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326米的“天坑书店”

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Create a short video recording of yourself presenting the 中文谚语 art craft you made. In the video, explain its meaning in English and why you chose in 中文 to share what you learned with the class. DUE 11:59 PM, tonight!

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对话一

情景：你很快就要毕业了，你和你中文四的同学在说你们喜欢的大学。

问题一：“你想上什么大学？"

问题二： “为什么？"

用 connection words 连接词 “因为......所以.....", "又.....又.....", "但是/可是......", “先......后......", etc.

你和一个同学用十分钟做一个录像。

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对话二

情景：你很快就要毕业了，你和你中文四的同学在说你们喜欢做的工作。

问题一：“你想当什么 职业？"

问题二： “为啥？"

用 connection words 连接词 “因为......所以.....", "又.....又.....", "但是/可是......", “先......后......", etc.

你和一个同学用十分钟做一个录像。

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PT 1. 纽朱莉，楼凯西， 庄蝶

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PT 1. 纽朱莉，楼凯西， 庄蝶

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PT 2. 楼凯西，庄蝶， 纽朱莉

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PT 2. 楼凯西，庄蝶， 纽朱莉

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我的言语是：小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

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How to make greetings 打招呼 in formal 正式 situations based on workplace roles？

Contextualize Practice 情景练习   (说) What 什么 + How  怎么样

Context 1: First time seeing your manager in the morning, or entering a meeting room.

Context 2: Welcoming a guest or client who visits your company.

Context 3: Welcoming an important business partner who is visiting to discuss a potential business deal.

Pick ONE of these three contexts and create a meaningful dialogue 对话 with your 朋友. Upload your 录像 with your 中文名字 and the context you choose. You have 10 minutes to finish this task.

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How to make greetings 打招呼 in informal 非正式 situations based on workplace roles？

Contextualize Practice 情景练习   (说) What 什么 + How  怎么样

Context 1: Chatting with a team member who is older than you during a lunch break in the hallway.

Context 2: You run into a female coworker who is a little older than you in the morning.

Context 3: Greeting a coworker whom you would like to know how he/she is doing/busying about by text or internal chat during the working hours.

Pick ONE of these three contexts and create a meaningful dialogue 对话 with your 朋友. Upload your 录像 with your 中文名字 and the context you choose. You have 10 minutes to finish this task.

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How to make farewell 告别 in formal 正式 situations based on workplace roles？

Contextualize Practice 情景练习   (说) What 什么 + How  怎么样

Context 1: The meeting is wrapping up with a manager or company leader who traveling far from a different city.

Context 2: Leaving the office and Saying goodbye to colleagues politely who are still working overtime

Context 3: Ending a phone call with a business partner (Miss Chen) after a long discussion

Pick ONE of these three contexts and create a meaningful dialogue 对话 with your 朋友. Upload your 录像 with your 中文名字 and the context you choose. You have 10 minutes to finish this task.

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Context 2: Leaving the office and Saying goodbye to colleagues politely who are still working overtime

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How to make farewell 告别 in informal 非正式 situations based on workplace roles？

Contextualize Practice 情景练习   (说) What 什么 + How  怎么样

Context 1: Saying goodbye to a coworker after lunch or a coffee break

Context 2: Wrapping up a casual online chat or message with a coworker who is younger than you via WeChat

Context 3: Saying goodbye to an older colleague

Pick ONE of these three contexts and create a meaningful dialogue 对话 with your 朋友. Upload your 录像 with your 中文名字 and the context you choose. You have 10 minutes to finish this task.

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Context 3: Saying goodbye to an older colleague

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Context 1: First time seeing your manager in the morning, or entering a meeting room.

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Context 2: You run into a female coworker who is a little older than you in the morning.

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Context 2: You run into a female coworker who is a little older than you in the morning.

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context二

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context一

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Asking if I can use my credit card at the grocery store.

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Asking where something is located in the store: 楼凯西和区瑟拉

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Asking where something is located in the store: 楼凯西和区瑟拉

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You need to ask for a cup of water. ：楼凯西和区瑟拉

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You need to ask for a cup of water. ：楼凯西和区瑟拉

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You ask when the store closes

Q:你们平常开到几点？

A:晚上八点半。

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You ask if you can return an item because you didn’t like it.

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You ask to order Kung Pao Chicken

Q:我要一个宫保鸡丁 。

A:好的，请稍等一下。

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You ask when the store closes

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you ask how spicey the food is

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Context 情景：You and your good friend talk about 中国菜. Use connection words and keywords (味道, 甜 酸 苦 辣 咸) and more descriptive words in your speaking if needed.

