Unit 7
Part I: Listen and Learn 5
Click on the speaker icon of the
following sentences and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters
are in big5 format.
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John, n
xi
nzi
Zh
ngw
n shu
de hn h
o.
John, you speak Chinese very well
now.
John, 你現在中文說得很好。
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N
l, hi
b
x
ng, w
zh hu
shu
ydir Zhngwn.
No, not good yet. I can speak a
little Chinese.
哪裡﹐還不行﹐我只會說一點兒中文。
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R
nshi bu rnshi
Zhnggu
z?
Do you recognize Chinese characters?
認識不認識中國字﹖
-
B
rnshi, w
zh hu shu.
W hu xi
P
nyn.
No, I don't. I can speak only. I
can write Pinyin.
不認識﹐我只會說。我會寫拼音。
-
N de losh
sh bu sh Zhnggu
rn?
Is your teacher Chinese?
你的老師是不是中國人﹖
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Shde, t
sh
Zhnggu rn,
sh cng Shnghi
li de.
Yes, he is a Chinese and he came
from Shanghai.
是的他是中國人﹐是從上海來的。
-
T jio de ho
bu ho?
Does he teach well?
他教得好不好﹖
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T jio de hn
ho.
He teaches very well.
他教得很好。
Notes:
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'de' in 'T
jio de hn ho.'
is a grammatical particle. This pattern is used to express the degree or
extent.
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The difference between 'y'
and 'hi': Study the following sentences and
try to find out the difference.
W hu
shu Yngy
,
y hu shu
Ey.
(I can speak English and I also
speak Russian.)
W hu
shu Yngy,
hi hu shu
Ey.
(I can speak English. In addition,
I can also speak Russian.)
W hu
shu Ey. T
y hu shu
Ey.
(I can speak Russian. He can also
speak Russian.)
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