Lesson 1: Greeting 打dă 招zhāo 呼hū

You will need to practice the basic requirement in each lesson. After that, you may try challenging level to learn more.

Objectives（目mù 標biāo） :

1. You know how to greet to a Chinese person.

2. You know how to act when you greet.

3. You know the basic commands in the classroom.

4. You can distinguish the four tones by practicing listening on the website.

http://www.newconceptmandarin.com/support/Intro_Pinyin.asp

5. Practice listening to the vowels and consonants on this website:

http://www.mdnkids.com/BoPoMo/ (you don't need to memorize the symbols but you need to be familiar with the sounds)

Pattern and life sentences（句jù 型xíng 與yŭ 生shēng 活huó 用yòng 語yŭ） :

(You can download the mp3 to hear the sentences on the bottom of this page.)

你nǐ 好hăo ，老lăo 師shī 好hăo ，大dà 家jiā 好hăo 。

你nǐ 好hăo 嗎mā ？我wǒ 很hěn 好hăo 。

早zăo 安ān ，晚wăn 安ān 。

謝xiè 謝xie 你nǐ ！謝xiè 謝xie 老lăo 師shī ！

再zài 見jiàn 。老lăo 師shī 再zài 見jiàn ，大dà 家jiā 再zài 見jiàn 。

Command phrases （命mìng 令lìng 詞cí 語yŭ ）:

起qǐ 立lì

敬jìng 禮lǐ

坐zuò 下xià 。

Vocabularies（生shēng 詞cí） :

簡單的中文字 Pictograph Chinese characters

Can you remember the characters by its image?

Homework（功gōng 課kè ）:

1. Listen to the first attachment below for the content in this lesson.

2. Make 11 flash cards by writing Arabic number on one side and download the second attachment for Chinese number 1-10 and paste them to the other side of each card.

3. Think about what you may say after greeting and email to me.