生存汉语 _ Survival Chinese _ Module 1 _ 2009年 4月 STFP Chinese language training 2009 in Beiwai University, Beijing

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Module One
Greetings and Introduction
●Learning Goals ⊙ Can understand and use everyday greetings
⊙ Can do brief introductions
⊙ Can ask and tell personal identification
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2. Unit One
Key Sentences
Nín hǎo! Hello!
Qĭng wèn, nĭ shì XXX ma? Please let me ask, are you XXX?
Wŏ shì XXX. I’m XXX.
Dialogues
Wáng Píng meets Lĭ Huá for the first time at the university.
: , ? Wáng: Qĭng wèn, nín shì Lĭ lăoshī ma?
: , ? Lĭ: Shì, wŏ shì Lĭ Huá, nín shì......?
: Wáng: Wŏ shì Wáng Píng.
: , ! Lĭ: Nín hăo, Wáng xiānsheng!
: , ! Wáng: Lĭ lăoshī, nín hăo!
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3. New Words and Expressions
1. qĭng please, request, invite
2. wèn ask, inquire
qĭng wèn May I ask.; Please tell me…
3. nín you (polite form)
4. shì to be
5. lăoshī teacher
6. ma yes-no, question particle
7. wŏ I, me
8. hăo good, well, fine, all right
9. xiānsheng Mr., gentleman, sir, husband
10. nǚshì Ms., lady, madam
Proper Nouns
Lĭ a Chinese surname
1.
Lĭ Huá name of a person
2.
Wáng Píng name of a person
3.
Wáng a Chinese surname
4.
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4. Grammar and Notes
1. Affirmative form
S(subject)……(adv)……shì……O(object)
Tā shì lǎoshī
Wǒmen dōu shì xuésheng
Nǐmen dōu shì lǎoshī
Note: Chinese verb “shì” is not like the English verb “to be”. It
remains unchanged in form under any circumstances and
undergoes no morphological changes of time, aspect, person,
gender or number.
2.Questions
1 With“ ma”:
S … shì … …O ……ma?
A: Nǐ shì lǎo shī ma
B: Shì wǒ shì lǎo shī
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5. Exercises
1. Substitution drills
A: Nín shì Lĭ lăoshī ma?
Lĭ Huá
Wáng xiānsheng
Wáng Píng
B Shì, wŏ shì Lĭ Píng.
Lĭ Huá
Wáng Huá
Wáng Píng
Nĭ hăo, Wáng xiānsheng !
Lĭ xiānsheng
Wáng lăoshī
Lĭ lăoshī
Wáng Píng
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6. 2. Pronunciation exercise
1) Listen and repeat.
i: nǐ lǐ
ao: nǐhǎo lǎoshī
ian: xiānsheng
2) Fill in the blanks with the number of the words you hear.
i ao ian
3. Complete the following dialogues
(1) A: Qĭng wèn, nín shì Wáng nǚshì ma?
B: _________________________.
(2) A: ?
B: Shì, wŏ shì Wáng Píng.
4. Practise the sentences you learned in this unit with the
participants in other classes.
Daily Expressions
Nǐ Hǎo! Hello! / Hi! /How do you do?
Greetings Zǎo Shang/XiàWǔ/Wǎnshang Good morning / afternoon / evening!
Hǎo! A: How are you?
A: Nǐ hǎo ma? B: Fine, thanks.
B: Hěn hǎo, Xièxie.
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7. Unit Two
Key Sentences
Qĭng wèn, nĭ shì xuésheng ma? Please let me ask, are you a student?
Nĭmen shì bu shì xuésheng ? Are you students?
Wŏ bú shì xuésheng. I’m not a student.
wŏ jiào Jiékè. My name is Jack.
Dialogues
Wáng Píng meets Jack and Anne for the first time at the university.
: Ānní: Nĭ hăo! Nĭ shì xuésheng ma?
: Jiékè: Shì, wŏ shì xuésheng, wŏ jiào
Jiékè, Wŏ shì Yīngguó rén. Nĭ ne?
: Ānní: Wŏ yĕ shì xuésheng, wŏ jiào
Ānní, wŏ shì Făguó rén.
