Your Task
Your family wants to travel to China and has asked you to plan the trip. Use Chinese to
• Describe about your plans for summer/winter/holiday/ vacation;
• Research major provinces or cities in China, such as Sichuan province, Beijing, Shanghai...... ; Make a travel brochure for any of the cities;
• Create a travel itinerary;
• Write a travel blog on the cities or countries you have been to
•Call a travel agency and ask for discounts, compare airfares and routes, and book an airplane ticket;
• Ask the airline about seat assignments and request meal accommodations based on your dietary restrictions or preferences.
You will also prepare and describe
In your own culture/community—
1. How do students normally spend the summer?
2. What town or city is the nearest cultural or political center? What are its special attractions?
3. Where have you been raveling? How were your experiences?
Where can people get good deals on airline tickets?
4. What’s a common expression for a commercial discount?
Rubric for Travel Experiences
5/1/15
S-1 Review Transportation Vocabulary
1. 开车: drive a car
2. 坐车: ride on a vehicle
3. 坐火车: take a train
4. 坐公车: take a bus
5. 开校车: school bus
6. 开出租车: drive a taxi
7. 坐飞机: to fly by plane
8. 坐船: to ride a boat
9. 骑自行车 : ride bicycles
10. 骑摩托车: ride a motorcycle
11. 走路 : walk, by foot
12. 坐地铁: ride subway
S-2 New Vocabulary
马上: mǎshàng adv immediately; right away
放假: fàng jià vo go on vacation; have time off
放: fàng v to let go; to set free
假: jià n vacation; holiday
暑假 : shǔjià n summer vacation
寒假/冬假: hánjià n winter vacations
公司: gōngsī n company
实习: shíxí v to intern
打工 : dǎ gōng vo to work at a temporary job (often part time)
计划: jìhuà n/v plan; to plan
打算/准备: dǎsuàn/zhǔn bèi v/n to plan; plan
父母: fùmǔ n parents; father and mother
首都: shǒudū n capital city
政治: zhèngzhì n politics
文化: wénhuà n culture
名胜古迹: míngshèng gǔjì famous scenic spots and historic sites
有名: yǒumíng adj famous; well-known
导游: dǎoyóu n tour guide
护照: hùzhào n passport
订: dìng v to reserve; to book (a ticket, a hotel room, etc.)
申请: shēnqǐng v to apply
办: bàn v to go through the process of applying...
签证: qiānzhèng n visa
旅行社: lǚxíngshè n travel agency
长城: Chángchéng the Great Wall
天安门广场: tiānānmén guǎngchǎng Tienanmen Square
故宫: gùgōng forbidden City
省: shěng n province
省会: shěnghuì n capital city of the province
香港: Xiānggǎng Hong Kong
台北: Táiběi Taipei
帅: (shuài)handsome, good looking (mostly for male)
聪明:(cōngmíng) bright, smart
漂亮: (piàoliang) pretty
用功: (yònggōng) studious, hardworking
酷: (kù) cool, nice
坏: (huài) bad
懒: (lǎn) lazy
热闹: (rènao) hustling and bustling in a good way
臭: (chòu) stinky, smelly
丑: (chǒu) ugly
可笑: (kěxiào) laughable
干净: (gānjìng) clean
脏:(zāng) dirty
好玩儿: (hǎowáner) fun
有意思: (yǒuyìsi) interesting
安静: (ānjìng) peace and quiet
人多: (rénduō) crowed with people; over-populated
危险: (wēixiǎn) dangerous
吵: (chǎo) noisy
Vocab Quiz (5/8)
http://quizlet.com/66606619/3-travel-p1-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/66606767/3-travel-p1-no-pinyin-flash-cards/
Travel.notebook
Language Notes
1. While the verbs 打算(dǎsuàn) and 计划 (jìhuà) are synonyms, the former is more colloquial and the latter more formal.
S-3 . Planning Ahead
Ask your partner about his/her plans for tonight, 1) for the coming weekend, 2) for the summer break, 3) for next semester, and 4) for next year.
Example:
你今天晚上 打算/准备/计划 做什么？
1. What do you plan to do this weekend? I plan to drive my sister to the airport.
2.What do you plan to do tonight? I plan to pick up my uncle from the train station.
3. What do you plan to do during the summer break? I plan to visit some famous historical sites in Beijing.
4. What do you plan to do next semester? I plan to study Asian Study and International Law.
5. What do you plan to do next year? I plan to visit all the capital cities of the world.
2. To apply for a certificate or official documentation, one usually uses the verb 办 (bàn), especially in spoken Chinese, as in 办护照 (bàn hùzhào, to apply for a passport) and 办签证 (bànqiānzhèng, to apply for a visa).
