Lesson Nineteen B

Are there more and more people learning Chinese

Conversation

Can you remember all the words that we have learned? Let’s listen to the following dialogue.

a.          wèi,    Kèlākè xiānsheng,  nǐ    qù  năr?

             喂,  克拉克先生,           哪儿?

             hi,      Clark    Mr,            you go where?

Hello,  Mr. Clark.  Where are you going ?

 

b.         wǒ   qù   xuéxiào  shàngkè.

      学校         

             I     go    school   attend lesson

     I am going to class at school.

 

a.         zhème wǎn  le.   nǐ shàng     shénme kè?

这么                  什么   课?

so        late LE.  You attend what lesson

     It’s very late. What course are you studying?

 

b.         wǒ  báitiān gōngzuò, méiyǒu  shíjiān.

    白天   工作,         时间。    

I     daytime work,    not have time

    I work during the day, and I don’t have time (to study).  

  

wǒ  zhǐhǎo  shàng  yè          xiào      xuéxí    Zhōngwén 

        只好                           学习    中文。 

     I      only    attend  evening school  study   Chinese

      I have to go to evening class to study Chinese.

 

a.         yìbiān  gōngzuò,  yìbiān  xuéxí,    hĕn cuò   ma* .

    一边      工作, 一边   学习 ,很       

    YIBIAN work  YIBIAN study   very not bad MA

     Studying  while working isn't too bad.

 

b.         nǐ wèishénme  xué   Zhōngwén  ne?

    什么      中文           呢?

            you why         study  Chinese    NE

Why do you study Chinese?

 

a.          míngnián  wǒmen  gōngsī    yào    pài   rén    qù  Běijīng gōngzuò.

明年       我们   公司                       北京      工作。

next year our     company want send people go Beijing    work

      Our company is sending some people to work in Beijing next year.

 

yīnwéi  wǒ hěn  xiǎng  qù,   suǒyǐ      wǒ  jiù  xuéxí  Zhōngwén.

因为               去,所以          学习   中文。

because I   very intend go    therefore I    then study Chinese

             I very much would like to go, so  I am studying  Chinese.

 

b.         ò.   xiànzài xué    Zhōngwén de  rén     yuè lái   yuè  duō    le.

 哦。现在       中文                             了。 

oh    now     study Chinese   DE people increasingly many LE

 I see. There are more and more people learning Chinese.

 

           wǒ kàn Zhōngguó  jiārù  Shìmào  yĭhòu,  xué Zhongwénde  rén       huì   gèng   duō.   

       中国        加入       以后,学                         多。

I   think China      enter  WTO    after    study Chinese  DE people will  even many

I think there will be even more people learning Chinese when China joins the WTO.

 

Practice

 

1. Listen and read the dialogue again and answer the following questions.

  1.   Kèlākè yào  qù  shénme  dìfang ?

克拉克      什么       地方

  1.   Kèlākè wèi shénme  zài  yèxiào xuéxí ?

克拉克    什么       夜校  学习

  1.   Kèlākè yíbiān  gōngzuò,  yìbiān  zuò shénme?

克拉克 一边    工作      一边      什么

  1.   Kèlākè yīnwèi shénme xuéxí Zhōngwén ?

克拉克 因为  什么    学习   中文 

  1.   Xiànzài xuéxí Zhōngwén de rén yuè lái yuè duō ma ?

现在    学习                 

  1.   Zhōngguó jiārù  shìmào hòu , xué Zhōngwén de rén huì gèng duō ma ?

         加入  世贸                        

 

2. Pay attention to the tones and the pronunciation in the dialogue.

3. Tell people in your class why you would like to study Chinese.

 

 

Tape version

 

Part one: new words

1.

huì

be likely to

2.

克拉克

Kèlākè

Clark

3.

学校

xuéxiào

school

4.

白天

báitiān

daytime

5.

只好

zhǐhǎo

have no alternative but…

6.

夜校

yèxiào

evening class

7.

一边一边

yìbiān…yìbiān…

at the same time

8.

cuò

wrong, fault

9.

明年

míngnián

next year

10.

公司

gōngsī

company

11.

pài

send, assign

12.

所以

suǒyǐ

therefore

13.

越来越

yuèláiyuè

more and more

14.

加入

jiārù

join

15.

世贸

Shìmào

WTO

16.

以后

yǐhòu

after

17.

gèng

even more

 

Part two: expressions

A

they while walk while speak Chinese 

They are talking in Chinese while walking. 

B

because weather cold so I not go    school 

Because it’s cold, I don’t go to school.

 

C

weather more and more cold 

 It’s getting colder and colder. 

 

Part three: conversation

a.

hello Clark Mr. you go where

Hello! Mr. Clark.  Where are you going?

b.

I go school attend class

 I am going to class at school. 

a.

so late  LE  you  attend  what  class NE

It’s very late. What course are you studying?

b.

I daytime work no time I have to go evening class study Chinese 

I work during the day, and I don’t have time (to study). I have to go to evening class to study Chinese. 

a.

you why learn Chinese NE 

Why do you learn Chinese? 

b.

next year we company will send people go Beijing work 

Our company is sending some people to work in Beijing next year. 

 

because I very would like go so I then learn Chinese 

I very much would like to go, so  I am studying  Chinese.

a.

oh now learn Chinese of people more and more many LE 

I see. There are more and more people learning Chinese.

b.

I think China join WTO after learn Chinese of  people will  even  many. 

I think there will be even more people learning Chinese when China joins the WTO.

 


 

 


 

* MA is placed at the end of a sentence to confirm a statement.