Your task
In this chapter you will learn to use Chinese to
1. Find out if others are angry with you and apologize if so;
2. Reduce potential tension in a conversation by changing the subject;
3. That people know about the trouble you have to go through because of their thoughtlessness or carelessness;
4. Name your activities on the Internet and discuss how you make use of the Internet;
5. Discuss the pros and cons of using the Internet.
Prepare to relate Chinese culture with your community or culture
1. Do people have easy access to the Internet?
2. What consumer habits have changed because of the Internet?
How about in China?
3. What impact has the Internet had on society as a whole? How about in China?
4. What do you know about the usage of the Internet in China?
5. What Internet Website is blocked by the Chinese government? Why?
01/02/20
生词
1. 网络（wǎng luò) - network, internet
2. 互联网 (hù lián wǎng) internet
3. 新闻 (xīn wén) news
4. 资料 (zī liào) data; material
5. 游戏 (yóu xì) game
6. 网站 (wǎng zhàn) website
7. 博客 (bó kè) blog
8. 甚至 (shèn zhì) even; so much so that
9. 卡拉OK (kǎ lā OK) -- karaoke
10. 急忙/连忙 (jí máng/lián máng) in a rush/hastily
11. 下载 (xià zài) - to download
12. 软件 (ruǎn jiàn) - software
13. 结果 (jié guǒ) consequently (end up being; result)
14. 正式 (zhèng shì) formal / official
15. 出版 (chū bǎn) to publish / to come off the press
16. 杂志 (zá zhì) - magazine
17. 报纸 (bào zhǐ) Newspaper
18. 垃圾 (lā jī) trash
19. 落伍 (luò wǔ) - to lag behind; to be outdated
20. 可靠 (kě kào) reliable
21. 有用 (yǒu yòng) - useful
22. 外卖 (wài mài) - takeout
23. 总之 (zǒng zhī) in a word / in short / in brief
24. 衣食住行 (yī shí zhù xíng) - food, clothing, shelter, and transportation (basic necessities of life)
25. 迟到 (chí dào) be late
26. 老是/总是/常常/时常always
27. 害得(hài de): cause......(bad result)
28. 敢 (gǎn) to dare
29. 几乎 (jī hū) almost; nearly; practically
30. 待 (dāi) stay / delay
31. 屋子/房间 (yū zi/fáng jiān) room
32. 上瘾 (shàng yǐn) - to become addicted to
33. 严重 (yán zhòng) serious; grave; critical
34. 时代/年代 (shí dài/nián dài) age / era / epoch / period
35. 重要 (zhòng yào) important
36. 帮助 (bāng zhù) assistance; aid; to help; to assist
37. verb + 得了: able to......
38. 价格/价钱 (Jià gé /jià qián) - price
39. 免费 (miǎn fèi) free (of charge)
40. 感觉 (gǎn jué) feeling; sense-perception; to feel; to perceive
41. 开玩笑 (kāi wán xiào) to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
42. 囧 (jiǒng) embarrassed (face character)
43. 出问题 (chū wèn tí) to have problems
44. 去不了 (qù bu liǎo) can't go
45. 受不了 (shòu bù liǎo) unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
46. 住不了 (zhù bu liǎo) unable to live
47. 听起来 (tīng qi lai) - to sound like
48. 行,行,行/得,得,得 (xíng/dé) forget it!
Quiz on 01/06/20 Part 1
https://quizlet.com/590396771/4-computer-and-the-internet-p1-with-pinyin-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/469704120/flash-cards/
Quiz on 01/08/20 Part 2
https://quizlet.com/86562290/4-computer-and-the-internet-p2-with-pinyin-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/469704764/flash-cards/?new
01/08/20
1. Quiz
2. 语法
L-1 Conjunction 甚至
The conjunction 甚至 is used to single out an item for emphasis in order to stress the speaker’s point of view:
1. 我的奶奶运动一点都不做, 甚至上下楼都懒得走。
2. 陈太太汉字一个都不会写,甚至连自己的名字都不会。
3. 堂弟很聪明, 才五岁, 不但能看英文书, 甚至能看中文书。
4. 吴先生很会做中国菜, 甚至连清蒸鱼都会做。
5. 林法官对中国的城市一点都不了解, 甚至连上海都没听说过。
L-2 POTENTIAL COMPLEMENTS
There are two kinds of potential complements.
