Unit 7 Part III Practice Makes Perfect

How to say the following phrases? Please speak out. If you forget, click on the phrases.

to speak a foreign language, to speak Russian, to learn a foreign language, (am, is, are) learning Russian (am, is, are) learning a foreign language
do not speak Chinese well speak Chinese very well
very difficult relatively difficult not too difficult not as difficult as English
to recognize Chinese characters to write Chinese characters
some are Chinese
some are Americans

Please click on the speaker icon and listen to the question. Answer the questions based on your own situation.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Now try to say something about your study of Chinese.

Please tell a Chinese friend that you are learning Chinese. You can speak a little Chinese now. You don't read and write Chinese (use 'b

nshi..., y

...). You feel that spoken Chinese is not that difficult. Writing characters are very difficult. You also feel (y

de) that Chinese is not as difficult as Russian. Tell your friend what foreign langauge you can also speak. Also tell him that your Chinese instructor is Chinese and he is from Beijing. He lives in New York now. His wife also works in New York. He has a son and he works in Seattle. Your instructor teaches very well.

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