Part II. Read the dialogue above. Then, answer the questions about it in Mandarin
5. My girlfriend is visiting
Shucheng is telling his roommate what they need to do before his girlfriend arrives. Listen to his instructions and write the tasks in English in the order in which they are mentioned.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(CD1: 26)
(CD1: 27)
(CD1: 28)
c. Which statement about the woman’s clothes is accurate?
1) She cannot find the clothes that she wants.
2) She does not have time to wash her clothes now.
3) All of her clothes are dirty.
4) She needs to buy some new clothes.
9. Dialogue II
You will hear a dialogue between a brother and sister. Answer the questions based on the dialogue.
a. Where did the brother last see his cell phone?
1) at school 2) in the room 3) in the restaurant 4) in the office
b. What did the sister do?
1) She cleaned his room.
2) She helped him to remember something.
3) She scolded him for losing the phone.
4) She told him where to find the phone.
c. Where is the cell phone?
1) next to the desk 2) under a pile of papers 3) in the office
4) under the chair
Reading and writing
Focus on Chinese characters
1. Number of strokes
Indicate the number of strokes used in writing each of the following characters.
a.
始
____ f.屋
____b.
能
____ g.間
____c.
同
____ h.房
____(CD1: 32)
6. Conversation
A classmate is asking you about your living situation. Write the answers in complete sen-tences in Mandarin, based on your situation, writing characters wherever we have learned them. If you live at home, describe your home situation.
a. mom and answer the questions that follow in English, based on the description.
a.
You will hear a dialogue between two classmates who are taking the same course. Answer the questions based on the dialogue.
a. What is the homework?
1) complete the Lesson 2 workbook 2) preview the Lesson 3 text
3) complete the Lesson 3 workbook 4) preview the Lesson 2 text
b. What is the woman’s plan?
1) She will talk to the teacher.
2) She will withdraw from the course.
3) She will do her laundry.
4) She will get help from the man.
(CD1: 29)
(CD1: 30)
(CD1: 31)
2. Which character?
Circle the character in each line that corresponds to the meaning on the left.
a. jiAn (fángjiAn room) 間 問 b. fAng (fángjiAn room) 房 放 c. lH (lHbian inside) 裏 裹 d. sù (sùshè dormitory) 伯 宿 e. biAn (lHbian inside) 邊 這 f. shH (kAishH begin) 始 如 g. wài (wàibian outside) 外 仆
h. chuáng bed 床 庄
i. shè (sùshè dormitory) 含 舍 j. wE (tóngwE roommate) 屋 房 k. tóng (tóngwE roommate) 筒 同 l. suC (suCrán although) 難 雖
3. First strokes
Write the first two strokes of each of the following characters.
a.
雖
____ f.屋
____b.
放
____ g.所
____c.
裏
____ h.房
____d.
床
____ i.能
____e.
邊
____ j.宿
____4. Missing strokes
Complete each character by writing in the missing strokes.
a. biAn (lHbian inside) b. jiAn (fángjiAn room) c. shè (sùshè dormitory) d. sù (sùshè dormitory) e. wài (wàibian outside)
f. fàng put
g. néng able to, can h. shH (kAishH begin)
i. tóng (tóngwE roommate) j. suC (suCrán although)
5. Total strokes
Rewrite this list of characters, arranging the characters in terms of their total number of strokes. Begin your list with the character with the fewest strokes.
舍 雖 屋 同 床 間 放 房 能 始 宿 外 洗 邊 裏
6. Radicals
Here are characters that we have learned through this lesson. Rewrite each character in the row next to its radical.
邊 定 能 選 外 房 間
Group the following characters in terms of a part that they share in common. The shared part need not be the radical in each character.
外 放 洗 多 問 們 能 容 期 選 房
8. Find the words and phrases
You won’t be able to completely understand the following passage, but it contains many characters that we have learned.
a. Circle at least fifteen words that we have learned that are composed of two or more characters each and write them on the answer sheet below.
“今年” is an example of a word that is composed of two or more characters.
“我也” is composed of two characters in a row that we have learned, but it is not a word.
晚上吃晚飯的時候我的手機沒有了。我想下午下課以後我去圖書館了。在圖書館一 做完作業我就來吃飯了。我一定在圖書館學習的時候把手機放在桌子上了。我回圖 書館去找我的手機。找了半天，可是沒找到。我不可以沒有手機。明天下了課，我 非得去買手機不可。我很不高興地回宿舍了。一打開宿舍的門，我就看見我的手機 在宿舍的桌子上。我不用買新的了。我高興極了。
Words in this paragraph composed of two or more characters:
1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____
6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10. _____
11. _____ 12. _____ 13. _____ 14. _____ 15. _____
b. In one sentence in English, state the general topic of this passage.
9. Dictionary skills
Following the instructions in Lesson 17 of the Textbook, look up these characters in a Chinese dictionary and provide the requested information.
a. 把
pronunciation:
meaning:
one two-character word or phrase in which it occurs:
b. 完
pronunciation:
meaning:
one two-character word or phrase in which it occurs:
c. 衣
pronunciation:
meaning:
one two-character word or phrase in which it occurs:
10. Find the incorrect characters
Xiao Zhang has written this email to his parents but he has written ten characters incorrectly.
Read the passage aloud, circle the mistakes, and correct them on the answer sheet below.
我這級天非常忙，沒友時問去買可本。今天非去不可了，yCn 為明天九要開始上課了。
一吃 wán 早飯，我就到書點去了。Bié 的書都賣到了，就是中問課的書賣 wán 了，
yCn 為巽中文課的學生恨多。
a. ____ b. ____ c. ____ d. ____ e. ____
f. ____ g. ____ h. ____ i. ____ j. ____
11. Scrambled sentences
Rewrite these phrases as sentences, putting the words in the correct order to match the English translations.
a. 課本 / 同屋 / 我的 / 的 / 都 / 在 / 他床 / 下邊 / 的 My roommate’s textbooks are all under his bed.
b. 在 / 可是 / zhDumò / 她 / 宿舍 / 她 / 洗 yCfu / 雖然 / 住 / 每個 / 回家
Although she lives in a dorm, she goes home every weekend to do laundry (wash clothes).
c. 非常 / 學 / 的時候 / 我 / 開始 / 開車 / 開車 / 慢 / 剛 / 開得/
When I just started to learn how to drive a car I drove extremely slowly.
d. 能 / 我 / 你 / 不 / bAng / 課 / 能 / 選 Can you help me select courses?
e. 的 / 在 / 他 / 都 / 床上 / 東西 / 放 All of his things are on the bed.
12. Translation
Read the following passage and translate it into English.
小 Yè 沒有同屋，她一個人住。她的宿舍不大，dàn 是很 gAnjìng。房間裏的東西不多，
一個床、一個 guì 子、一個書 jià、一張 zhuD 子和兩 bF yH 子。ZhuD 子上有書、bH、liàn
習本，還有一個電 nFo。
13. Pinyin to characters
Rewrite the following sentences in Chinese characters.
a. JCntiAn suCrán shì xCngqCliù, bù yòng qù shàng kè, kGshì Dàmíng qH chuáng qH de hGn zFo。
b. TA yào gBn tA èr niánjí de jH ge péngyou yCqH qù tA ZhDngguó tóngwE de jiA。
c. Dào ZhDngguó rén de jiA qù kànkan, qù chC fàn, tAmen dDu hGn gAoxCng。