CPR Lesson 15 Study Guide Part I

 

Objectives of this lesson:

Learn to talk about our department and your study of Chinese

Learn to respond to compliment

Learn the numbers and measure words in Chinese

 

Step 1. : Click here to listen to the following passage, study the new words and notes. Do you understand the following passage about the Chinese Department?

 

Zhè  shì  wǒmen  Zhōngwén  . Wǒmen  Zhōngwén    yǒu  jiushíbā  ge xuésheng, liù  ge Zhōngguó  lǎoshī. Xiè  lǎoshī  jiāo  wǒmen  kóuyǔ, yúfǎ    Hànzì.  Wǒmen  zài  zhèr  xuéxí  Hànyǔ . Wǒmen  xuéxiào  yǒu  túshūguǎn    yuèlǎnshì . Túshūguǎn  yǒu  Zhōngwén  shū ,Zhōngwén  zázhì , Zhōngwén  bào    Hànyǔ  cídiǎn .  Wǒmen  cháng  zài  túshūguǎn  kàn  shū , xuéxí .

 

You will find some new words in the passage:

 

Zhōngwén

Chinese language

department

jiāo

to teach

kóuyǔ

spoken language

yúfǎ

grammar

xuéxiào

school

túshūguǎn

library

yuèlǎnshì

reading room

zázhì

magazine

bào

newspaper

cídiǎn

dictionary

kàn

to read

 

Notes

 

a. jiāo  - to teach, to teach somebody something. jiāo  is a verb that takes two objects òa direct object and an indirect object.  In the sentence Xiè lǎoshī jiāo  wǒmen kóuyǔ  (Professor Xie teaches us the spoken language),  wǒmen (us) is an indirect object and kóuyǔ (spoken language) is a direct object. Here are more examples:

 

 

Wáng lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen yúfǎ.

Professor Wang teaches us grammar.

 

gěi Dīng Yún cídiǎn.

I give Ding Yun a dictionary.

 

  gàosu    tāde  míngzì.

He told me his name.

 

b. kàn -  to look, but it also means 'to read' or 'to watch'. In the sentence Wǒmen  cháng zài  túshūguǎn  kàn  shū . (We often read books in the library), ka4n means 'to read'. Here are more examples:

 

kàn  zázhì

to read journals

 

kàn  shū

to read books

 

kàn  huàbào

to read magazines

 

kàn  xìn

to read a letter

 

 Step 2 Answer the following questions about the Chinese Department:

 

a. Zhōngwén    yǒu  duōshǎo  (how many) xuésheng?

b. Zhōngwén    yǒu    ge (how many) Zhōngguó  lǎoshī?

c. Xiè  lǎoshī  jiāo  nǐmen  shénme?

d. Nǐmen  zài  Zhōngwén    xuéxí  shénme?

e. Nǐmen  xuéxiào  yǒu  túshūguǎn    yuèlǎnshì  ma?

f. Túshūguǎn  yǒu  méiyǒu  Zhōngwén  shū , Zhōngwén  bào ? Hànyǔ  cídiǎn  ne?

g. Nǐmen  cháng  zài  túshūguǎn  kàn  shū , xuéxí  ma?

 

 Step 3 Say following sentences and questions in Chinese:

 

a. The Chinese Department has six Chinese teachers.

b. Our Department has 98 students.

c. Who teaches you spoken language, grammar and characters?

d. We study Chinese here.

e. The library has Chinese books, journals, newspapers and Chinese dictionaries.

f. I often study in the library and read books.

 

Step 4 Now can you read the following text? You can listen to the text again.

 

這是我們中文系。我們中文系有九十八個學生﹐六個中國老師。謝老師教我們口語﹐語法和漢字。我們在這兒學習漢語。我們學校有圖書館和閱覽室。圖書館有中文書﹐中文雜誌﹐中文報和漢語詞典。我們常在圖書館看書﹐學習。

 

Can you read out the following words in characters now? What do they mean?

 

中文系     口語          語法          圖書館               閱覽室

中文書     雜誌                         漢語詞典         

在圖書館 看書          學習

 

Step 5 Read the text of Lesson 15. Answer the following questions in Chinese according to the text orally. When you study the text, you may find some more new words:

 

hái

in addition, still

不敢當

gǎndāng

(I) don't really deserve (it)

互相

hùxiāng

mutually, each other

xīn

new

畫報

huàbào

magazine (with photos and pictures)

 

a.

中文系有多少學生?

b.

中文系有幾個中國老師?

c.

王老師教什麼?

d.

丁雲教什麼?

e.

誰教古波帕蘭卡英語?

f.

古波和帕蘭卡常在閱覽室看什麼?

g.

閱覽室有中文雜誌嗎?

h.

閱覽室有沒有中文報和漢語詞典?

i.

閱覽室有幾本漢語詞典?

 

Step 6 Do your homework 1 Save this file, use Microsoft Word to complete it. Email it to csulchn101@gmaill.com.

Print character practice sheer for this lesson . Practice writing the characters which were covered in this session. Do not submit it.

View animated characters in this lesson.

 

END of CPR Lesson 15 Study Guide Part I