Chinese Language Intermediate 1 Lifestyle/Education and Work

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Chinese Language Intermediate 1Lifestyle/Educatio
n and Work

• Personal Identification
• House and Home Environment
• Free Time

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Targets for this section

• 1. To be able to give information about self
• 2. To be able to give information about family
• 3. To be able to describe places in town
• 4. To be able to describe ones hobbies
• 5. To know the appropriate way to present
  information in a letter in Chinese

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Activity 1 Reading comprehension

•   Targets for Activity 1
• 1. To become familiar with the way personal
  information, hobbies and fun places in a town are
  presented in a short piece of writing
• 2. To be able to use the appropriate way to
  address different members of a family in Mandarin
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Brothers and sisters

• In Chinese brother can either mean ?? gege
  (elder brother) or ?? dìdi (younger brother).
• Sister can either mean ?? jiejie (elder sister)
  or ?? mèi mei (younger sister)

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 Cousin

• The one-child policy means Chinese pupils will
  have lots of cousins. It is important for us to
  familiarise ourselves with how cousin can be
  expressed in Chinese.
• Cousin can mean
• ??tángxiong
• ??tángdì
• ?? tángjie
• ?? tángmèi,

• ??biaoxiong
• ?? biaodì
• ??biaojie
• ??biaomèi

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How do we express cousin in Mandarin?
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How do we express cousin in Mandarin?

• In general, you can follow these hints
• First decide whether they are on your fathers
  side or mothers side.
• If they are on your fathers side, use ?táng
• If they are on your mothers side, use ?biao

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How do we express cousin in Mandarin?

• Second decide whether they are older or younger
  than you.
• If they are older than you, use ? xiong for male
  or ? jie for female
• If they are younger than you, use ? dì for male
  or ? mèi for female

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Exercise 1.1 Reading comprehension

• You are taking part in a summer exchange
  programme in Beijing which has been organised
  between Scotland and China. Your exchange partner
  in China introduces herself by email.

??? ??? ltmalili_at_163.comgt ??? ??
ltlinna_at_yahoo.co.ukgt ? ? 2008-11-21 ? ?
??????
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Exercise 1.1 Reading comprehensionWord list

• ???? Jiaoliú huobàn exchange partner
• ?? yijing already
• ?? biaojie cousin sister-in-law
• ??? biaojiemèi cousins sisters-in-law  
• ??? tian anmén Tiananmen Square
• ?? chángchéng the Great Wall of China
• ?? gùgong the Forbidden City
• ?? tiantán Temple of Heaven
• ?? xiwàng hope

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Family members

• If you have one elder brother and a younger
  sister, what do you call them in Chinese?
• If you have an elder sister, what do you call her
  in Chinese?

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Family members
Answers

• If you have one elder brother and a younger
  sister, what do you call them in Chinese?
• Answer
• ??
• ??
• If you have an elder sister, what do you call her
  in Chinese?
• Answer
• ??

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Difficult Cousin!

• David has a cousin called Tom. He is Davids
  fathers brothers son. He is one year younger
  than David. What word should David use to address
  him?
• Your father has a younger sister. She has a
  daughter called Lindsay. She is older than you.
  What word should you use to address her?

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Difficult Cousin!
Answers

• David has a cousin called Tom. He is Davids
  fathers brothers son. He is one year younger
  than David. What word should David use to address
  him?
• Answer
• Your father has a younger sister. She has a
  daughter called Lindsay. She is older than you.
  What word should you use to address her?
• Answer

??
??
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Difficult Cousin!

• Johns mother has a younger sister, Catherine.
  Catherine has one son who is two years older than
  John. What word should John use to address him?
• Janes father has an elder brother. He has a son
  who is three years younger than Jane. What word
  should Jane use to address him?

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Difficult Cousin!
Answers

• Johns mother has a younger sister, Catherine.
  Catherine has one son who is two years older than
  john. What word should John use to address him?
• Answer
• Janes father has an elder brother. He has a son
  who is three years younger than Jane. What word
  should Jane use to address him?
• Answer

??
??
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Activity 2 Language

•   Targets for Activity 2
• 1. To know how to turn personal pronouns into
  plural by using ?men
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• 2. To know how to use ?de to form possessive
  pronouns
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Possessive pronouns
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Usage of ? men and ? de
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• When we pluralise personal pronouns such as ?wo,
  ? ni, ? ta and ? ta in Chinese, we can simply add
  the suffix word ? men.
• How can we express my, your, his, her,
  our, your and theirs in Chinese? In Chinese
  we can simply add the character ?de meaning of
  after personal pronouns such as ? wo,? ni,??
  nimen etc.