: ? Wáng Píng: Nĭmen shì bu shì xuésheng ?
: , Jiékè: Shì, wŏmen dōu shì
liúxuéshēng. Nĭ ne? Nĭ yĕ shì
? ?
xuésheng ma?
: , Wáng Píng: Bù, wŏ bú shì xuésheng.
: ? Ānní: Nĭ shì lăoshī ma ?
: , Wáng Píng: Wŏ yĕ bú shì lăoshī,
wŏ shì gōngchéngshī.
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8. New Words and Expressions
nǐ you (single form)
1.
xuésheng student
2.
jiào call, be called, be named
3.
Wŏ jiào … My name is …
rén person, people, human being
4.
ne particle for follow-up question
5.
yĕ also, too
6.
7. nĭmen you (plural form)
8. bù not
9. wŏmen we, us
10. dōu all
11. liúxuéshēng foreign student
gōngchéngshī enginee
12.
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9. Proper Nouns
Ānní Anne (name of a person)
1.
Jiékè Jack (name of a person)
2.
Yīngguó UK
3.
Făguó France
4.
Grammar and Notes
1. Negative form:
S……(adv)…… bú shì… …O
Wǒ bú shì Yīngguó rén
Tā yě bú shì lǎoshī
Wǒmen dōu búshì gōngchéngshī
Note: The negative form of the verb “shì” must be “bú shì” with the
negative adverb “bù” placed before “shì”. The form “shì bù” does
not exist in Chinese.
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10. 2. Affirmative-negative question:
S …… shì-bu-shì O
A Tāmen shì bu shì lǎoshī
B Shì tāmen dōu shì lǎoshī
Bù tāmen dōu bú shì lǎoshī
Exercises
1. Answer the following questions
Nĭ shì xuésheng ma?
Nĭ shì Yīngguó rén ma?
2. Introduce yourself following the expressions given:
Wŏ shì xuésheng, wŏ jiào Jiékè, wŏ shì Yīngguó rén, nĭ ne?
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11. 3. Read the following sentences and pay attention to the tone changes of
“Bù” please:
Wáng lǎoshī bú shì Wāng lǎoshī.
Wǒ shì gōngchéng shī, bú shì lǎoshī.
——How many sentences can you make with “bú shì”?
4. Complete the following dialogues
1 A: ______________?
B: Wŏ shì xuésheng.
2 A: Wŏmen dōu shì liúxuéshēng, nĭ ne?
B: _____________________________.
5. Use the sentences you learned in this unit to ask your classmates
about their profession and nationality.
Daily Expressions
Bàoqiàn. Excuse me.
Excuse A: Duìbuqǐ A: I’m Sorry.
B: Méi guānxi B: It doesn’t matter.
Duì buqǐ, wǒ bù zhīdào. Sorry, I don’t know.
wǒ bù dǒng. I don’t understand.
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12. Unit Three
Key Sentences
Wŏ shì Bĕijīng rén I’m from Beijing.
Wǒ àiren yě shì lǎoshī My wife is also a teacher.
Nǐ shì Shànghǎi rén ba Are you from Shanghai?
Dialogues
Wáng Píng and Lĭ Huá are talking about the hometown.
: , ? Wáng: Lĭ lăoshī, nín hăoxiàng shì
Bĕijīng rén ba ?
: , ? Lĭ: Duì, wŏ shì Bĕijīng rén, nĭ ne?
Nĭ shì shénme dìfang rén?
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: Wáng: Wŏ shì Shànghăi rén.
: ? Lĭ: Shì ma? Wŏ àiren yĕ shì
Shànghăi rén.
: ? Wáng: Tā yĕ shì lăoshī ma?
: , Lĭ: Bù, tā shì lǜshī.
New Words and Expressions
1. hăoxiàng seem; be like
2. ba a modal particle used at the end
of a sentence
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13. 3. duì yes, right, correct
4. shénme what
5. dìfang place
6. àiren husband or wife
7. lǜshī lawyer
Proper Nouns
1. Bĕijīng name of the capital of China
2. Shànghăi name of a city in China
Grammar and Notes
1. Personal pronouns used as attributive modifiers and the
structural particle “de”.
