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學習目標 Learning Objectives

Lesson 4.1 紅色的蘋果 h@ngs8 de p0nggu#Be able to name the colors and fruits

Lesson 4.2 草莓太酸了 c3om6i t4i su1n le Be able to convey personal comments

Lesson 4.3 我不喜欢吃香蕉 w# b* x-hu1n ch9 xi1ngji1o Be able to express like, dislike, and physical needs

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水果和颜色 shu-gu#h6y2ns8Fruits and Colors

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UNIT FOUR

I. 情節發展STORYLINE

A week had passed and they were back to Peter’s garage, keen to experiment more with the compass. Tom twisted the outer dial even further this time, and it emitted the blinding light once more. This time, when they opened their eyes, they knew they weren’t someplace near home.

They were in a barren desert of grey and black sand and pebbles. It was very hot and dry, and there weren’t any plants – not even cactus. Peter said that it looked like pictures of the Gobi Desert that he had seen when studying geography. He proposed that they look around – maybe they were near the town of Tunhuang on the Silk Road! He pointed towards a range of hills that didn’t look that far away, and they agreed to hike up to the top of it. It took longer than they expected, and several hours later they were exhausted and thirsty at the top of a barren hill.

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II. 課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE

湯姆: 這裡真不好玩，我又累又渴。

琳達: 我也很渴，誰有水？彼得: 我們都沒有水了，怎麼辦？

Reggie noticed that the compass was flashing, and he shouted to get everyone’s attention.The four quadrants of the compass had changed into different flashing colors. Reggie suggested touching the red quadrant, but as he touched it he let out a shout of surprise:瑞奇: 你們看，你們看，那是甚麼？

大家: 哇！紅色的蘋果和草莓。湯姆: 草莓太酸了！ 給我蘋果，好嗎？琳達: 我也要一個蘋果！

Reggie pressed the yellow quadrant, and bananas appeared.

湯姆: 太好玩了！ 我很餓，我要吃一根香蕉。

麗莎: 我不喜歡吃香蕉，我想吃一大塊西瓜，西瓜很甜。Then they pressed the green quadrant, a watermelon

appeared in front of them. After they finished the

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watermelon, they felt much better.

湯姆: Tom looked at the blue panel and wondered: 甚麼水果是藍色的？誰知道？PINYIN TEXT

T1ngm&: Zh8li zh5n b*h3ow2n, w# y$u l8i y$u k7.

L0nd2: W# y7 h7n k7, sh6i y#u shu-?

B-d6: W#men d!u m6iy#u shu-

le, z7nmeb4n？Ru=q0: N-men k4n, n-men k4n, n4

sh= sh6nme?

B-d6: W1! h@ngs8 de p0nggu# h6 c3om6i.

T1ngm&: C3om6i t4i su1n le! G7i w# p0nggu#, h3oma?

L0nd2: W# y7 y4o y9ge p0nggu#!

T1ngm&: T4i h3ow2n le! W# h7n 8, w# y4o ch9 y9g5n xi1ngji1o.

L=sh1: W# b* x-hu1n ch9 xi1ngji1o, w# xi3ng ch9 y9d4ku4i x9gu1, x9gu1h7nti2n.

T1ngm&: Sh6nme shu-gu# sh= l2ns8de? sh6i zh9d4o?

TRANSLATIONTom: It’s really not fun here. I’m tired

and thirsty as well.

Linda: I’m thirsty too. Who has water?

Peter: We all don’t have water. What to

do?

Reggie: Look! Look! What’s that?

Everybody: Wow! Red apples and strawberries.

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Tom: Strawberries are too sour! Give me an apple, ok?

Linda: I want an apple too.

Tom: Too interesting! I’m very hungry. I want to eat a

banana.

Melissa: I don’t like to eat bananas. I want to eat a big slice of

watermelon. Watermelon is sweet.

Tom: What kind of fruits is blue? Who knows?

III. 生詞 UNIT VOCABULARY

A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE

水 果 又 累 渴 紅色 給 也 餓 喜 歡吃 西 瓜 想 甜

B. 生詞 WORD BANK

Vocabulary

Pinyin Part of Speech Meaning in English

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又 yòu adv. again; (又…又…, both... and...)

累 lèi adj. tired, fatigued

渴 kě adj. thirsty

水 shuǐ n. water

沒有 méi yǒu adj. do not have

紅 h@ng adj. red

色 sè n. color

紅色 hóng sè n. red color

蘋果 píng guǒ n. apple

果 guǒ n. fruit

草 cǎo n. grass, straw

草莓 cǎo méi n. strawberry

酸 suān adj. sour

給 gěi v. prep. to give; to

餓 è adj. hungry

吃 chī v. to eat

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香 xiāng adj. fragrant (of food, flower)

香蕉 xiāng jiāo n. banana

想 xiǎng S.V. aux. want to; would like to

西 xī n. west

西瓜 xī guā n. watermelon

瓜 guā n. melon

甜 tián adj. sweet

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LESSON 4.1紅色的蘋果

Ａ. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION

a.1. 真(zh5n, really) + adj.To intensify the extent of the status indicated by the adj.

