!
Combine the two short sentences into one, using the highlighted verb or verb phrase as an attributive:
Example:
他买了一件衣服 那件衣服很贵 → 他买的那件衣服很贵。
1. 他写了一个字 那个字很漂亮 → That character which he wrote is very pretty:
2. 她买了一件衬衫 那件衬衫是红的 →
3. 我哥哥给了我一枝笔 那枝笔是黑的 →
4. 妹妹带了一些水果 那些水果很贵 →
5. 表姐卖了一些花 那些花很漂亮 →
I-13 Who’s Who?
Ex1: A: 钟先生是谁? B: 钟先生是那个穿黑色衬衫的男人。
Ex 2: A: 王小姐是谁？B:王小姐是那个正在看书的女孩。
1. Judge Zhao is the one who is wearing a black shirt
2. Dr. Literature is the one who is talking
3. Your girlfriend is the one who is very tall and pretty
4. the librarian is the one who is typing
5. Mr. Liu is the one who is standing next to Prof. Week
还 (hái, still)
还, as an adverb, can mean “still.”
1. 上午十一点了，他还在睡觉。 (It’s 11 a.m., and he is still sleeping.)
I-13 Practice
1.I’m still not done with today’s homework.
2. The teacher has gone over this grammar point, but I still don’t understand it.)
又…又… (yòu...yòu..., both...and...) Only use it before adjectives and verbs
The two adjectives used in this structure are either both positive or both negative in meaning, e.g., 又聪明又用功 (smart and hardworking) [both adjectives are positive in meaning], 又多又难 (too much and difficult) [both adjectives are negative in meaning].
I-14 Practice
He is both tall and big.
My cousin is both short and skinny.
My dad is both busy and tired.
Going to China is both far and expensive.
2. Time Duration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4pZ77mi8UQ&t=64s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDgZI-V6v78
To indicate the duration of action, the following structure is used:
Subject + Verb + (Object + Verb) + (了) + Duration of time
1. 老高想在上海住一年。 (Old Gao wishes to live in Shanghai for a year.)
2. 我每天在书店工作三个钟头。 (I work in a bookstore for three hours every day.)
3. 昨天下雪下了二十分钟。 (It snowed for twenty minutes yesterday.)
4. 你上暑期班上了多长时间？ (How long were you in summer school?)
Sentences in this pattern must be in the affirmative. If the verb takes an object, the verb has to be repeated, as in (3) and (4). If the verb has an object, the following alternative pattern can be used to express the same idea.
Subject + Verb + (了) + Duration of time + (的) + Object
5. 昨天下了二十分钟（的）雪。 (It snowed for twenty minutes yesterday.)
6. 我上了四个星期（的）暑期班。 (I was in summer school for four weeks.)
The phrase for the length of time must not be put before the verb: (6a) *我四个星期上了暑期班。
Required Assignment
I-17. Translate:
My brother stayed in China for one summer.
Uncle Week wants to go to Paris for half a month.
Mrs. King has been living in America for more than 20 years.
He has been learning Chinese for 5 years.
I-18 Fantasy Trip or Boot Camp?
Imagine that you’ve signed up to go on a whirlwind tour of China during summer break. You just got your itinerary, and the travel schedule looks very intense. The trip leaders have scheduled each day down to the minute. Answer your classmates’ questions on how much time you’ll have for each activity.
Example: 7:30am–7:45am
A: 你每天洗澡能洗多长时间？
B: 我每天洗澡只能洗十五分钟。
1. shopping/ 从下午三点一刻到晚上六点三刻
2. talking to Chinese people/从晚上七点十分到八点半
3. watching Chinese TV/从晚上九点到十一点一刻
4. sightseeing/从早上九点到下午三点钟
5. take a lunch break/从中午十一点三刻到十二点半
2/28/20
I-20 Sentences with 是…的 (shì...de)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4tssUS3kw
To describe or inquire about the time (when?), the manner (how?), where the action took place (not where to go), with who or the initiator of an action that we know already happened, we need to use the (是)…的 structure. The use of 是, however, is optional.
In summary, for the past actions related to
去年我去中国了。（where I went) You cannot use 是......的
who (with whom) 你是跟谁去中国的？
when 你是什么时候去中国的？
where (the action took place, not where you went) 你是在哪里上飞机的？
how 你是怎么去上海的？我是坐高铁去上海的。
NOT for "What you did?", unless you use the "是......的” structure for what people do for a living. So it is wrong to say ： "我是看书的。” 我是开车的 means I drive a car for a living.
1. A: 你去过北京吗？ (Have you been to Beijing?)
B: 我去过北京。 (Yes, I’ve been to Beijing.)
3. 翻译：(全班一起）
Person A now becomes aware of Person B’s action of 去北京 (went to Beijing) and wants to find out when, how, and with whom that action was performed:
A : (With whom did you go?)