“De” should be used after a personal pronoun when the structure
expresses possession. For example:
Tā de Zhōngwén míngzi
If the noun attributively modified expresses kinship, “de” can be
omitted after the personal pronoun. For example:
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14. tā àiren
wǒ bàba
Exercises
1. Substitution drills:
A. Nĭ shì shénme dìfang rén?
B. Wŏ shì Bĕijīng rén.
Shànghăi
Tiānjīn
Xiānggăng (HongKong)
Táiwān
2. Answer the following questions:
1 Lĭ lăoshī shì shénme dìfang rén?
2 Nĭ de lăoshī shì shénme dìfang rén?
3. Ask the participants in other classes where they come from with
the sentences you learned in this unit.
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15. Daily Expressions
wǎn ān Good night.
Greetings Goodbye.
zài jiàn
See you tomorrow.
Thanks.
míngtiān jiàn
You are welcome.
xièxie
bú kèqi
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16. Unit Four
Key Sentences
Nà wèi wàiguó xiăojiě shì shu ? Who is that foreign girl?
Tā shì nă guó rén? Which country is she from?
Tā jiào shénme míngzi? What’s her name?
Dialogues
(A foreign student is coming close.)
: ? Wáng: Nà wèi wàiguó xiăojiě shì
? shu ? Shì nín de xuésheng
ba?
: , Lĭ: Shì, tā shì liúxuéshēng.
: ? Wáng: Tā shì nă guó rén?
: Lĭ: Tā shì Yìdàlì rén.
: ? ? Wáng:Tā xìng shénme? Jiào
shénme míngzi?
: , Lĭ: Tā xìng Bái, jiào Bái Lìyà.
: ? Wáng: Zhè shì tā de Zhōngwén
míngzi ba?
: Lĭ: Duì .
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17. New Words and Expressions
1. nà / nèi that
2. wèi a measure word for person
3. wàiguó foreign country
4. xiăojiĕ miss
5. shuí/shéi who; whom
6. de a structural particle of possession
7. nă which
8. guó country
9. xìng surname
10. zhè / zhèi this
11. Zhōngwén Chinese language
…… wén written words or language
12. míngzi given name; full name
Proper Nouns
1. Yìdàlì Italy
2. Bái a Chinese surname
3. Bái Lìyà name of a person
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18. Grammar and Notes
It is used at the end of the interrogative sentences to indicate
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that the speaker has an estimate of something but is not very
certain. The tone is mild.
Exercises
1. Substitution drills:
A:Nà wèi xiăojiĕ shì shéi?
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Nà wèi xiānsheng
Zhè wèi xiăojiĕ
Zhè wèi xiānsheng
B: Tā shì wŏ de xuésheng.
Tā lăoshī
Tā mìshū
Tā lǜshī
A:Nĭ shì nă guó rén?
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B:Wŏ shì Zhōngguó rén.
Yīngguó
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19. Făguó
Déguó
Yìdàlì
3 Zhè shì wŏ de Zhōngwén míngzi.
Yīngwén
Făwén
Déwén
Yìdàlìwén
2. Answer the following questions:
1 Nà wèi wàiguó xiăojiĕ shì nă guó liúxuéshēng?
2 Tā de Zhōngwén míngzi shì shénme?
3 Nĭ shì nă guó liúxuéshēng?
4 Nĭ de Zhōngwén míngzi shì shénme?
3. Complete the following dialogues:
A: Nĭ xìng shénme?
1)
B:___________________
A:____________________?
2)
B: Wŏ jiào Wáng Píng.
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20. A: Nĭ shì nă guó rén?
3)
B: ____________________
A: Nĭ shì xuésheng ba?
4)
B: __________________
A: Zhè shì shéi de míngpiàn?
5)
B: _____________________
A: Xièxie!
6)
B: ___________
4. Ask questions using“ shéi” , “ shénme” , “ nă ”, “
shéide”, “ shénme dìfang” based on the following
sentences:
1) Tā shì Lĭ xiānsheng .
2) Wŏ xìng Wáng, wŏ jiào Wáng Píng.
3) Nà wèi wàiguó xiăojiě shì mìshū.
4) Wŏ àiren shì Bĕijīng rén.
