Objectives of this lesson:
You will be able to talk about your family: how many people you have in your family; what they are and where they work; if you miss them or often write to them, call them...

Lesson 14-1 PPT

Step 1. Listen and understand: Listen to the following passage, study the new words and notes. Do you understand the following passage about Prof. Xie's family now?

Zhè shì wǒ de yì jiā.
Wǒ jiā yǒu sān ge rén: wǒ tàitai, wǒ érzi hé wǒ.
Zhè shì wǒ de tàitai, tā xiànzài bù gōngzuò.
Wǒ yǒu yí ge érzi. Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò. Tā shì zhíyuán.
Wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi. Wǒ méiyǒu jiejie, mèimei, gēge. Wǒ dìdi zài Shànghǎi gōngzuò. Tā shì gōnchéngshī.
Wǒ de bàba māma ye zài Shànghǎi. Tāmen bù gōngzuò, tuìxiū le.

You will find some new words in the passage:

yì jiā   ge   gōngzuò   yǒu   yínháng   zhíyuán   jiějie   mèimei   gōnchéngshī   tuìxiū le

a family  a measure word  to work, job  to have  a bank  a clerk  an elder sister  a younger sister  an engineer  have retired

Note
a. 'ge' is a measure word in Chinese. It must appear after numerals and before nouns. For example:

two books      liáng ben shū
three teacher   sän ge lǎoshī
one brother     yí ge dìdi
one son          yí ge érzi
where 'běn' and 'ge' are measure words. Use of a specific measure word depends on the noun.

Step 2 Answer the following questions about Xie laoshi:
a. Xiè laoshī yǒu méiyou érzi? (Xiè laoshī you érzi ma?)
b. Tā érzi zài nǎr gōngzuò?
c. Tā érzi zuò shénme gōngzuò?
d. Tā tàitai zuò shénme gōngzuò?
e. Xiè lǎoshī yǒu méiyǒu jiejie?
f. Tā dìdi zài nǎr gōngzuò?
g. Tā dìdi zuò shénme gōngzuò?
h. Tā bàba māma yě zài Shànghai gōngzuò ma?

Note
a. 'you méiyou...?' or 'you...ma?' both mean 'do you have...?'
b. Pay attention that 'do not have' is 'méiyou', not 'bù you"
c. 'zuò shénme gōngzuò' means 'what job does one do'. The original word order in Chinese is: 'do what job'. 'gōngzuò here is a noun. The answer to this question is 'Tä shì gönchéngshï. (He is an engineer.) or Tä shì zhíyuán. (He is a clerk) '

Step 3 Say following sentences and questions in Chinese:

I have a younger brother (a younger sister, a girl friend, a good friend).
I have a Chinese book (a map of China, a map of America, a car).
I don't have boy friend (elder sister, elder brother, car, job).
Do you have English book (car, pen)?
Where do you work?
I work in bank (bookstore, a store, institute).
What job does your father do?
He is a doctor (teacher, professor, clerk, manager-jïngli, engineer).

Step 4 Now listen to the passage again and pay attention to the characters See page 15 of the Writing Workbook for the new characters. Or learn the characters:

Can you read out the following words in characters now?

Step 5 Do your homework. Submit it electronically.

Voice part:Say the following sentences in Chinese:

This is my family.
There are five persons in my family. (My family has five persons)
I have father, mother, an elder brother and an elder sister.
I don't have younger brothers and sisters.
My father and mother do not work. They have retired.
My brother works in SF. He is a doctor.
My sister works in LA. She is a teacher.