For example：那個學校真好玩！N4ge xu6xi4o zh5n h3ow2n! That school is really funny.

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他家真大！T1 ji1 zh5n d4!His house is really big!

這個西瓜真甜！Zh8ge x9gu1 zh5n ti2n.This watermelon is really sweet!

a.2. adj. + 的 + noun.(Modifier + Modified)

紅色的蘋果h@ngs8 de p0nggu#red apple

綠色的西瓜l*s8 de x9gu1green watermelon

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黄色的香蕉hu2ngs8 de xi1ngji1oyellow banana

Possession 的 (Noun + 的 + Noun)It equals to noun + ‘s in English.For example: 湯姆的哥哥 t1ngm& de g5ge Tom’s elder brother 玲達的妹妹 l0ngd2 de m8imei Linda’s younger sister

Translate and match:

his mom n- de m0ngzi

我的爺爺 t1 de ji1

our school

她的家 w# de y6ye

Your name

t1 de m1ma

w#men de xu6xi4o

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B. 語法註解 GRAMMAR NOTES

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b.1. What is a stative verb (SV)?

In Chinese, sometimes an adjective functions as a verb. For example, “I am fine.” translated to Chinese will be “我很好。” This kind of adjectives is called Stative Verbs (SV).

Matching Game. Please match the appropriate Pinyin and English

translation for each sentence.

我很累。 W# h7n k7. I’m tired.

我很渴。 W# h7n 8. I’m thirsty.

我很餓。 W# h7n l8i. I’m hungry.

b.2. 又(y$u) + A, 又（y$u） + B both A and B

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(1) 又＋SV A,又＋SV B. To describe two status.

For example:我又渴又餓。(W# y$u k7 y$u 8.) To describe both thirsty and hungry.

Please provide Pinyin and English to the sentences below.

大家又累又渴。Pinyin: English:

他哥哥又高又大。Pinyin: English:

美國又大又好玩。Pinyin: English:

(2)又 + verb A, 又 + verb B.

For example: 姐姐又會說中國話，又會說西班牙話。Ji7jie y$u hu= shu! Zh!nggu@hu4, y$u hu= shu!

X9b1ny2hu4.

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C. 交際活動 TASK PERFORMANCE

C.1 Here are some pictures of fruits. Please indicate their names by using the sentence structure “这是……”

1、這是橙子。Zh8 sh= ch6ngzi.This is orange.

2、這是

3、這是

4、這是

4、這是

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C.2 Here is a picture of Panda. Please point out the black and white colors by using the conversation pattern:

A: “这是什么颜色？”B: “这是……。”

For example:

Here is the picture of a Mexican piñata. Please

point out 紅色、綠色、黃色、藍色、紫色、橙色.

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A：这是什么颜色？

B：这是黑色。

A：这是什么颜色？

B：这是白色。

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LESSON 4.2草莓太酸了

Ａ. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION

a.1 Measure Word (MW)

If you count something in Chinese, you need to use a certain measure word to go with a number, similar to English: a cup of flour, one spoon of sugar; or like a school of fish, a flock of birds…

However, in Chinese almost everything has its own measure word. For example:

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一個蘋果 y0ge p0nggu# an apple

一根香蕉 y=g5n xi1ngji1o a banana

一片西瓜 y0pi4n x9gu1 a slice of

watermelon

兩個西瓜 li3ngge x9gu1 two watermelons

a.2 Rule of counting 2

If just simply count the number from 1-10, you pronounce

8r. But if 2 goes with a measure word, then you have to use 兩 (li3ng)

Speaking exercise:

兩歲 兩個蘋果 兩個西瓜li3ng su= li3ngge

p0nggu# li3ngge x9gu1

兩個姐姐 兩個弟弟 兩個朋友li3ngge ji7jie li3ngge d=di li3ngge

p6ngyou

While in teens and twenties, you still pronounce 8r.Please provide Pinyin for phrases below.

12 歲 22 個蘋果 24 個西瓜

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However,

200 is 兩百,li3ng b3i。2,000 is 兩千，li3ng qi1n。

B. 語法註解 GRAMMAR NOTES

b.1 Verb 給 (g7i，to give)To express “to give somebody something”

For example:

給我一個蘋果。G7i w# y9ge p0nggu#.

Give me an apple.

請給我兩根香蕉。Q-ng g7i w# li3ngg5n xi1ngji1o.

Please give me two bananas

請給我三片西瓜。Q-ng g7i w# s1npi4n x9gu1. Please give me three slices of watermelon

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C. 交際活動 TASK PERFORMANCE

c.1. 我是甚麼?

Match the picture with the correct description

Picture of a strawberry

Picture of grapes Picture of an orange

我家有很多人。我有很多兄弟姐妹。我們都很像爸爸、媽媽。

我很紅。我有點酸，有點甜。我有（一頂綠色的小帽子。（use a picture of a green hat)

我的名字也是我的顏色的名字。我是小朋友们最愛的水果。我住在美國的 Florida。

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c.2. Radical Writing:

水/氵 water

The origin of ‘水’。水 "water" is normally

written with three dots as part of the character (three drops

of water 氵: 渴)

草／艹 grass

The origin of ‘艹’。艹 usually is on the top of a

character.