A. VERB + 得/不 + RESULTIVE COMPLEMENT/DIRECTIONAL COMPLEMENTS
杨小姐一会儿都离不开电脑。
孙先生的中文水平不高, 看不懂中文杂志。
赵教授的房间的门太小, 这张床搬不进去。
刘律师的公寓很小, 住不下两个人。
This kind of potential complement expresses the inability to realize a certain result due to subjective conditions, such as, "My Chinese is not good enough for reading Chinese magazines," or external circumstances, as in "My apartment is too small for two people."
It should be noted that the negative form of potential complements cannot be replaced by 不能. Therefore the following sentences are all incorrect:
我的中文水平不高, 不能看懂中文杂志。
房间的门太小, 这张床不能搬进去。
我的公寓很小, 不能住下两个人。
Changing the potential complement to 不能 entails a change in meaning:
我一会儿都离不开电脑。I can't tear myself away from my computer, not even for a moment.
The inability has to do with the speaker. Compare:
我一会儿都不能离开电脑, 离开了，电脑会出问题。I can't leave the computer even for a moment. If I do, something will go wrong with the computer. (Because of problems with the computer, I shouldn't be away from it.)
Note that the affirmative form of potential complements, however, can be replaced with 能 + verb + directional complement/resultative complement as seen in 你听得懂老师说的话吗? (Can you understand what the teacher says?) . One can even put 能 in front of the complement as seen in 你能听懂老师说的话吗? or 你能听得懂老师说的话吗? 我听得懂。
When both the affirmative and negative forms of potential complements are used to form a question, one can also use an affirmative potential complete complement to reply; see this one:
你听得懂听不懂老师说的话?
我听得懂。
In affirmative statements "能 + verb + complement” is much more common than "verb + 得 + complement." For instance, people say:
冬天你能看见很多爸爸妈妈带着孩子去滑冰。
冬天你看得见很多爸爸妈妈带着孩子去滑冰。
L-3 VERB + 得/不 + 了 (liǎo）
This potential complement indicates whether subjective or objective conditions permit the realization of a certain action. It also appears negative forms as seen in:
我明天晚上有课, 那个演唱会我去不了(liǎo）了(le)。
那栋楼没有水电, 住不了人。
This kind of potential complement is interchangeable with ＂（不）能 + verb.
我明天晚上有课, 那个演唱会我不能去了。
那栋楼没有水电, 不能住人。
In questions, either affirmative or the negative form can be used as seen in this sentence: 那个演唱会你去得了吗? and 那个演唱会你去得了去不了? However, when using the negative form in a question, as seen in this sense: 那个演唱会你去不了了吗? The person who asked the question already assumes the negative outcome.
L-4 好 AS A RESULTATIVE COMPLEMENT
好 as a Resultative complement Indicates bringing an action to completion and being ready for the next action:
1. 饭做好了,快来吃吧!
2. 明天的考试, 我准备好了,可以睡觉了。
3. 家具买好了,明天就会送到新家去了。
4. 你毕业以后是念研究生还是工作, 考虑好了吗?
5. 我和我的中文老师约好明天在图书馆见面。
When 好 is used as completion of an action, it can also mean "well":
1. 你在中国旅游的时候,要吃好, 玩好!
