2 Daily activities

Table 1 lists some new vocabulary which you can use to talk about different daily activities. Read and repeat the words aloud and then copy them into your notebook.

Note that 网 wǎng is the shortened word for internet: the equivalent of the English ‘net’. The full term in Chinese is hùlián wǎng 互联网 (lit. inter-connect net).

Activity 2

Listen to the words given in Table 1 in the audio below. Pause and repeat each word as many times as you want. Then, write down the five words that you found more difficult to remember in the space below.

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xué 学

zuò 做

xiě 写

kàn 看

shàng wǎng 上网

zhuānyè 专业

yīngwén 英文

zhōngwén 中文

wénxué 文学

diànshì 电视

shū 书

hànzì 汉字

wǎnshang 晚上

tiāntiān 天天

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You have just learned some new verbs and nouns. Now, match the following nouns with the appropriate verb.

hànzì 汉字

xiě 写

fàn 饭

zuò 做

wǎng 网

shàng 上

Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter.

1. hànzì 汉字

2. fàn 饭

3. wǎng 网

• a.xiě 写

• b.zuò 做

• c.shàng 上

The correct answers are:

• 1 = a
• 2 = b
• 3 = c

Select the answer for

Question 1a

here

Look at the pictures and decide if the statement underneath is true or false.

Figure 1

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Drawing of a class learning Chinese with Chinese words on the board.

Figure 1

Tāmen xué zhōngwén. 他们 学中文。

True

False

 

a. 

True

b. 

False

The correct answer is a.

Discussion

True. This is a drawing of a class learning Chinese with Chinese words on the board.

Select the answer for

Question 1b

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Drawing of a girl watching TV.

Figure 2

Tā kàn diànshì. 她 看 电视。

True

False

 

a. 

True

b. 

False

The correct answer is a.

Discussion

True. This is a drawing of a girl watching TV.

Select the answer for

Question 1c

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Drawing of a western man writing Chinese characters.

Figure 3

Dàwèi xiě hànzì. 大卫写 汉字。

True

False

 

a. 

True

b. 

False

The correct answer is a.

Discussion

True. This is a drawing of a western man writing Chinese characters.

Select the answer for

Question 1d

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Drawing of a man reading a Chinese book, not an English book.

Figure 4

Tā kàn yīngwén shū. 他 看英文书。

True

False

 

a. 

True

b. 

False

The correct answer is b.

Discussion

False. This is a drawing of a man reading a Chinese book, not an English book

Select the answer for

Question 1e

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Drawing of a person surfing on the internet.

Figure 5

Wǒ shàng wǎng. 我上网。

True

False

 

a. 

True

b. 

False

The correct answer is a.

Discussion

True. This is a drawing of a person surfing on the internet.