Meizhen is talking about her shopping experience. Based on her narrative, indicate whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F).
a. ( ) Meizhen wears a size 5.
b. ( ) The skirt is 50% off.
c. ( ) Meizhen likes the color red.
d. ( ) Meizhen bought some things, but she didn’t buy a skirt.
e. ( ) Meizhen went shopping last weekend.
9. Dialogue
Zhijie is phoning Wenna to invite her to an event. Listen to their conversation and select the correct answer to each of the following questions.
a. What event will they attend tomorrow night?
1) an evening party 2) a dance party
3) a singing performance 4) a musical
b. How did the woman learn about the event?
1) from the campus newspaper 2) from her friend
3) from a radio broadcast 4) from some school posters
c. What will the woman probably wear tomorrow night?
1) a long skirt 2) a short skirt 3) a pair of red pants 4) a traditional dress
d. Why does the man want to go to the event?
1) His friends organized the event.
2) He was asked to buy the tickets.
3) He is going on a date with the female speaker.
4) His sister is singing at the event.
e. What is their plan for tomorrow?
1) They will take the subway.
2) They will meet at the auditorium.
3) They will drive there.
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Reading and writing
Focus on Chinese characters
1. Number of strokes
Indicate the number of strokes used in writing each of the following characters.
a. 新 ____ f. 貴 ____
b. 員 ____ g. 綠 ____
c. 特 ____ h. 連 ____
d. 鐵 ____ i. 穿 ____
e. 事 ____ j. 球 ____
2. Which character?
Circle the character in each line that corresponds to the meaning on the left.
a. shì (shìyàng style) 式 試
b. yùn move (yùndòng movement) 動 運
c. xCn heart 心 新
d. wán finish, end 玩 完
e. yòu also, both 友 又
f. lián even 車 連
g. tiG iron (dìtiG subway) 錄 鐵 h. tiáo (classifier for streets, skirts) 佫 條
i. tH (shBntH body) 體 髒
j. shBn (shBntH body) 身 夏
k. yuán (fúwùyuán server, clerk) 員 貴 l. qì (tiAnqì weather) 汽 氣
3. First strokes
Write the first two strokes of each of the following characters.
a. 春 ____ f. 累 ____
b. 山 ____ g. 綠 ____
c. 市 ____ h. 條 ____
d. 務 ____ i. 心 ____
e. 葉 ____ j. 動 ____
4. Missing strokes
Complete each character by writing in the missing strokes.
a. shBn (shBntH body) b. shì (shìyàng style) c. wán finish, end
d. lèi tired
e. chuAn wear, put on
f. qiú ball
g. guì expensive
h. qì (tiAnqì weather)
i. chEn spring
j. shì (shì zhDngxCn city center)
5. Total strokes
Rewrite this list of characters, arranging the characters in terms of their total number of strokes. Begin your list with the character with the fewest strokes.
動 特 葉 事 綠 穿 式 新 身 完 員 體 心 累 氣 鐵 貴 又 運 條
6. Radicals
Here is a list of characters that we have learned through this lesson. Rewrite each character in the row next to its radical.
完 員 穿 春 經 運 綠 連 進 玩 邊 定 喝 最 球 週
口 日 宀 辶 糹 王
7. Character sleuth: Look for the phonetic
Group the characters below in terms of their rhymes or near-rhymes. Write the characters that rhyme with each other in the column on the right. Write the shared part of each char-acter in the column on the left. For all of these charchar-acters, the shared part is the “phonetic,”
the part of the character that provides a clue to its pronunciation. The first set of rhymes is completed for you. There are nine additional sets of characters that rhyme or partially rhyme and share a phonetic component among these characters.
女 如 現 玩 把 門 放 紅 房 國 工 式 或 完 近 爸 見 試 跟 院 新 方 問 很
phonetic characters that rhyme or almost rhyme and share a phonetic component
女 如
8. Getting the gist of a paragraph
You won’t be able to completely understand the following passage, but you know enough characters and words to be able to identify the topic of the paragraph and some of the supporting details. Read the paragraph for the main ideas and answer the questions that follow in English. Do not look up any characters we have not learned.
我真的不知道為甚麼有這麼多的人喜歡打球。打球到底有甚麼意思呢？很多人在 一起，跑來、跑去。不是把球踢出去，就是把球搶過來，又髒、又熱、又累。有的 時候還會傷了身體，不得不去看醫生。如果真的那麼喜歡球，每個人自己買一個 拿回家不是很好嗎？
a. What is the general topic of this paragraph?
b. What is the narrator’s opinion about this topic?
c. Circle one or two sections of the passage that reveal the narrator’s opinion.
9. Dictionary skills
Following the instructions in Lesson 17 of the Textbook, look up these characters in a Chinese dictionary and provide the requested information.
a. 街
pronunciation:
meaning:
one two-character word or phrase in which it occurs:
b. 花
pronunciation:
meaning:
one two-character word or phrase in which it occurs:
c. 種
pronunciation:
meaning:
one two-character word or phrase in which it occurs:
10. Find the incorrect characters
Xiao Zhang has written this email to his parents back in the USA, telling them about one of his classmates, but he has typed ten characters incorrectly. Read the passage aloud, circle the mistakes, and correct them on the answer sheet below.
爸爸，媽媽，你們好！
Rewrite these phrases as sentences, putting the words in the correct order to match the English translations.
a. 以後 / 去 / 晚飯 / 男朋友 / 新 / 市中心 / 買 / 她 / 衣服 / 和 / 的 / 的 / 吃完 / 小葉 After finishing dinner, Xiao Ye and her boyfriend went downtown to buy new clothes.
b. 的 / 天氣 / 春天 / 好 / 舒服 / 好 / 沒有 / 的 / 那麼 / 夏天 / 是 / 可是
The weather in the summer is good all right, but it is not as comfortable as the spring.
c. 都 / 打球 / 週末 / 沒有 / 時間 / 我們 / 連
We don’t even have time to play ball on the weekend.
12. Comprehension
Read the following paragraph and indicate whether the statements below are true (T) or false (F), based on the information in the passage.
有的人很喜歡買東西。有用的東西也買，沒有用的也買。只要看見他喜歡的東西，
他就非買不可。我就 rènshi 一個這樣的人。他最喜歡買不同式樣的衣服。雖然買了
很多，但是沒有時間穿。以前差不多每個週末他都出去買衣服，最近不買了。因為
他買了很多，所以現在他連一點錢都沒有了。他的房間雖然很大，但是連再放一 jiàn
衣服的地方都沒有了。他說以後有了錢，他還會買。你說這樣的人有意思嗎？
a. ( ) The narrator’s friend only likes to buy one style of clothing.
b. ( ) The narrator’s friend buys clothes that he doesn’t wear.
c. ( ) The narrator’s friend can’t buy any more clothes because his house isn’t big enough to store more clothes.
d. ( ) The narrator’s friend only buys clothes if they are on sale.
e. ( ) The narrator thinks that buying clothes is interesting.
Focus on structure
1. Even more (Use and Structure note 23.2)
Translate a.–c. into English and d.–f. into Mandarin.
a. 天氣 yùbào 說明天比今天還冷。
b. 我覺得這 shuAng xié 子比那 shuAng xié 子 gèng 舒服一點。
c. Qí 自行車比走路快。坐出 zE 車 gèng 快。
d. Japanese is hard all right, but Chinese is even harder. (Use gèng.) e. The red skirt is even prettier than the blue one. (Use 還.)
f. She is even smarter than her older sister. (Use 還.)