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You need to ask for a cup of water. ：楼凯西和区瑟拉

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You need to ask for a cup of water. ：楼凯西和区瑟拉

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我爱中国菜！

Practice with the handout and this video on how to sing唱/say 说 this song. Make a video recording by yourself or with one of your 同学 by 十一月七号星期五.

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我爱中国菜 - 非常 FRESH (Learn Chinese with this Song)

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Intercultural Presentation

In this project, you will create an authentic and informative PowerPoint with either video or audio presentation introducing Chinese cuisine 中国菜. Your goal is to help your audience understand the cultural background, characteristics, flavors, and representative dishes based on your research and presentation.

This project allows you to explore Chinese food culture, practice organizing information, and use Chinese in a meaningful and creative way.

You need to work with one of your classmates. Your teamwork and individual effort will be evaluated.

Post your draft by 十一月十一号星期二晚上11：59 for a group critique on 十一月十二号星期三 and make a revision and add the video or audio to each slide accordingly. Post your final work by 十一月十四号星期五.

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楼凯西和邵爱明 pt.1

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楼凯西和邵爱明 pt.1

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Login to access and create your next design.

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Login to access and create your next design.

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Red White Oriental Chinese Food Restaurant Presentation

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Context 情景：你和你的朋友讨论(Tǎolùn discuss) 中国菜和美国菜有什么一样和不一样的？

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第三个。 邵爱明和纽朱莉

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第三个。 邵爱明和纽朱莉

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职场中的聊天small talks at work

Create a meaningful small talk conversation in a workplace setting with a peer, using a variety of job titles, greeting expressions, daily-life topics, and appropriate connecting words. Please include a brief real-life context above your video recording to explain the 5 Ws of the conversation is taking place.

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Making small talk with a coworker during down time in the office.

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In this context two colleagues talk during their lunch break and make plans later that night for dinner. https://voca.ro/1m6DpZIQd07M

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Vocaroo is a quick and easy way to share voice messages over the interwebs.

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Interpretive Reading 读 + Presentational Speaking 朗读

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Interpretive Reading 读 + Presentational Speaking 朗读

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Task Overview:
You will complete both an interpretive reading activity and a presentational speaking recording based on 小马过河.

Step 1 – Interpretive Reading (读)

Listen to the audio demo while following along in the digital book.

Focus on understanding the story, vocabulary, and pronunciation.

Practice reading the text aloud as you listen.

Step 2 – Presentational Speaking (朗读)

Practice your oral reading by reading along with the audio demo multiple times.

Pay attention to pronunciation, tone, pacing, and fluency.

After sufficient practice, make your own audio recording of the reading.

Submission Requirements

Submit one audio recording of your朗读.

Make sure your voice is clear and you read the assigned portion smoothly.

🕒 Deadline: 11:59 PM, Wednesday, 03/04

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Pony Crossing the River. 小马过河. Learn Chinese with interesting short stories.

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白康宁  -  小马过河

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白康宁  -  小马过河

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贵州村民搬两层木楼

DUE 11:59 PM

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贵州村民搬两层木楼

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Interpretive Reading 读 + Presentational Writing 写

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Study ALL the keywords and grammar notes from this article , pick FIVE of the sentence patterns to create ONE meaningful complex sentence 句子 with one of the connection words 连接词 you learned. Post your writing below.

Keywords

村民 - cūnmín - villager
搬 - bān - to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift
层 - céng - floor (of a building) / storey / measure word for layers
木楼 - mùlóu - wooden building / wooden house
家人 - jiārén - family member
住 - zhù - to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop
老 - lǎo - old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing
重 - zhòng - heavy / serious
想 - xiǎng - to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss
搬走 - bānzǒu - to carry
建 - jiàn - to establish / to found / to set up / to build
房子 - fángzi - house / building (single- or two-story)
来 - lái - to come / to arrive / to come round
帮 - bāng - to help / to assist / to support
分钟 - fēnzhōng - minute
米 - mǐ - meter (classifier)
看 - kàn - to see / to look at / to read / to watch
做 - zuò - to do / to make / to produce / to write / to act as / to engage in / to be / to become