More examples: 办学生证(zhèng, to apply for a student ID), 办手续 (bànshǒuxù, to do the paperwork), and 办结婚证 (bàn jiéhūnzhèng,to apply for a marriage license).
S-4. All those paper work!!!
I plan to apply for Visa to China
I plan to apply a student ID card.
I plan to apply Harvard University.
I plan to take care of the application for the passport.
Grammar 1. 不得了(bù déliǎo, extremely)
The expression 不得了, which often follows the structure“adjective + 得 (de),” indicates a high degree, in the speaker’s judgment, of the attribute signified by the adjective. For example, if one cannot stand the summer heat in a certain place, one can comment on it by saying:
1. 那个地方夏天热得不得了。 (Summer is unbearably hot in that place.)
If the Great Wall is extremely crowded, one can describe the scene by saying:
2. 长城上的人多得不得了 (There was an incredible number of people on the Great Wall.)
S-5. Name That Person! Name That Place!
You must know celebrities that you adore and ones that you dislike; you may have been to attractive places and repulsive ones. Share with the class your sentiments about those
people and places by using the “adj + 得不得了 (de bù déliǎo)” formation.
Example: 可爱 ：
(name of the celebrity or anyone that is famous) 可爱得不得了。
1. 帅
2. 聪明
3. 漂亮
4. 用功
5. 酷
6. 坏
7. 懒
8. 好
9. 臭
10. 丑
11. 可笑
12. 干净
13. 脏
14. 好玩儿
15.
…
Places
1. 漂亮
2. 有意思
3. 安静
4. 干净
5. 人多
6. 热
7. 冷
8. 危险
9. 吵
10.热闹
…
Speaking Practice 1
S-6 Survey Your Class
Move around the classroom and interview your classmates to find out more about their opinions and experiences. Then report the results of your survey to the class by
using “我的同学有的人…有的人…”
Possible topics include: your classmates’ favorite beverages, cuisines, fruits, colors, or sports; their thoughts on Chinese pronunciation, Chinese grammar, or Chinese characters; their allergies, living arrangements, travel plans, etc. Each student should choose a different topic to ask about.
Example: beverages
我的同学有的人喜欢喝可乐，有的人喜欢喝咖啡。
2. S-7 . Name That Capital!
You have learned how to say “the capital of China is Beijing”:
中国的首都是哪个城市？ 中国的首都是北京。
Now can you name the capitals of the following countries?
1. 美国 华盛顿: (huá shèng dùn)(měi guó)
2. 英国伦敦:(lún dūn)(yīng guó)
3. 日本 东京:(dōngjīng)(rìběn)
4. 韩国 首尔:(shǒu ěr)(hán guó)
5. 加拿大 渥太华:(wò tài huá)(jiānádà)
6. 墨西哥 墨西哥城:(mò xī gē chéng)(mò xī gē)
7. 澳大利亚 墨尔本:(mò ěr běn)(ào dà lì yà)
8. 法国巴黎:(bā lí)(fǎ guó)
9. 意大利 罗马:(luó mǎ)(yìdàlì)
10. 越南 河内:(hé nèi)(yuè nán)
11. 印度 新德里:(xīn dé lǐ)(yìn dù)
12. 德国柏林:(bó lín)(dé guó)
13. 西班牙 马德里:(mǎ dé lǐ)(xī bān yá)
14. 葡萄牙里斯本:(lǐ sī běn)(pú táo yá)
15. 波兰 华沙:(huá shā)(bō lán)
Provinces and the capital Cities for Each Province
5/9
1. take quiz
S-8. My virtual tour to this city in China:
Use the following link to Google Doc, claim the city you want to "visit", then, get on the internet to check out the city that you chose, pick 10 photos that best represent the city and make a PPT presentation and show it to the class. You have to use at least two Chinese sentences for each photo as captions. You may want to include:
Name of the city and its province
Where is located
famous sights
people (population)
food
uniqueness in culture
history
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NiGhgvo8Ofcyoz7VenrKbVBvrH1oKCFlFvqmoPXmtQc/edit#gid=0
Major Cities in China
北京: (běi jīng)
上海: (shàng hǎi)
天津: (tiān jīn)
重庆:(chóng qìng)
桂林: (guì lín)
西安: (xī ān)
南京: (nán jīng)
苏州: (sū zhōu)
杭州: (háng zhōu)
大理: (dà lǐ)
大连: (dà lián)
长春: (cháng chūn)
哈尔滨: (hā ěr bīn)
福州:(fú zhōu)
深圳: (shēn zhèn)
广州: (guǎng zhōu)
香港: (xiāng gǎng)
台北: (tái běi)
澳门: (àomén)
厦门: (xiàmén)
青岛: (qīng dǎo)
成都: (chéng dū)
武汉: (wǔ hàn)
拉萨:(lā sà)
昆明(kūn míng)
三亚:(sān yà)
1/30 (snow day changed to 2/3)
S-9. Speaking Practice (PPT Presentation) (changed to 2/5)
Recap what you hear about each city your classmates presented it and talk which cities you would like visit the most.
