Topic outline
General
CHINESE FOR YOU!This is a Chinese course for intermediate students who have a basic grasp of Chinese language and characters. Students of levels II and higher will find this course useful. If you are in Chinese II and III you will be introduced to some more real life situations in which you can use your Chinese. You will also learn new vocabulary that would help you in a real trip through Shanghai. Students in higher levels will be able to review and practice their Chinese base while expanding their vocabulary.
Let's Go! ????Topic 1
First things first! Where should we eat breakfast?
Today you will learn more about . .
- How to discuss Chinese breakfast options.
- Words for more breakfast foods and restaurants.
- Another way to say IF
Today you will review...
- Chinese breakfast terms.
- How to use ? for past tense with the negative ?
Topic 2
China has so many places to buy breakfast!
Today you will learn more about...
- An addition to a comparison structure you already know.
- Expressing surprise
- Another way to ask a price
- A type of rhetorical question used to express astonishment
- Chinese breakfast
- Expressing preference politely
- One of the uses of ?
Topic 3
I want to go to the park? What about you?
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In this lesson you will learn.....
- a way to say I don't care, it is up to you. (Whatever ! )
- make lists of reasons, or ideas
- the names of Shanghai's three most important parks
You will review ....
- double verbs
- weather vocab
Topic 4
Yu Gardens are so peaceful!
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In this section you will learn . .
- An interesting way to say crowded.
- An easy way to express something that is cool or popular
- The pattern that is used to title all Chinese Dynasties
- A grammar structure that will help you use the word stuff in many useful ways.
- Types of parks/gardens
Topic 5
In this section you will learn . .
- how to talk about temples
- how to talk about price of tickets
You will review. . .
- how to express sometimes
- the verb structure: verb ? verb
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Topic 8
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Shopping on East Nanjing Street
In this lesson you will learn about. .
- Nanjing Dong Lu
- words for things tourists might buy
- How to say where something came from.
- Making the word whatever with verbs
- To say you heard something, like a rumor.
Topic 9
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The Bund
In the last section of dialogs you will review. . .
- direction and place word
- how to express extreme degree using ? and ?? ??
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