2. 昨天晚上因为我的楼上太吵了,所以我没睡好觉。
3. 爸爸常常对我说,工作要做好,不要马马虎虎的。
1/09/20
L-5 CONNECTING SENTENCES
The narrative sentences time expressions cannot only express the time of action but can also serve as linking devices, as in this lesson:
昨天, 丽莎，柯林 ,雪梅和他约好今天一起去唱卡拉OK, 时间到了也不见他来, 他的手机也没打开, 就给他发了一个电子邮件。十分钟以后, 他们才看见天明急急忙忙地跑来。
张天明后天要去见指导教授, 讨论选课的事, 他想先找别的同学聊聊。这一天下午, 他在篮球场上正好碰见大四的李哲, 就一边和李哲打球，一边聊了起来。
Place expressions can also be cohesive devices:
1. 我昨天去购物中心买东西, 在那儿看见了我好久不见的两个老同学。
2. 开学前我坐飞机来学校,在飞机上我看了一个很有意思的电影。
If a noun or pronoun serves such a purpose, it must also be placed at the beginning of a sentence:
我一叫他, 他马上就来了。
她去年去了中国半个月, 我今天要去中国半年。
词语练习
(do half amount of the sentences for each)
L-6 从…到…
从早到晚
从易到难
从小到大
从我家到你家
从中国到美国...
请翻译下面的句子. Remember Actions at the end!!!
1. He's going to intern in China next summer. That is why he's been studying Chinese from morning till night.
2. When it comes to learning how to use a computer, you have to go from easy to difficult and take it slowly.
3. Since she was a little, his younger sister has never liked wearing jeans.
4. The distance from China Beijing to New York is very far. It takes 13 hours to fly.
L-7 结果 As a result
结果 is a conjunction word. Used in the second clause of a compound sentence, 结果 expresses a result of the condition indicated in the first clause.
1. When Mr. Wu was in high school, he spent all his time playing soccer and didn't study. As a result, it took him five years to graduate from high school.
2. Miss Sun often asks people for favors, but won't help others at all. As a result, she doesn't have a single friend.
3. Originally, Prof. Chen's listening comprehension wasn't very good, so he started listening to audio recordings every day. As a result, his listening comprehension is better than any of ours.
4. Little Yang is addicted to watching TV. He watches TV all day long, cannot leave even for eating meals. As a result, watching TV caused his eyes to hurt so much.
L-8 或者 Is used in non-interrogative sentences:
1. What do you usually do on weekends? Chatting online with my friends or blog.
2. Teacher Zhang asks one of you to go, either you or your roommate.
3. You can live on campus or rent housing off-campus. Either is fine.
4. Ms. Zhu wants to either travel in Europe or in Asia.
In question, use 还是 instead:
1. After you graduate, are you going to go to graduate school or looking for a job?
2. Do you shop online or in-store?
3. Do you prefer to have a roommate, or live alone by yourself?
4. Does Lawyer Xia want to go to the court, or go to the police station?
L-9 害得：To cause trouble so that...; to do harm so that...
1. You did not come back last night. You made me wait for you all night.
2. Little Xu's dad's illness is getting serious. He hasn't been able to eat or sleep as a result.
3. Old Luo took my cell phone and didn't tell me. As a result, I looked for it for a long time.
4. Engineer He lied to my parents about the electrical problem, which caused us to have no electricity for 2 weeks.
L-10 几乎 is an adverb. It can be interchangeable with the adverbial 差不多, but it is more formal than 差不多.
1. Little Zhu's brother is almost as tall as I am, but he's only 13 years old.
2. Dr. Yang is a soccer fan. Almost every weekend he goes to watch a soccer game.
3. Miss Guo is very busy this semester. She hasn't emailed her mom in almost a month.
4. Mrs. Hu is addicted to the computer. Every day, she's online practically day and night.
5. Your cousin is almost about to cry. Go talk to her.
L-11 看起来/好像 It seems...
This expression can be used before or after the subject.
1. Miss Liu has been crying a lot in the last few days. It seems she's in a bad mood. What's going on with her?
2. The weather isn't very good. It looks like it will rain soon. It doesn't look like we will be able to play ball in the park anymore.