5) Wŏ de lăobăn shì Făguó rén.
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21. Daily Expressions
Nín guìxìng
Introduction What’s your family name
What’s your name?
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi
Let me give an introduction.
Nice to meet you.
Wǒ lái jièshào yí xiàr
Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ
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22. Additional New words and Expressions
1. Zhōngguó China
2. Déguó Germany
3. Luómǎníyà Romania
4. Àodìlì Austria
5. Bōlán Poland
6. Bĭlìshí Belgium
7. Yīngguó Britain
8. Făguó France
9. Jiékè Czech Republic
10. Hélán Netherlands
11. Pútáoyá Portugal
12. Xībānyá Spain
13. Bǎojiālìyà Bulgaria
14. Yìdàlì Italy
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23. Unit Five
Dialogues
Jack and Anne are new students. They meet Lĭ Huá and Wáng Píng for
the first time at the university.
: Jiékè: Nĭ hăo! Wŏ jiào Jiékè, wŏ shì Yīngguó
rén. Wŏ shì liúxuésheng. Nĭ ne?
: Ānní: Shì, Wŏ yĕ shì. Wŏde míngzi jiào
Ānní, wŏ cóng Făguó lái.
: Jiékè: Nà wèi nǚshì shì shéi?
Ānní: Tā shì wŏmen de Zhōngwén lăoshī,
:
tā xìng Lĭ. Lĭ lăoshī shì Bĕijīng rén.
Tā àiren shì yí wèi lǜshī.
: Jiékè: Nín hăo! Lĭ lăoshī.
: Lĭ Huá: Nĭmen hăo! Nĭmen dōu shì Făguó
? xuésheng ma?
: Ānní: Bù, tā cóng Yīngguó lái. Tā jiào Jiékè.
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24. : Jiékè: Zhè wèi xiānsheng yĕ shì lăoshī ba?
Lĭ Huá: Bù tā bú shì lăoshī, tā shì
:
gōngchéngshī.
Ānní: Tā yĕ shì Bĕijīng rén ma?
:
Lĭ Huá: Bù tā cóng Shànghăi lái.
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New Words and Expressions
cóng from
1.
lái come
2.
cóng…lái come from
Exercises
1. Make sentences by rearranging the given words:
(1) ma nĭ yĕ gōngchéngshī shì
(2) Wáng bù xiānsheng Yīngguó shì rén
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25. (3) yĕ shì dōu lǎoshī bú wŏmen
(4) rén nă nĭmen guó shì
(5) Zhōngwén zhè míngzi shì tā shénme de
(6) cóng wŏmen lái Shànghăi de lăoshī
2. Change the following sentences into questions with “ or
affirmative-negative questions:
Example: Wŏ shì xuésheng .
Nĭ shì xuésheng ma?
Nĭ shì bu shì xuésheng?
(1) Tā shì Wáng xiānsheng.
(2) Xiăo Lĭ shì gōngchéngshī.
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26. (3) Wŏmen dōu shì jīnglĭ.
(4) Tā yĕ shì Zhōngguó rén.
(5) Tāmen yĕ dōu shì liúxuéshēng .
3. Perform the following dialogue
A: Qĭng wèn, nĭ shì liúxuéshēng ma?
B: Wŏ bú shì liúxuéshēng, wŏ shì lăoshī.
A: Duì bu qĭ.
B: Méi guānxi.
3. Make a speech following the example given :
Wŏ jiào Jiékè, wŏ shì Yīngguó rén, wŏ shì liúxuéshēng. Ānní yĕ shì
liúxuéshēng, tā bú shì Yīngguó rén, tā shì Făguó rén.
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27. 4. Practise the sentences you learned in this module with the
participants in other classes.
5. Please ask your teachers and teachers in other classes their names
and hometowns in Chinese.
Daily Expressions
Wǒ néng jìn lái ma A: May I come in?
Qǐng jìn. B: Come in, please.
Expressions
Qǐng zuò. Sit down, please.
In Class
Shàngkè le. It’s time for class.
Dǎ kāi shū dì liù yè. Open your books and turn to page
Nín néng zài shuō y biàn ma? Could you say it again?
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