Our host asks people "Besides Shenyang, what other cities have you been to?"
Learn how to make sentences like "Beside swimming, what other sports do you like?"
Learn some useful word pattern of "this" and "that"
Our host asks people "What's your favorite city in China?" and "Why?"
Hear how to answer the reason with different discriptions of places
Learn to make sentences like "The scenery there is really, really great."
S-10. What Do You Want to Be?
Survey your classmates to find out their aspirations for the future:
你以后想当什么？老师、律师，还是医生？
S-11. Reading Practice 1
Translate: Traveling to Beijing
李友，时间过得真快，马上就要放假了，我们的同学，有的去暑期班学习，有的去公司实习，有的回家打工，你有什么计划？
我还没有想好。你呢，王朋？
我暑假打算回北京去看父母。
是吗？我听说北京这个城市很有意思。
当然。北京是中国的首都，也是中国的政治、文化中心，有很多名胜古迹。
对啊，长城很有名。还有，北京的好饭馆多得不得了。
真的？我去过香港、台北，还没去过北京，要是能去北京就好了。
那你跟我一起回去吧，我当你的导游。
真的吗？那太好了！护照我已经有了，我得赶快办签证。
那我马上给旅行社打电话订飞机票。
S-12. Recap and Narrate
Working with a partner, recap the content of Dialogue I:
1. 快放暑假了，王朋的同学们想做什么？
2. 李友暑假打算做什么？
3. 王朋暑假打算做什么？
4. 李友听说过北京吗？
5. 王朋说北京是一个什么样的城市？
6. 李友想去北京吗？
7. 王朋为什么说去北京他可以当李友的导游？
8. 王朋和李友去中国以前，得先做什么？
S-13. Speaking Test Option 1
Translate into English, then converse it back to Chinese
快放暑假了，王朋的同学有的去暑期班学习，有的去公司实习，有的回家去打工。李友还没想好暑假的计划。王朋要回北京看父母，他给李友介绍说北京是中国的首都，也是中国的政治、文化中心，有很多名胜古迹，北京的好饭馆儿多得不得了。李友去过台北和香港，但是没去过北京，听了王朋的介绍很想去北京。王朋让李友跟他一起回北京，他当李友的导游。李友听了很高兴。李友已经有护照了，得办签证。王朋说他赶快给旅行社打电话订飞机票。
S-14 Speaking Test option 2
Look at the English Text and speak Chinese
Dialogue I
A: Li You, time flies. It’ll be break soon. Some of our classmates are going to summer school; some of them are going to intern at different companies. Some will go home and work. What are your plans?
B: I haven’t decided. What about you?
A: I plan to go back to Beijing to see my parents.
B: Really? I hear that Beijing is a really interesting city.
A: Of course. Beijing is China’s capital, and it’s also China’s political and cultural center with lots of famous historic sites.
B: That’s right. The Great Wall is very famous.
A: And there are tons of great restaurants in Beijing.
B: Really? I’ve been to Hong Kong and Taipei, but I’ve never been to Beijing. I wish I could go to Beijing.
A: Why don’t you go with me? I could be your guide.
B: Really? That would be great! I already have a passport. I’ll have to apply for a visa at once.
A: I’ll give the travel agency a call right away and get the plane tickets.
Reading Practice
刚才接了一个电话
她：喂，您好!
我：你好，哪位?
她：我是保险公司的，请问您开车吗?
我：我不开，司机（driver)开。
她：你坐的车有保险吗?
我：应该有吧，我没问过司机，回头我问问。
她：您坐的车值(worth)多少钱?
我：没问司机多少钱，估计(estimate)有几千万吧。
她：大哥您坐的什么车呀?
我：地铁!
卖保险的小姐把电话挂了。
Who is the caller?
1. my girl friend
2. an insurance sales person
3. car sales person
4. subway driver