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?

• ?de may be omitted before nouns where the
  possessor has a close relationship with the
  person or object.
• For example, ???? wo de mama (my mother) can be
  written as??? wo mama and ???? ta de bàba as ???
  ta bàba.
• However, when there is more than one possessor,
  one cannot say ???? tamen bàba or ???? women
  mama.

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How would you say these phrases in Chinese?

• my father
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• her mother
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• his mother
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• her older brother
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• our younger sister

• your son
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• their daughter
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• our sons
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• my elder sisters
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• his younger brothers

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How would you say these in English?

• ??
• ???
• ??
• ???

• ??
• ???
• ??
• ???

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Use ? de to fill in the blanks where necessary.  

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• 1. ?_______??
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• 2.??_______??
• 3.??_______??
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• 4.??_______??
• 5.??_______??
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• 6.?_______?
• 7.?_______??_______??
• 8.?_______??_______??

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Decide whether the following phrases are correct.
If a sentence is right, draw a smile after the
phrase. If it is not correct, draw a cross and
correct it.

• ???
• ????
• 3.????
• 4.????
• 5.?????
• 6.???

• 7.????
• 8. ???
• 9.????

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Decide whether the following phrases are correct.
If a sentence is right, draw a smile after the
phrase. If it is not correct, draw a cross and
correct it.

• ???
• ????
• 3.????
• 4.????
• 5.?????
• 6.???

• 7.????
• 8. ???
• 9.????

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Activity 3 Writing

•   Targets for Activity 3
• 1. To be able to write basic personal
  information
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• 2. To be able to present personal information
  about your family members
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• 3. To be able to talk about your jobs and
  hobbies
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• 4. To be able to give information on places in a
  town
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? ma

• We can add ? at the end of an affirmative
  sentence to turn it into a question sentence.
• For example, ?????? means He likes football.
  But we can add ? at the end and turn it into a
  question sentence ???????, which means Do you
  like football?
• To answer a question, we can say ?? for yes
  or ? for no.

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? bù

• When expressing dislikes, we can add ? in front
  of the verb to turn an affirmative sentence into
  a negative sentence. Thus, if we want to say I
  do not like football we can say ???????.

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Exercise 3.1

• Are you familiar with the way information such as
  personal information and places in a town are
  presented and what people do in their free time?
  Before you write, check whether you can say the
  following in Chinese. You can make notes in the
  space provided.

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Example
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Exercise 3.2  Now compare your notes of Exercise
3.1 with the answers below.

• English

• Mandarin

• How to present personal information
• your name
• your age
• your birthday
• where you live

• How to present your personal information
• ?? ????
• ??????
• ????????????? ?
• ??? ????

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Exercise 3.2  Now compare your notes of Exercise
3.1 with the answers below.

• English

• Mandarin

• How to present professions and information family
  members
• My mother is (age).
• She is (profession)
• Example
• My mother is a sales assistant. My dad is an
  engineer.

• How to present professions and information family
  members
• ?????? ??
• ??????
• Example
• ????????
• ???????

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Exercise 3.2  Now compare your notes of Exercise
3.1 with the answers below.

• English

• Mandarin

• How to express your hobbies using ?? (like) and
  ??? (dislike)
• Example
• I like playing basketball.
• I dont like playing badminton.

• How to express your hobbies using ?? (like) and
  ??? (dislike)
• Example
• ???????
• ???????? ?

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Exercise 3.2  Now compare your notes of Exercise
3.1 with the answers below.

• English

• Mandarin

• How to express places for fun in a town by using
  ? you (have, has) and ? qù (go to)
• Example
• There are lots of fun places in Edinburgh.
• You can go to the seaside.

• How to express places for fun in a town by using
  ? you (have, has) and ? qù (go to)
• Example
• ????????????
• ??????

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Exercise 3.2  Now compare your notes of Exercise
3.1 with the answers below.

• English

• Mandarin

• How to ask people for personal information.
• Example
• How old are you?
• When is your birthday?
• What are your hobbies?

• How to ask people for personal information.
• Example
• ?????
• ??????????
• ????????

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Some words for Exercise 3.2

• Mandarin

• English

• ? you
• ? shì
• ?? xihuan
• ? qù
• ? dào
• ? zài
• ? ma

• have/has
• be like
• like
• go (to)
• go (to)
• at/be/in
• used at the end of a question

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Exercise 3.3How would you say these in Chinese?
Write down your answers.

• Hello. My Chinese name is Liu Yun. I am 10. I
  have one sister, who is 6.
• Liu Yun ??

