Chinese IAB M2 NationalityOccupationNote Lesson 3 你是哪国人? You will find all quiz review sheets at http://loyeeling.weebly.com/ and study very well from this note and quiz review sheets before taking a quiz or test. Essential Questions How do you ask about and tell someone's nationality? How do you ask and answer someone's occupation? How do you ask and tell where someone works? How do you express your interest in something? Module Minute If you want to ask someone about his nationality, you can say"nǐ shì nǎ guó rén? 你是哪国人?",or "Qǐng wèn,nín shì nǎ guó rén 请问, 您是哪国人?",which is a more polite way. The proper response is " 我是美国人 wǒ shì měi guó rén" or " 我是中国人 wǒ shì zhōng guó rén ". To express your thanks to others, you may say "Xiè xiè 谢谢 ". In order to build the relationship, you'd better know the occupation of certain people, in this occasion you may ask"qǐng wèn,nǐ zuò shí me gōng zuò 请问, 你做什么工作?"or "Qǐng wèn,nín zài nǎ er gōng zuò? 请问, 您在哪儿工作?. The answers can be "Wǒ shì yì míng yī shēng /jì zhě /lǎo shī 我是一名医生/ 记者 / 老师 ", or "Wǒ zài yī yuàn /bào shè /dà xué gōng zuò 我在医院/ 报社 / 大学工作 "To show your interest in something you could say "Wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 ". 琳达 : 早上好 1! lín dá zǎo shàng hǎo 王明 : 早上好, 琳达 wáng míng zǎo shàng hǎo lín dá 琳达 : 那是谁? lín dá nà shì shuí 王明 : 那是小松平子 wáng míng nà shì xiǎo sōng píng zi 琳达 : 她是哪国人? lín dá tā shì nǎ guó rén 1
王明 : 她是日本人 wáng míng tā shì rì běn rén 小松平子 : 王明, 早上好! xiǎo sōng píng zi wáng míng zǎo shàng hǎo 王明 : 早上好! wáng míng zǎo shàng hǎo 小松平子 : 你好, 我叫小松 xiǎo sōng píng zi nǐ hǎo wǒ jiào xiǎo sōng 平子, 我是日本人, 你呢 2? píng zi wǒ shì rì běn rén nǐ ne 琳达 : 我叫琳达, 我是美国 lín dá wǒ jiào lín dá wǒ shì měi guó 人 金老师是美国人吗? rén jīn lǎo shī shì měi guó rén ma 小松平子 : 不, 他是中国人 xiǎo sōng píng zi bù tā shì zhōng guó rén 琳达 : 早上好 1! Linda: Good morning! 王明 : 早上好, 琳达 Wand Ming: Good morning, Linda. 琳达 : 那是谁?Linda: Who is that? 王明 : 那是小松平子 Wang Ming: She is XiaoSongPingZi. 琳达 : 她是哪国人?Linda: Where is she from? 王明 : 她是日本人 Wang Ming: She is Japanese. 小松平子 : 王明, 早上好! XiaoSongPingZi: Wang Ming, good morning! 王明 : 早上好! Wang Ming: Good morning! 小松平子 : 你好, 我叫小松平子, 我是日本人, 你呢 2?XiaoSongPingZi: Hello, I am XiaoSongPingZi. I am Japanese. How about you? 琳达 : 我叫琳达, 我是美国人 金老师是美国人吗? Linda:I m Linda, I m American. Is Mr. Jin American? 小松平子 : 不, 他是中国人 XiaoSongPingZi: No, he is Chinese. 2
Language Note 1 早上好 Standard morning greeting. Literally means " 早上 zǎo shàng" (morning), " 好 hǎo " (good). 2 你呢? In this text, 你呢? is short for 你是哪国人?, which means what about you? / what is your nationality? Key sentences 早上好 zǎo shàng hǎo 那是谁? nà shì shuí Good morning. Who are they? 那是 That is nà shì 你呢? nǐ ne What about you? 她是哪国人? tā shì nǎ guó rén 她是日本人 tā shì rì běn rén Where is she from? She is Japanese. Lesson 4 我是一名医生小松平子 : 琳达, 这是我的 xiǎo sōng píng zi lín dá zhè shì wǒ de 朋友李美美 péng yǒu lǐ měi měi 李美美 : 你好 lǐ měi měi nǐ hǎo 琳达 : 你好 lín dá nǐ hǎo 3
