Language Corner:Lesson 4 What Do You Do?

ＬａｎｇｕａｇｅＣｏｒｎｅｒ：Ｌｅｓｓｏｎ４ＷｈａｔＤｏＹｏｕＤｏ？［ＢａｓｉｃＳｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓ］Ｗｈｅｎｙｏｕｗａｎｔｔｏｉｎｑｕｉｒｅａｂｏｕｔａｐｅｒｓｏｎ＇ｓｏｃｃｕｐａｔｉｏｎ，ｔｈｅｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓａｒｅｃｏｍｍｏｎｌ...     

Lesson 4：Where Will You Spend Your Vacation？

David, Wang Jaming, Jack and Mary are talking about where to spend their vacation. Conversation大 卫 : 家明, 你 去 哪儿 度 假? Dàwèi: Jiāmíng, ná qù nár dù jià? David: Jiaming, where will you spend your vacation? 家 明 : 我 去 山区 度假。 你 去 不 去? Jiāmíng: Wá qù shānqū dùjià. Ná qù bu qù? Jia Ming: I’m going to a mountainous area. Will you join us? 大 卫: 我 不 去,我 去 海边 游泳。 Dàwèi: Wá bú qù, wá qù háibiān yóuyáng. David: No, I’m going to the s…     

You Can Help, Too

Beijing starts recruiting volunteers for the 2008 Olympic Games A recruitment drive for 100,000 Olympic volunteers aimed at helping Chinese people and foreigners get involved in the 2008 Games was officially launched on August 28 in Beijing. Organizers say that applications are expected to start flooding in from around the city, while mainland applicants from outside Beijing can apply for positions start-     

How Do You Describe China in One Word？

WE had heard so much about China, but with such a vast territory, so many people and such a long history, how do you describe China without covering every single aspect of it？ How can you sum up the whole of China in one word？     

Lesson 1： How Do I Get to the Swimming Pool

New Words找zhao v．speak to,look for别bie adv．don’t担心danxin v．worry游泳池youyongchi n．swimming pool怎么zenme pron．how走zou v．walk,get(to)向xiang prep．to,towards东dong n．east路口lukou n．crossing,junction,intersection右you n．right拐guai v．turn,change direction等deng v．wait(for) David is on the phone to Wang Jiaming．They are going for a swim．大卫:喂,我是大卫。我找王家明。     

Do You Speak Putonghua?

Partl［BasicSentences］a．你是什么地方的人？Nishish6nmedifangder6n？（Whereareyoufrom？）b．你说的是普通话吗？Nishu6deshiptit6nghudma？（Doyouspeakputonghua？）c．这种东西用普通话怎么说？Zhezh6ngd6ngxiy6ng...t6nghudzEnmeshu6？（HowdoyousaythatInputon...     

Do We Need Religious Education?

Before the New Year, by an indoor swimming pool, I heard a retiree make remarks about the types of education to a dutiful middle-aged man to assist in enlightening the latter's teenage son. "There are four types of education, started the old man. "The first is family education. Second, school education.     

Do You Know? China''''s Top

The giant panda is one of the rarest animals in the world. Giant pandas live in remote high mountains in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Northwest China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces and feed on bamboo. It is a species surviving from the Fourth Ice Age and known as a "living fossil". The giant panda is regarded as China's "national treasure".It is universally loved, but this peaceful, bamboo-eating member of the bear family faces many threats. Its population is small and isolated     

Do You Have Chinese Gongfu?

Foreigners in ChinaAddress of teahouse: No. 53A, Dongdaqiao Road,Chaoyang District, Beijing.Tel: 65070487DO you havegongfu? A Chinese friend casually askedme one day.It was a question I'd never expected to hear outside of a Hong Kong movie. I almost expected Jackie Chan, or a band of warrior monks to suddenly leap from behind a shadow-shrouded bambooscreen. As itturned out, I didhave gougfu afterall, despite mylack of martial artstraining. The question is a way to seeif a friend has fr…     

Lesson 10:What Events Are You Generally in?

Useful Sentences New Words 1、界外球!天 啊,空门 他 都 没有 踢进去。 Jièwàiqiú! Tiān a, kōngmén tā dōu méiyǒu tī jìnqù. Offside! Oh my, an open net and he didn’t score. 2、罚点球。小心点儿! Fá diǎnqiú. Xiǎoxīndiǎnr! Penalty kick! Watch     

Do Bloggers Need a Self-Discipline Pact?

Nowadays it's fashionable for many Chinese to have a blog to record their thoughts, favorite things, daily life and even their own private secrets, garnering instant feedback from friends and strangers. "Do you write a blog?" has become a common question when urban Chinese people meet.     

Do We Still Need the Abacus?

正Zhusuan is the name given to the techniques used on a Chinese abacus.It includes performing simple sums such as addition and subtraction,or far more complex operations including exponential multiplication.Zhusuan can be traced back to more than 2,500years ago.It is regarded as the fifth invention in Chinese history and was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Chinese Government in 2008.Zhusuan was also officially listed as a UNESCO intangible cultural     

LANGUAGE CORNER Lesson 3 Greeting

ＬＡＮＧＵＡＧＥＣＯＲＮＥＲＬｅｓｓｏｎ３Ｇｒｅｅｔｉｎｇ￥／／基本句Ｂａｓｉｃｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓ你身体怎么样？你的孩子好吗？你工作忙吗？／你工作忙不忙？请代我问他们好！（Ｓｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎ：ＸｉａｏＺｈａｎｇｉｓｃａｌｌｉｎｇｈｉｓｆｒｉｅｎｄ，Ｗ...     

Lesson 15： Touring Hangzhou

~~Lesson 15:Touring Hangzhou$National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language(NOTCFL)~~     

Do We Need Our Own Mother's Day?

正On May 13,this year's Mother's Day,mothers in China received an outpouring of gifts and greetings from their children.For the past years,along with many other Western festivals,Mother's Day has become popular with the Chinese.However,some people believe China should draw on its own traditions to express gratitude and respect to mothers in a Chinese way,rather than borrow from a Western custom.This is not a new topic.Many think that the Chinese are widely regarded for stressing family bonds,and filial piety is an old     

Lesson 10： Ordering Dishes

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