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Exercise 3.3How would you say these in Chinese?
Write down your answers.

• My Chinese name is Wang Xingli. I am 12. I like
  dancing.
• Wang Xingli ???

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Exercise 3.3How would you say these in Chinese?
Write down your answers.

• Hello. I am Paul. I am 11. I have a brother, 13
  and a sister, 9.
• Paul ??

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Exercise 3.3How would you say these in Chinese?
Write down your answers.

• My name is Jane. I am 14. I have a good friend.
  Her name is Hannah. She is 15. We like going on
  walks.
• Jane? Jian
• Hannah?? Hànnà

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Chinese script for Exercise 3.3

• ??! ????????????????????,????
• ??????????????????????
• ??!???????????????????????????,?????
• ????????????????,????,????????????

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Exercise 3.4

• Put the following sentences into English.

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Exercise 3.4 Put the following sentences into
English.
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Answers to Exercise 3.4

• My father is 50. He is an engineer.
• Her mother and my mother are good friends.
• My brother is 25. He is a teacher.
• My younger sister is 12. She is a secondary
  school student.
• His younger brother is 13. He likes playing
  football.

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Exercise 3.5

• Which word to use? Fill in the blanks with the
  appropriate verbs.

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• _______??
• _______????
• _______????
• _______??
• _______????
• _______??
• _______????
• _______??

• _______???
• _______??
• _______???
• _______????
• _______??
• _______?
• _______?

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Exercise 3.6

• Use your answers for Exercise 3.5. Practise
  saying these phrases with your teacher or someone
  in your class. Try to use the following sentence
  pattern and ask them what their favourite sports
  are.

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Exercise 3.7Are there any interesting places in
your town?

• How would you say the following sentences in
  Chinese? Choose at least five sentences and
  practise with your teacher or someone in the
  class. Refer to Exercise 3.1 and the vocabulary
  list if you need help.

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• There are a lot of shops and supermarkets in the
  city.
• There is a big museum in the
• city centre.
• The beach is on the edge of
• town.
• The zoo is in the suburbs.

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• There are a lot of shopping centres,
  supermarkets and bookshops.
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• You can go to the beach.
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•   You may go shopping.
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• There are a lot of parks in the
• city.

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Vocabulary Places in town
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Vocabulary Places in town
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Exercise 3.8

• Using Activity sheet 3a try to write a simple
  response to Ma Lili. You should mention
• age
• family
• professions
• hobbies
• places in your town
• Good luck!

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Example
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Activity 4 Listening and speaking

• Targets for Activity 4
• To be able to listen for details about family
  members such as names and ages
• 2. To be able to listen for different hobbies

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Exercise 4.1 Listen to the following four
speakers, who will each tell you a little about
their family backgrounds.
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Exercise 4.1 Listen to the following four
speakers, who will each tell you a little about
their family backgrounds.
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Exercise 4.1

• Transcript

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Exercise 4.1 Transcript

• Speaker 1
• ??!???????????????? ???????????????????,?????????
  ???,????????????

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Exercise 4.1 Transcript

• Speaker 2
• ?!???????????????????????????????????????

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Exercise 4.1 Transcript

• Speaker 3
• ??!???????????????????????,??????????????,????????
  ????,?????????????????

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Exercise 4.1 Transcript

• Speaker 4
• ??!?????????????????????????????????,????????????
  ?????????????

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Exercise 4.2 After you have listened to the
recordings at least twice, fill in the following
details about each speaker.

• Name ___________________________
• Age ____________________________
• Family __________________________
• Family details _____________________
• Hobbies _________________________

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Answers for Exercise 4.2

• Speaker 1
• Name Ma Daming
• Age 10
• Family only child, but has two cousins (one
  female and one male)
• Family details female cousin,15 years old, and
  male cousin, 12 years old
• Hobbies playing football, watching football on
  the TV

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Answers for Exercise 4.2

• Speaker 2
• Name Li Li
• Age 11
• Family only child
• Family details
• Hobbies dancing, singing, horse-riding doesnt
  like doing homework

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Answers for Exercise 4.2

• Speaker 3
• Name Li Xiaomei
• Age 12
• Family two elder sisters
• Family details 19 and 16 years old
• Hobbies playing tennis, watching films on
  Saturday afternoons with friends

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Answers for Exercise 4.2

• Speaker 4
• Name Wang Wenping
• Age 10
• Family one (elder) brother, one (younger)
  brother
• Family details 13 and 8 years old
• Hobbies playing basketball and computer games

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Exercise 4.3 Using your answers to Exercise
4.2, imagine that you are one of the speakers you
listened to previously. Practice saying all the
information you collected with someone else in
your class.