小松平子 : 这是我的同学琳 xiǎo sōng píng zi zhè shì wǒ de tóng xué lín 达 dá 琳达 : 你也是学生吗? lín dá nǐ yě shì xué shēng ma 李美美 : 不, 我在 1 广告公 lǐ měi měi bù wǒ zài guǎng gào gōng 司工作 sī gōng zuò 麦克 : 李先生, 您做什么工 mài kè lǐ xiān shēng nín zuò shén me gōng 作 2? zuò 李先生 : 我是一名 3 医生 lǐ xiān shēng wǒ shì yī míng yī shēng 麦克 : 您工作忙吗? mài kè nín gōng zuò máng ma 李先生 : 忙, 但是我很喜欢 lǐ xiān shēng máng dàn shì wǒ hěn xǐ huān 我的工作 wǒ de gōng zuò 小松平子 : 琳达, 这是我的朋友李美美 XiaoSongPingZi:Linda,this is my friend Li Mei Mei. 李美美 : 你好 Li Mei Mei: Hello. 琳达 : 你好 Linda: Hello. 小松平子 : 这是我的同学琳达 XiaoSongPingZi:This is my classmate Linda. 琳达 : 你也是学生吗? Linda: Are you a student too? 李美美 : 不, 我在 1 广告公司工作 Li Mei Mei: No, I work in an advertising agency. 麦克 : 李先生, 您做什么工作 2?Mike:Mr.Li, what is your occupation? 李先生 : 我是一名 3 医生 Mr.Li: I m a physician. 4
麦克 : 您工作忙吗? Mike: Are you busy with work? 李先生 : 忙, 但是我很喜欢我的工作 Mr.Li: Yes,(I m)busy. But I like my job very much. Language Notes 1 在 Combined with a noun, the preposition 在 indicate location. When the phrase is placed before a verb, it indicates the location of the action. 2 您做什么工作? A common way to ask someone s job, which means What is your job? 3 名 It is a formal measure word for people. In Chinese, there are some measure words, such as the word we have learned in lesson 2 位 is a polite measure word for people. Key Sentences 我在 工作 I work in. wǒ zài gōng zuò 您做什么工作? nín zuò shén me gōng zuò What is your occupation? 我是一名医生 I wǒ shì yī míng yī shēng m a physician. 您工作忙吗? nín gōng zuò máng ma Nationality Occupation Key Words Are you busy with your work? 早上 zǎo shàng -morning 那 nà -that 谁 shuí -who 哪 nǎ -which 国 guó -country 日本 rì běn -Japan 美国 měi guó -America 朋友 péng yǒu -friend 在 zài -at,in 做 zuò -to do 名 míng measure word for people 医生 yī sheng -physician 忙 máng -busy 喜欢 xǐ huān -to like 工作 gōng zuò - work 5
同学 tong xué -classmate Culture Reflection for Nationalities and Occupations - page 3 Please write a reflection (120-150 words) after researching Google and watching any video you can find on: A Bite of China. An example of a suitable video is also located in the sidebar and below. You will need to type your reflection in word processing document and save the file on your hard drive or a disk. Please state the URL for your video on the reflection. Then, submit your assignment. https://youtu.be/s0orikfy08w <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s0orikfy08w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Listening/Speaking Project page 3 You can do the original assignments or just read 4 sentences in Chinese and English of key sentences from the module note to replace the original one. 6