3. You didn't read the text aloud very well. It seems like you didn't prepare yesterday.
4. Little Zhao seems very confident, even though he did not review for the test for 5 minutes.
L-12 听起来... It sounds...
听起来 means "it sounds like." What follows is the speaker's interpretation or conclusion based on what he or she has heard.
1. I'm too tired to go. It sounds like you just don't want to go with me.
2. Mr. Song is both tall and handsome, in addition, he's also very smart. It sounds like you are falling in love with him.
3. This Chinese song sounds very nice. Let me listen to it a little bit.
4. I found an apartment that is very close to campus. The rooms seem very big, and the rent is not expensive.
5. Sounds great. Why don't you like it?
6. There was a computer commercial on TV today. It sounded very inexpensive and very good. I really wanted to order one.
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
L-13 WHAT DO YOU DO ONLINE?
Make a list of what you do online, e.g. blogging, playing games, researching, downloading software, chatting with friends, etc. Place them in the order of the frequency that you do each activity, with #1 as the most frequent. Then, list the things you never do online. Compare your two lists with partners list, and see how similar or different your lists are. Finally, report back to the class on the similarities and/or differences between your lists.
For example:
我常常 在网上/上网...... 我不 在网上/上网…...
Shopping Playing video games
Researching Watching foreign movies
Blogging Reading books
Doing homework Chatting with friends
Downloading software Watching the news
Checking weather forecast. Checking the map
...... ......
Then report: So and so is the same as me, we always get online to do......
Or : Unlike me, so and so likes/dislike to...... Online, however, I like/dislike......online.
L-14 I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT…
Ask yourself if there's any gadget, such as a computer, a cell phone, an MP3 player, a video game system, etc., that you cannot live without. Tell the class about your necessary gadgets using appropriate verbs and nouns.
例句：张天明 上网
张天明每天都在上网, 他的生活离不开 网络/互联网。
Now how about you?
我每天都得… … , 我的生活离不开… …。
......
......
After listening to everyone's confessions, see if there's a most common possession shared by a majority of the people in your class:———.
L-15 PROS AND CONS OF THE INTERNET
Tell the class what positive and/or negative impact the Internet has had on your daily life.
Pros:
Cons:
L-16 DO YOU HAVE A HIGH EQ (情商）?
Work with a partner and see if you can raise your EQ by expressing the following Chinese:
1. It sounds like you're mad. What's the matter? ......
2. It seems that you're not pleased. What's going on? ......
3. Sorry! I have made you mad. ......
4. I'm sorry. Are you angry with me? ......
5. Don't be angry. I was joking. ……
6. I didn't mean it. Please don't be mad at me. ……
7. Don't be mad. I apologize to you. ……
8. How could I be so careless? I apologized to you. ……
9. I am so sorry. It's all my fault. ......
10. It's my fault. I will not/ dare to do it again.
L-17 LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT
We've all had moments when we wish we could change the subject quickly or wrap up an awkward conversation. Depending on the situation some of the most useful line to say:
1. 好了，好了，不说了......
2. 行,行,行, 咱们不说这些了…
3. 行了,行了, 我不跟你吵了…
Work with a partner to compose a conversation with a, Two people discussing/arguing about a matter for a while and then b, with one person changing the subject or wrapping up the Conversation using when one of the three lines listed above. Act out the conversation you have composed, and ask 王老师 and classmates to judge whether the lines are used appropriately.
L-18 TIME TO VENT!
Sometimes we just have to complain about the grief or trouble that we have endured. Here's one way to do it in Chinese. Let's practice with the help of the cues:
For example, A/C >too cold>caught cold
空调开得太冷了, 害得我感冒了。
1. Dog> barks from morning tonight> couldn't sleep well all night long
2. Spicy tofu >too spicy >stomachache
3. Car>problem> late for school
4. Foot> hurts >can not play soccer
5. Girlfriend/boyfriend> argue with> In a bad mood all day long
L-19 WHAT HAPPENED? PLEASE TELL.