• Saying hello
• ??!
• Saying your name
• ?????
• Saying your age
• ????
• Saying family members
• ????????????
• Saying information about family members
• ???????????

• Saying likes and dislikes
• ????????????
• ?????????
• Asking about age
• ????
• ?????
• Asking about hobbies
• ????????
• Asking whether someone likes something
• ???????
• ????????

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Activity 5 More reading and writingTargets
for Activity 5
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Exercise 5.1

• Translate this paragraph into English. Use the
  vocabulary list for help if necessary.
• ???????????????????????,????
• ???????,???????????????????,????,???? ?  

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Exercise 5.1

• ??????????????????,?????,????????????????????????
  ?????????????,??????????,??????????
• ???????,???????????????????,???????????????,?????
  ??????,???????????????????

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Peoples names in Exercise 5.1
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Names of places, city and country mentioned in
Exercise 5.1
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Vocabulary for Exercise 5.1
mì shu
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Exercise 5.1 Suggested answer

• My name is Fang Ming. I am Chinese. I live in
  Kunming in China. I am 16 and I am a student.
•  I have no brothers or sisters but I have two
  cousins. The younger cousin is called Fang Ping.
  She is 13. She is also a student. She is an only
  child. My older cousin is called Li Li. She is
  25. She is married. She has one son, Zhang Jun.
  Zhang Jun is 4 . Li Li is a secretary. She works
  in an office. Li Lis  husband is called Zhang
  Xiaojun. He is 33. He is an accountant. He is
  from Singapore but he lives in China now.
•  My father is called Fang Weiping and my mother
  is called Liu Xiaomei. My mother is 42. She is a
  shop assistant. She works in a shop. My father is
  43. He is an engineer. He has an elder sister,
  who is my aunt. Her name is Fang Lan. She is a
  nurse.  

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Exercise 5.2Try to translate into Chinese!

• My name is Fang Lan. I am 33 years old. I live in
  Shanghai China. I am married and I have one
  daughter. She is called Zhou Xiaoyun. She is two
  years old.
• My husband is called Zhou Zheng. He is 32 years
  old. He is a businessman. I am a English teacher.
  

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Exercise 5.2 Try to translate into English!

• I have a younger brother. His name is Fang Ming.
  He is a bus driver. He is married and he lives
  with his wife Lin Xiaoping in Hangzhou. Fang Ming
  is 25 years old and Lin Xiaoping is 24.
• My husband Zhou Zheng has a younger sister. She
  is called Zhou Hong. Zhou Hong is 27. She is a
  student. She studies business. Now she lives in
  Britain. She is engaged. Her boyfriend is called
  Paul. He is Scottish. Paul is an engineer. They
  are coming to see us in Shanghai next year.

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Vocabulary for Exercise 5.2
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Vocabulary for Exercise 5.2
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Vocabulary for Exercise 5.2
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Vocabulary for Exercise 5.2
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Exercise 5.2 Suggested answer

• ????. ????????????????????,???????????,?????
• ??????????????????????????
• ??????,???????????????????????????????????????,???
  ?????
• ???????????,???????????????????????????????
  ??????????????????????????????????????????

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You have done all the work!Congratulations!
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Supplementary Notes

• How to address a letter in Mandarin

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Emails
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Words you may need to know in emails

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• Cc ?? chaosòng
• This Chinese phrase literally means copy and
  deliver to and is used commonly in official
  emails and letters.
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• Bcc ???? mìjiàn chaosòng
• ??, which means confidential letter in
  Mandarin, is used here to express the same
  meaning as hidden copy or blind carbon copy
  in English.

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Letters
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Common rules you should know when replying to a
letter in Chinese

• Be aware that the word ??? qin ài de darling
  implies a very close relationship, such as family
  members, boyfriend or girlfriend rather than a
  polite greeting. So do not write ???... when
  replying to a letter unless you have become
  really good friends. Just start the letter with
  their name.
• Remember to use after you write the persons
  name as the first line.
• When you write ?? ni hao, leave a two-word
  space in front, and ??ni hao should stand on
  its own as a single line.
• It is polite to leave some good wishes at the end
  of your letter, like the English Best wishes,
  Regards or Cheers. Usually people would write
  ?? zhù ni (wish you) ??píngan (safe),
  ??kuàile (happy), ?? xìngfú (happy and
  blessed) or ??yúkuài (cheerful).
• After you finish the letter, write your name in
  the lower right corner.
• Dont forget to add the date underneath your
  name.