Grammar

Measure Word - Expressing the number of sth with an object specific measure word in the form of "Number + Measure Word + Noun" (if the number is one, you can omit it and use the measure word by itself)
贵州村民搬两层木楼
中国贵州有一个杨先生，他和家人住在一个20多年的老木楼里。
它有两层，很小也很重。
现在，他想搬走它，在这里建一个大房子。
今年11月5日，有200多个村民来帮他搬木楼，40多分钟他们搬了30米。

Place + 有 + Object - Expressing the existence of an object in a certain place with "Place + yǒu + Object" (similar to "there is" or "there are")
中国贵州有一个杨先生，他和家人住在一个20多年的老木楼里。

Noun 1 + 和 + Noun 2 - Expressing "and / together with / with" with "Noun 1 + hé + Noun 2"
中国贵州有一个杨先生，他和家人住在一个20多年的老木楼里。

Number + 多 - Expressing a number in excess with "Number + duō"
中国贵州有一个杨先生，他和家人住在一个20多年的老木楼里。
今年11月5日，有200多个村民来帮他搬木楼，40多分钟他们搬了30米。

Verb / Adverb / Phrase + 的 + Noun - Expressed to link a noun to a preceding verb or phrase with "Verb / Adverb / Phrase + de + Noun"
中国贵州有一个杨先生，他和家人住在一个20多年的老木楼里。

(在)...里 - Expressing "in / inside…" with "(zài)...lǐ"
中国贵州有一个杨先生，他和家人住在一个20多年的老木楼里。

Subject + 有 + Object - Expressing that the subject "has" an object with "Subject + yǒu + Object"
它有两层，很小也很重。

Noun / Pronoun + 很 + Adj. - Expressing "very" or to link a noun or pronoun and an adjective with "Noun / Pronoun + hěn + Adj." (sometimes the 很 is translated as "very" but often it is a link between a noun and an adjective)
它有两层，很小也很重。

Statement 1，也 + Statement 2 - Expressing "also" to link two statements with "Statement 1，也 + Statement 2"
它有两层，很小也很重。

Subject + 想 + Verb (+ Object) - Expressing "would like to" with "Subject + xiǎng + Verb (+ Object)" (negative formed with 不想)
现在，他想搬走它，在这里建一个大房子。

在 + Place - Expressing to be located in or at a certain place with "zài + Place"
现在，他想搬走它，在这里建一个大房子。

Verb / Verb Phrase + 了 - Expressing that an action has been completed with "Verb / Verb Phrase + le"
今年11月5日，有200多个村民来帮他搬木楼，40多分钟他们搬了30米。
很多人看了，都说他们做得很好。

Subject + 都 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "all / every" to emphasise the quantity with "Subject + dōu + Verb / Verb Phrase" (都 emphasises the quantity or frequent occurrence)
很多人看了，都说他们做得很好。

Verb / Adj. + 得 + Degree Complement - Expression links the verb or adjective with a degree complement with "Verb / Adj. + de + Degree Complement"
很多人看了，都说他们做得很好。

Proper Nouns

贵州 - Guìzhōu - Guizhou (Province)

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俄亥俄西德尼州的公园上了新闻里。- (在)...里 - Expressing "in / inside…" with "(zài)...lǐ"

这个公园有很多的小公园，和有很多的小径。- Noun / Pronoun + 很 + Adj. - Expressing "very" or to link a noun or pronoun and an adjective with "Noun / Pronoun + hěn + Adj." (sometimes the 很 is translated as "very" but often it is a link between a noun and an adjective)

在这个公园你可以骑自行车，散步，钓鱼和玩。- 在 + Place - Expressing to be located in or at a certain place with "zài + Place"

都人在西德尼非常喜欢这个元。- Subject + 都 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "all / every" to emphasise the quantity with "Subject + dōu + Verb / Verb Phrase" (都 emphasises the quantity or frequent occurrence)

很多人推荐去这个元。 - Verb / Adj. + 得 + Degree Complement - Expression links the verb or adjective with a degree complement with "Verb / Adj. + de + Degree Complement"

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1. Place + 有 + Object + 因为…所以…

中国贵州有一个老木楼，因为它很重，所以村民们搬得很辛苦。

2. Noun 1 + 和 + Noun 2 + 不但…而且…

杨先生和家人不但住在一个二十多年的木楼里，而且每天都要照顾它。

3. Number + 多 + 也

今年有两百多个村民来帮他搬木楼，他们也觉得这是很特别的事情。

4. Subject + 想 + Verb + 但是

他想搬走木楼，但是这个木楼太重了。

5. Verb/Adj. + 得 + Complement + 虽然…可是…

村民们做得很好，虽然很累，可是大家都很开心。