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...
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:
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: