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Lesson one Eating 饭菜 (28 new words)

Grammar notes

1. Nĭ chī shénme?/ Nĭ xĭhuān chī shénme?
2. Shénme hăochī?
3. Cài bù hăochī, ròu hăochī
4. Duō chī yìdiăn…, shăo chī yìdian
5. Chī băo le ma

Question words shénme and ma Week One 你吃什么;你喜欢吃什么
Topic and comment type of sentences as in cài bù hăochī, ròu hăochī;  stative verbs as in ròu hăochī Week Two  什么好吃
Adverbs duō and shăo as in duō chī Week Three 多吃点这个,少吃点那个; 吃饱了吗
Resultative word chī băo Week Four 复习Revision
Measure words such as ge, bēi and many more Week Five 听力 Listening comprehension

Lesson two Drinking 酒水 (31 new words)

1. Wǒ búhuì hē jiǔ
2. Yǒu méi you júzi shuĭ?
3. Bié hē de tài duō le.
4. Nĭ yĭjīng hē le wǔ bēi le.
5. Tā hē zuì le.
Model verb huì as in bú huì hē jiǔ Week One 我不会喝酒;有没有桔子水
"V not V" question as in yǒu méi you júzi shuĭ Week Two  别喝得太多了
The particle de expresses result of an action as in hē de tài duō le Week Three 你已经喝了五杯了
Le indicates the excessiveness as in tài duō le. Le indicates the change as in  hē le wǔ bēi júzi shuĭ le Week Four 他喝醉了
Le indicates the completed action as in hē le wǔ bēi júzi shuĭ. Week Five 复习,听力 Revision and listening comprehensiom

Lesson three Shopping 商店 (17 new words)

1. Nĭ (yào) măi shénme?
2. Zhè ge tài guì le. Yǒu piányì yìdiăn de ma? Zhè ge tài guì le. Yǒu méi yǒu dà yìdiăn de?
3. Gĕi wǒ huàn yí ge, xíng ma?
4. Yígòng duōshao qián?
5. Wǒ méiyou líng qián. bié zhăo le.

...de as in meipianyi de; Tai...le to indicate excessiveness; adjective + yidian Week One 你要买什么;这个太贵了,有便宜一点的吗
Co-verbs gei; the use of xing and hao Week Two 给我换一个,行吗
Use of the adverb yigong; The expression of duoshao qian Week Three  一共多少钱
The use of the verb zhăo Week Four  我没有零钱。别找了
  Week Five 复习, 听力 Revision and listening comprehensiom

Lesson four On the journey

Gàosù wǒ nì qù Shànghǎi de shíjiān 告诉我你去上海的时间

Shénme shíhou dào… 什么时候到?

Tā zài nǎr gōngzuò 她在哪儿工作?

Qù Shànghǎi yīnggāi zuò jǐge xiǎoshí de huǒchē 去上海应该坐几个小时的火车?

Nǐ de dìzhǐ shì shénme 你的地址是什么?

wǒ gēn shuí liánxì 我跟谁联系?

Zuò huǒchē yào jǐge xiǎoshi 坐火车要几个小时?

Qù Shànghǎi de huǒchē jǐ diǎn kāi 去上海的火车几点开?

Lesson five In Beijing

Nǐ zài Běijīng hái yǒu jǐ tiān?

Zhè jǐ tiān nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme?

Gùgōng de pén piàn hěn guì

Nǐ jǐ diǎn qù?

Nǐ zěnme qù?

Tā de sījī lái jiē women.

Nǐ yīnggāi gěi ta kànkan zhàopiàn

Lesson six In Beijing 2

nǐhénme shíhou huí Fǎguó

shi shàngwǔ shíyīdiǎn de fēijī

nǐ juéde zài Zhōngguó zěnmeyàng

nǐ xǐhuān Běijīng háishi Shànghǎi

nǐ yīnggāi hǎohao guò zhè sāntiān

shíjiān guòde hěn kuài

wǒ juéde zài Zhōngguó hěn kāixīn

wǒchī huǒjī, tǔdòu, háiyǒu lǔzhī

Lesson seven Chat

wǒ sòng tā qù huǒchēzhàn

tā zuò le yángròu tang

běijīng lěng de shíhou yǒuwùmái

běijīng de qiūtiān zuì hǎo

jīntiān wǒ xiūxi

wǒ gōngzuò hěnmáng

nǐde gōngzuò yǒuyìsi ma

yīyuè dǐ tāmen huì qǐng nǐ zài zuò zhè ge gōngzuò ma

Lesson eight Comparisons

 

Lesson nine

Lesson ten Prepare for the Spring Festival

 

Lesson eleven Working and eating

 

Lesson twelve Chat   Lesson twelve B

 

Lesson thirteen BA3

Lesson fourteen In The Park

Lesson fifteen At Work

Lesson sixteen Buying bikes

 

Lesson seventeen Travelling

 

Lesson eighteen Talking

 

Lesson nineteen Who is cooking today?

Lesson twenty Daily life

 

Lesson twenty one Some greeting expressions

 

Lesson twenty two Hot weather

Lesson twenty three Weekend

Lesson twenty four Catching cold

Lesson twenty five Chatting about work

Lesson twenty six Chatting about going somewhere