Based on the following sentences, give a narration of what happened to little Lin yesterday. Don't forget to include who, where, and when.
小林昨天早上八点半起床。
小林八点半去教室上课。
小林在学校里看见同学们都在看电影, 没上课, 不知道为什么。
过了一会, 才想起来, 老师叫大家今天八点来看电影。
马上小林给老师道歉说:＂对不起, 老师, 我来晚了。＂
小林昨天早上八点起床, ______________去教室上课, ______________ 看见同学们都在看电影, 没上课, 不知道为什么。_____________才想起来, 老师叫大家今天八点来看电影。_________给老师道歉说: "对不起, 老师, 我来晚了。＂
1/10/20
L-20 阅读练习
请先听录音,然后看课文。然后回答下面的问题：
1，他们四个人今天打算做什么?
2，为什么张天明迟到了?
3，张天明觉得他有问题吗?
4， 丽莎怎么对互联网有什么看法？
张天明是个电脑迷, 他的电脑从早到晚都开着。他在网上看新闻, 查资料, 玩游戏, 有的时候还在自己的网站上写博客。他说他可以没有报纸, 没有电话, 甚至没有汽车, 可是一会儿都离不开电脑。他常常一上网, 就忘了时间。昨天, 丽莎,柯林,雪梅和他约好今天一起去唱卡拉OK , 时间到了也不见他来, 他的手机也没开, 就给他发了一个电子邮件。十分钟以后, 才看见天明急急忙忙地跑来。
天明: 对不起,对不起, 我在网上下载了一个软件,又查了一点东西, 结果忘了时间了。
柯林 : 查什么?
天明: 我要写一篇文章, 查一些资料。
雪梅: 查资料? 我们教授不让我们用网上的东西, 一定要用正式出版的书或者杂志。他说网上的垃圾太多了。
天明: 你的教授太落伍了, 网上有很多资料很可靠很有用啊。网络世界又大又方便, 你可以叫外卖, 购物, 你可以租房子, 买车… , 总之, 衣食住行, 什么资料都查得到。
丽莎: 对,特别方便。要是想交女朋友, 也可以上网找。
天明: 哎, 丽莎, 你还在生我的气吗?
丽莎: 你说我该不该生气? 你每天都迟到, 老是害得大家等你。
天明: 对不起, 对不起,是我不好。下次不敢了。
柯林: 天明, 你几乎整天呆在屋子里玩电脑, 看起来真是玩上瘾了。
天明: 上瘾? 没那么严重吧? 现在是网络时代, 当然离不开电脑。
丽莎: 我知道电脑和网络在我们的生活中越来越重要, 我也用电脑帮助我做翻译练习，也上网比较价格, 可是不像你, 常常忘了时间, 忘了朋友。
雪梅: 天明, 听丽莎说你不喜欢打电话, 只喜欢发电邮。
柯林: 因为发电邮又不花钱又省时间。
雪梅: 可是有的时候, 发电邮不如打电话感觉好。
柯林: 雪梅喜欢＂电聊＂？
丽莎: "电聊＂ ? 什么是＂电聊＂ ?
柯林: 就是打电话聊天儿。懂了吧? 一直聊, 不停地聊, 从早到晚…
雪梅: 怎么? 听起来好像你不爱跟我聊天。
柯林 :不，不，不, 我不是那个意思, 我是开玩笑。我当然爱跟你聊天。好了, 好了, 不说这些了, 咱们到底去哪家卡拉OK啊?
天明: 我上网查了, 东边那家不错, 那儿的歌都是丽莎喜欢的。你们看, 我没忘了朋友吧?
Challenge yourself to complete the following tasks in Chinese.
