rì cháng huó dòng A Everyday activities 1
wèn hòu yǔ jiè shào 1 Greetings and introductions Learning objectives xué xí mù biāo 2 This unit will concentrate on greetings and introductions. In particular, you will: Use the basic numbers Use greeting phrases when meeting friends Talk about countries and continents Unrstand the difference between Chinese names and English names Ask questions using question words including In addition, you are going to learn: The pronouns The plural Declarative sentences (1): běn dān yuán shǐ yòng jī míng liǎo liǎo bái jiě dǎ guó shǐ yòng shén me běn zhāo jiā huì hu hé zhōu jī jiě Zhōng Yīng wén míng wèn cí nǎ lì běn yòng yǔ míng rú nǎ fēn bié ma ér hái huì dài cí xué dào fù chén Zhōng guó jù rén wǒ 1 wǒ hěn hǎo Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin as a Foreign Language
yī wēn ɡù zhī xīn 1 Before starting activities cí yǔ bǔ xīn new chōnɡ cí yǔ SUPPLEMENTARY yī wēn gù zhī xīn is an old saying from Confucius. It means that you will learn something new from revision. qǐnɡ cónɡ wǔ ɡè xià miàn měi zhōnɡquān ɡè chū dú tīnɡ yí dào biàn 1 Circle the FIVE numbers you hear from the numbers below. You will hear each number once. CD 01, Track 02 20 45 53 14 77 41 11 10 43 10 34 40 èr dā pèi hé hàn 2 Match the numbers with the characters. cí yǔ 1 450 2 300 3 1 100 4 17 000 5 107 6 170 sān 1 líng zero 2 bǎi hundred A B C D 3 qiān thousand 4 wàn ten thousand E F 5 yāo same as but pronounced as yāo in counting to avoid confusion with dú chū xià miàn cí yǔ 3 Read aloud the following words. 3 cí yǔ cóng from yǔ fǎ GRAMMAR dú fǎ Numbers For numbers from 11 to 19, we say (10) (1), (10) (2), (10) (9). For numbers from 20 99, we say (2) (10), (3) (10), (9) (10) (9), etc. wǒ I you he she it nín you (respectful) wǒ we (more than one person) they (including everyone) they (females) they (not for human) Unit A 1 Everyday activities: Francomag Greetings and 1: Mon introductions quotidien
yǔ fǎ GRAMMAR dài cí 1 All the words in the table are called pronouns. nín Note that we usually do not say. 2 Use of is used to make personal nouns plural. As well as the plural pronouns, there are also some nouns that can be used with, e.g. cí yǔ 1 shuō to say 2 guó jiā country 3 Zhōng guó China 4 Yīng guó UK 5 Měi guó USA 6 Dé guó Germany 7 Fǎ guó France 8 Rì běn Japan Singular lǎo shī teacher tóng xué stunt Plural teachers stunts 9 Yìn dù India 10 Xīn jiā pō Singapore 11 Mǎ lái xī yà Malaysia 4 sì shuō chū xià miàn jiā mínɡ 4 Say the names of the following countries. 1 2 3 4 5 èr shuō huà yī 2 Speaking (1) kàn jiè dì tú shuō chū xià miàn zhè xiē Look at the map. Where are these countries? e.g. Měi Q Měi A Zhōng Q Zhōng A Yīng Q Měi zhōu jiā A Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin as a Foreign Language
Xiao Ming May 1 David 2 cí yǔ 1 jiè world 2 dì tú map Lucy Lily 3 zhè xiē these 4 to be located at 5 / /nǎ li where 6 zhōu continent 7 Yà zhōu Asia 8 Ōu zhōu Europe 9 Fēi zhōu Africa 10 Měi zhōu America 3 Xiao Ming Xiao Hong 5 May sān yuè dú yī 3 Reading (1) xuǎn zé duì huà hé jù zi tián kòng wán chénɡ dǎ zhāo hu Choose the appropriate phrases to complete the dialogues. A B C D E Lily 4 David 5 Unit A 1 Everyday activities: Francomag Greetings and 1: Mon introductions quotidien
cí yǔ 1 dǎ zhāo hu greeting 2 tián kòng to fill in the gap; empty space 3 hǎo good 4 ma yes or no question word 5 hǎo hello cí yǔ 1 xìng surname 2 míng zi name 3 nián líng age 4 guó jí nationality 5 chéng city 6 Běi jīng Beijing 6 6 hǎo ma how are you? 7 jiàn goodbye; again 8 xiè xie thank you 9 hěn very 10 rèn shí to know 11 gāo xìng happy 12 duì bù qǐ sorry 13 bú yòng xiè you re welcome; to not need 14 méi guān xi it doesn t matter sì yuè dú èr 4 Reading (2) : yī Wáng xiǎo dá wèn tí yún qǐnɡ kòng bái chù tián kòng huí 1 You are Wang Xiaoyun. Fill in the blanks to answer the questions. 1 2 suì 3 4 5 : : : : 15 cí yǔ 1 kòng bái chù gap/blank 2 wèn to ask 3 jiào to be called 4 shén me what 5 duō dà how old 6 suì years old Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin as a Foreign Language