Some of the following characters belong to radical “water”; some belongs to “grass”. Copy them down on the space provided below.

吃 to eat 莓 berries 酸 sour 渴 thirsty 沒 not

太 too 河 river 瓜 melon 喜 happy 給 to give

甜 sweet 西 west 海 sea 色 color/s 草 grass

花 flower/s 想 累 tired 喝 to drink 菜

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would like vegetable/s

水/氵: _____________________________________

艹：____________________________________

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LESSON 4.3我不喜歡吃香蕉

Ａ. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION

a.1 喜歡 (x-hu1n, like) + noun

To say “like something”:

我喜歡媽媽。W# x-hu1n m1ma.

I like my mom.

我喜歡綠色的蘋果。W# x-hu1n l*s8de p0nggu#.

I like green apples.

喜歡 (x-hu1n, like) + verb /VP

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To say “like to do something”:

我喜歡玩。W# x-hu1n w2n.

I like to play.

我喜歡喝水。W# x-hu1n h5shu-. I like to drink water.

我喜歡吃紫色的葡萄。W# x-hu1n ch9 z-s8de p/tao.

I like to eat purple grapes.

a.2 不喜歡 (b*x-hu1n, dislike)

The negative form of 喜歡（x-hu1n）For example:

我不喜歡吃香蕉。W# b* x-hu1n ch9 xi1ngji1o.

I don’t like to eat bananas.

B. 語法註解 GRAMMAR NOTES

b.1. 想（xi3ng,would like）+ Verb.

A. “想”作为情态动词 would like, want

To express the intention:

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我想喝水。W# xi3ng h5shu-. I would like to drink water.

How about you want to emphasize that you like to do both A and B? Use the sentence pattern“我想，我又想”.

For example:我想吃香蕉，我又想吃西瓜。W# xi3ng ch9 xi1ngji1o, w# y$u xi3ng ch9 x9gu1.I would like to eat both banana and watermelon.

B. “想”作为动作性动词 miss

你想不想媽媽？N- xi3ng b* xi3ng m1ma?Do you miss your mom or not?

b.2. The sentence pattern of asking questions

with choice type.For example:

你渴不渴？ N-k7b*k7? Are you thirsty or not?

Please translate the following sentences into Chinese characters or Pinyin. 1. Are you hungry or not?

Chinese: 你餓不餓？ 2. Is this apple tasty or not?Chinese: 這個蘋果好不好吃？ 3. Do you like to eat grapes or not?Chinese: 你喜不喜歡吃葡萄？ 4. Do you like to eat green grapes or not?Chinese: 你喜不喜歡吃綠色的葡萄？

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b.3 是～ （色）的This sentence pattern is used to identify the color of an

object. For example:

蘋果是綠（色）的。P0nggu# sh= l*s8 de. The apple is

green.

草莓是紅（色）的。C3om6i sh= h@ngs8 de. The

strawberry is red.

橙子是橙（色）的。Ch6ngzi sh= ch6ngs8 de. The orange

is orange.

C. 交際活動 TASK PERFORMANCE

c.1. Listen and Match (聽一聽，配一配)

（6 picture cards of fruits.）

Apple/s Straw-berries

Banana/s

Water-melon

grapes oranges

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Listen to the recording and write down the number under of each fruits. The first one is an example.

1. 我餓了，我要吃葡萄。(The rest of the recording is the following. This part won’t be in the book.)

2. 我餓了，我要吃香蕉。3. 我餓了，我要吃橘子。4. 我餓了，我要吃西瓜。5. 我餓了，我要吃草莓。6. 我餓了，我要吃蘋果。

c.2. Role Play （See the attached file for the ‘Miss Milk is getting married’ play.）

Divide the class into groups of 4. Each group receives 6 fruit-picture cards with a number on each card. Everyone takes turn to throw the dice. If it is ‘1’, the person takes the No. 1 fruit-picture card, pretending to eat, and say ‘我餓/渴了，我要吃蘋果。’ The card then will be turned over face down. If someone throws the dice and gets ‘1’ later, the person must say ‘我不餓/渴，我不要吃蘋果。’

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c.3. Use the list of the words to write the reasons you like/dislike/want/don’t want certain fruits. The following is an example.

我喜歡西瓜，西瓜很甜。不/喜歡，不/要，甜，酸，大，小，餓，渴

文化知识 CULTURAL NOTES

Color symbolism in Chinese Culture

Red: Happiness, marriage, prosperityDuring the Chinese New Year, people put money in a red

envelope to give to children and older people to symbolize prosperity for the coming new year. Most people will wear red clothes during this period, wishing to have a prosperous and happy year ahead of them.

Golden Yellow, purple: Royal, noble During the imperial period, it was forbidden for common

people to use these colors.

White: death, mourningChinese people wear red clothes when attending wedding

and white clothes when attending a funeral. A bride will wear red on her wedding day.

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Gold: Strength, wealthBlack: evil influences

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