1. List the things that 天明 can live without.
2. List what you do or may do online.
3. Describe how Lisa uses the Internet.
4. List the reasons that Kelin refers to email to phone calls.
5. List the reasons that Xiaoming prefers phone calls email.
L-21 阅读考试
新的电子技术已经引起了很多时髦的新词。其中一个例子是Internet“网联”或者是“互联网”。近年来，跟美国人一样，中国人上网聊天已经成为最流行的交流工具。虽然中国政府不许人们用脸书，也不让用谷(gǔ)歌 , 可是中国人自己发明了社交媒体(social media)，他们结合YouTube，Twitter和Facebook的特点，发明了微信。于是中国人几乎都在用微信（中国的“脸书”和“微博”）。甚至应用于美国和世界其他地区，尤其是在讲中文的人口。无论是在晚餐聚会桌上，还是在自己家的饭厅里，人们围坐在一起，一边吃喝，一边拍照片，同时把照片发在微信上。几乎每个人都在低头看微信，很少互相聊天了。因此，大家建议每个人都把自己的手机轻轻地放在餐桌的中间，这样大家都会一起聊天，不会被微信或者是微博打扰。如果有人用手机，那就要请客，为大家买单。微信和微博在中国非常流行，中国人也用一个非常流行的软件叫QQ，人们能够在线聊天，发短信。中国人往往喜欢发短信而不是电子邮件。另外，中国人也常常用博客。
用中文或者是英文回答下面的问题？
这是关于什么话题？
在中国最流行的app有哪些?
因为政府的控制和管制，中国人不可以用哪些网站？
中国人现在用什么网站来发短信，或者是网上聊天儿？
为什么中国人在开晚餐派对的时候每个人的手机放在饭桌的中间？
如果有人在吃饭的时候用手机，他/她得做什么？
1/14/20
L-22 Writing Test (1/16/20 computer lab)
王阿姨的电子邮件：
你好！好久没有跟你聊天了，你最近学校的事情怎么样？
最近我的儿子跟我闹别扭，因为我把他的手机拿走了。他非常生气，因为他从早到晚不是玩手机，就是在网上跟朋友聊天，玩游戏，就连吃饭，上厕所的时候，手里都离不开手机。很少跟家人一起说话。甚至有时把作业都忘了。我想了解一下，你对这件事有什么看法？你也是从早到晚离不开手机吗？你有什么解决这个问题的主意，请你告诉我，好吗？
祝好！
王阿姨
Rubric
L-23 Speaking Test
请你谈一谈如今电脑科学和互联网对人们的生活的影响(effect), 尤其是在你的生活中，有什么好处和坏处？
L-24 CULTURE HIGHLIGHTS
1. New telecommunication technologies have given rise to many trendy new words. One example as Internet link 网联. If a banquet table is too big for the people sitting around at to clink glasses, the guests can propose to 网联 and tap their glasses lightly on the Lazy Susan in the middle of the table. One term that is sure to become part of the standard vocabulary is 博客, a semi-transliteration of "blog." In Taiwan, blogs are called 部落格（bùluògé), a semi-facetious transliteration "blog." 部落means ＂tribe."
2. Another fad among young Internet users is to appropriate and deliberately misuse very obscure characters. An example is 囧（jiǒng), As in 今天考得很糟糕, 真囧😳（I messed today's exam. I'm really down.) The appeal of the character is not difficult to see: the combination 八 on top of 口 seems a graphic depiction of a sad face with downcast eyebrows over the mouth – although the character is actually a variant of 炯 meaning bright or brilliant. It sounds like 窘 meaning ＂embarrassing＂ or "awkward"; hence the usage.
3. Instant messaging is very popular in China, one of the most dominant software is called QQ, it allows people to chat online in real time. What has turned it into a phenomenal success is abundance of peripheral products such as QQ games, QQ music, and QQ virtual pets. Chinese people tend to prefer to text message rather than email one another. In recent years, WE CHAT has become the most popular iTool for Chinese people to communicate. WE CHAT combines the features of YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. It is also widely used in United States and rest of the world, especially among Chinese speaking population.