B: (I went with my cousin.)
A : (When did you go?)
B: 。 (We went during the winter break.)
A: (How did you go?)
B: 。 (We went there by airplane.)
2. A: 你看过这张碟吗？ (Have you watched this DVD?)
B: 看过。 (Yes, I have.)
A (When did you watch it?)[A already knows that the action 看 (kàn) was completed.]
B: (I watched it last weekend.) [It was last weekend that I watched it.]
3. A: (These pants of yours look great. Where did you get them?)[It’s assumed that one generally buys pants (as opposed to making them at home, etc.), so the action 买is already known.
4. A: (Have you eaten yet?)
B: (Yes, I have.) [The action 吃is now known.]
A : (Where did you eat?)
B: (In the student cafeteria.)
5. A: (Have you ever studied computers?)
B: (Yes, I have.)
A : (With whom did you study?)
B: (With Teacher Wang.)
Required：I-21 Where Did You Get That?
Your friend bought a Chinese dress. You really like it. So you say:
这条裙子真好看… and then you will ask:
where did you buy it?
when did you buy it?
for whom did you buy it?
how much did you pay?
Now you are checking out other classmates’ shoes, shirts, jeans, pens, cars, etc., and you want to know as much as possible about each of those things.
Speaking Practice
Requires：I-22. Older or Younger
Go around the class and interview your classmates. Find out everyone’s birthplace, birth year, and Chinese zodiac sign. Then report to the class how many classmates are older than you, how many are younger than you, how many were born in the same state/province/city as you were, and which zodiac sign is most common in the class.
1. 你是在哪儿(出）生的？
2. 你是哪一年生的？
3. 你属什么？
Requires：I-23. Travel Interview
Circle of :
1. 你去过哪里?
2. 你（是）什么时候去的？
3. 你（是）跟谁一起去的？
4. 你（是）怎么去的？
我去过法国。 我是在四年前去的。我是跟我的女儿一起去的。我们是坐飞机去的。
I-24 Last Night
Move around the class and ask at least 3 of your classmates how they spent their time last night.
Example: Emily
A: Emily, 你昨天晚上做什么了？
B: 我昨天晚上 看电视了。
A: 你昨天晚上看电视看了多长时间？
B: 我昨天晚上看电视看了半个钟头。
Then record your findings.
Emily 昨天晚上看电视看了半个钟头。
1. Classmate 1
2. Classmate 2
3. Classmate 3
4. Classmate 4
I-25 Is the Baby Cute or What? (Group)
Work with your partner to describe the baby’s features, and comment on whether the baby is cute.
青qīng蛙wā
很明显，您肯定会说，一只青蛙啊，那现在请您换个角度看一下，您发现了什么其它的东西吗？
第一幅图，首先看一下这幅图，您看到的是什么？
老妇和少女
这很明显是位老妪，但换个角度再看，怎么年轻了呢？
天使shǐ与yǔ魔mó鬼guǐ
关键点在于你看的是黑色部分还是白色部分，黑色“魔鬼”，白色“天使”，对吧？
第四幅图，一幅相当经典的图片，叫“老妇和少女”：
花瓶还是少女头像？您可能看到的是个花瓶，也可能看到的是两个女孩的头像，关键是您关注的是白色部分还是黑色部分。
第三幅图：这幅图名字叫做“天使与魔鬼”，您看到的是天使还是魔鬼呢？
有些不可思议是吧。
第二幅图：（下图）
让我们看看老妪变成了妙龄少女的过程吧（下图）
12/14
I-28
Reading Practice
I-27 Dialogue I: Let’s Go to a Party!
A.王朋，你做什么呢？
B.我看书呢。
A.今天高小音过生日，晚上我们在她家开舞会，你能去吗？
B.能去。几点？
A.七点。我们先吃饭，吃完饭再唱歌跳舞。
B.有哪些人？
(李友给王朋打电话。)
A.小音和她的男朋友，小音的表姐，白英爱，你妹妹王红，听说还有小音的中学同学。
B.你要送给小音什么生日礼物？
A.我买了一本书送给她。
B.那我带什么东西？
A.饮料或者水果都可以。
B.那我带一些饮料，再买一把花儿。
A.小音爱吃水果，我再买一些苹果、梨和西瓜吧。
B.你住的地方 离小音家很远，水果很重，我开车来接你，我们一起去吧。
A.好，我六点半在楼下等你。
I-27 Recap and Narrate
Working with a partner, recap the content of Dialogue I:
1. 高小音哪天过生日？
2. 李友他们晚上要做什么？
3. 他们吃晚饭以后还要做什么？
4. 哪些人去高小音家？
5. 李友买了什么送给小音？
6. 王朋要带什么东西？
7. 李友要带什么？
8. 王朋为什么要 开车接李友？
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