cí yǔ èr 7 to be (am, is, are) 8 nǎ which 9 guó country 10 rén person, people 11 zhù to live qǐnɡ ɡēn jù shànɡ miàn biǎo ɡé tián kòng 2 According to the information above, fill in the gaps and complete the self-introduction for Wang Xiaoyun. 1 2 3 4 5 cí yǔ tóng xué classmate hǎo cí hǎo jù USEFUL EXPRESSIONS xìnɡ shén jiào duō zhù shén dà nǎ me me mínɡ rén wén huà CULTURE Zhōng rén xìnɡ mínɡ Chinese Names When Chinese people introduce themselves, they give their family name first, followed by their given name. For example, s family name is and her first name is. In English, however, she would be called Xiaoyun Wang. wǔ shuō huà èr 5 Speaking (2) cǎi fǎnɡ hé tián biǎo Interview two of your classmates and record the information in the table below. 1 2 liù tīnɡ lì 6 Listening wǔ ɡè xuǎn ɡé zé zhōnɡ xué wéi sheng yī tán zhènɡ què dá àn jí jiānɡ tīnɡ mǔ lù tián yīn rù Five stunts are talking about their nationalities. Listen to the recording, choose the only correct answer and put the letter in the box. CD 01, Track 03 A C E Chén hǎi E Wángmíng 1 B D Tián zhōng 2 Mǎ lì 3 fānɡ Lǐ shān 4 7 Unit A 1 Everyday activities: Francomag Greetings and 1: Mon introductions quotidien
cí qī yuè dú sān 7 Reading (3) yī yǔ 1 xué sheng stunt; to learn 2 jù zi sentence 3 biàn time 4 huí dá to answer 5 lù yīn recording sì ɡè xué sheng jiè shào jǐ 1 Four stunts are introducing themselves. èr cí ɡēn yǔ jù shànɡ miàn jiè shào huí 1 jiè shào to introduce 2 jǐ self dá 3 zǎo shàng hǎo good morning; morning, early 4 shuí who wèn tí 2 According to the introductions above, answer the questions. 1 2 3 4 1 8 2 bǔ chōnɡ cí yǔ SUPPLEMENTARY 1 Shàng hǎi Shanghai; sea, ocean 2 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong 3 Dōng jīng Tokyo 3 4 wén huà CULTURE Zhōng rén xìnɡ hé mínɡ Chinese Surnames and Given Names There are more than 500 commonly used surnames in China. Some of the most common are: Huáng Tián Lǐ Lín Liú Mǎ Wáng Zhào Wú Zhāng Jīn When using a professional title to address someone, their surname should be put before the title. For example,, etc. Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin as a Foreign Language
shuō huà sān 8 Speaking (3) bā liǎnɡ rén yì zǔ zuò jué sè bàn yǎn Work in pairs and complete the role play. A5: B5: xǐ huān Zhōnɡ mɑ qínɡ jǐnɡ : Zhōng hé Zhōng rén shuō huà Scenario: You are in China and talking to a Chinese person for the first time. A B A1: B1: Zhōng rén Chinese person Yourself jǐ hǎo mɑ cí yǔ xǐ huān to like jiǔ xiě zuò 9 Writing yī hàn bǐ huà 1 Strokes of characters. Chinese characters are constructed by strokes. The basic strokes are as follows: A2: B2: jiào shén me mínɡ Horizontal stroke Down stroke to the let Dot Down stroke to the right Vertical stroke with a hook Vertical stroke Upward stroke Horizontal stroke with a vertical turn 9 A3: nǎ rén xiě chū xià miàn hàn dì yī bǐ shén me What are the first strokes of the following characters? B3: 1 2 3 4 A4: zhù B4: Unit A 1 Everyday activities: Francomag Greetings and 1: Mon introductions quotidien
èr xiǎo tiē TOP TIP Chinese characters are ma out of simple single strokes, all of which are variations of only eight basic ones. It is very important to learn to recognise them, since counting the number of strokes in a character is oten the easiest way to find it in an inx. yònɡ kuò hào lǐ cí yǔ fān yì jù zi 2 Translate the sentences into Chinese, using the key words provid in the brackets. 1 We are busy. ( ) 2 She is tall. ( ) 3 He is happy. ( ) 4 She is fine. ( ) jù xínɡ LANGUAGE Declarative sentences (1) There are diferent structures of clarative sentences pending on what kind of verbs are used. 1 Subject + + Object e.g. I am Chinese. hěn 2 Subject + + Stative Verb In Chinese, an adjective oten acts as a stative verb. These stative verbs are usually used to indicate statuses rather than actions. e.g.,,. When using a stative verb, should NOT be used in a sentence. Rather, we usually use before stative verbs, although does not necessarily mean very. e.g. I m happy. 10 cí yǔ 1 máng busy 2 gāo tall, high wǒ pínɡ ɡū Self-Assesst I can use the basic numbers I can use greeting phrases when meeting friends I can talk about countries and continents I can ask questions using question words including Pronouns Plural Declarative sentences, e.g. Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin as a Foreign Language