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第一课 老师和学生

Teacher and Students I. Listening Comprehension A. Choose the words you hear. ( ) 1. A. lǎoshī B. xuéshēng C. shénme D. háishì ( ) 2. A. Měiguó B. Zhōngguó C. Rìběn D. wàiguó ( ) 3. A. nǐhǎo B. nǐmen C. míngzi D. xìngmíng ( ) 4. A. 什么 B. 是谁 C. 我的 D. 我是 ( ) 5. A. 你好吗 B. 你是谁 C. 你的名字 D. 是学生 B. Listen to the question and choose the best answer. ( )1. A. 他姓张。 B. 他是中国人。

C. 我姓张。 D. 我是学生。 ( ) 2. A. 是，我是美国人。 B. 是，我是日本人。 C. 你好。 D. 我也是学生。 ( ) 3. A. 我叫张三。 B. 我不是中国人。 C. 我是学生。 D. 我也姓张。 ( ) 4. A. 他是美国老师。 B. 我姓王。 C. 他不是学生。 D. 他姓丁。 ( ) 5. A. 张三不是我的老师。B. 张三是中国人。 C. 他也是学生。 D. 他叫张三。

C. Listen to the dialogue and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F). ( ) 1. The two people know each other well. ( ) 2. They have different family names. ( ) 3. They are both American. ( ) 4. The man is the woman’s teacher.

II. Pinyin and Characters A. Identify the radical of the following characters.

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Character Pinyin Meaning of the character Radical Meaning of the radical 谁 shéi who 讠 speaking 吗

好

他

叫

都

B. Transcribe the following sentences into Chinese characters. 1. Zhāng Sān shì Zhōngguó rén, Dīng Yī yě shì Zhōngguó rén. Tāmen dōushì

xuéshēng. ____________________________________________________________ 2. Zhāng, Wáng dōushì Zhōngguó rén de xìng. ____________________________________________________________ 3. Wǒmen de lǎoshī búshì Rìběn rén, tā shì Měiguó rén. ____________________________________________________________ 4. Nǐ yěshì Zhāng lǎoshī de xuéshēng ma? ____________________________________________________________ 5. Tā shì Zhōngguó xuéshēng háishì Měiguó xuéshēng?

____________________________________________________________ C. Transcribe the following sentences into pinyin.

1. 张三和王一都是中国名字。 ____________________________________________________________

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2. 王老师的学生都是中国人吗？不，他们都是美国人。 ____________________________________________________________ 3. 我们的老师姓张。他是中国人，也是日本人。

____________________________________________________________ 4. 他们都不是日本人，也都不是学生。

____________________________________________________________ 5. 你的老师姓张还是姓丁？ ____________________________________________________________ III. Reading Comprehension Read the following two passages and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Both the pinyin and the character versions of the passages are provided. Passage 1 丁一是中国人。他是我的老师。王二也是中国人。他不是老师，他是学生。

Dīng Yī shì Zhōngguó rén. Tā shì wǒde lǎoshī. Wáng Èr yěshì Zhōngguó rén. Tā

búshì lǎoshī, tā shì xuéshēng.

( ) My teacher is Chinese. ( ) Ding Yi and Wang Er are both teachers. ( ) Ding Yi and Wang Er are both Chinese. Passage 2 我姓张，我叫张三。我是日本人，我也是美国学生。我的老师也是日本人，

他也姓张。

Wǒ xìng Zhāng, wǒ jiào Zhāng Sān. Wǒ shì Rìběn rén. Wǒ yěshì Měiguó xuéshēng.

Wǒde lǎoshī yěshì Rìběn rén, tā yěxìng Zhāng.

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( ) My teacher and I have the same last name. ( ) My teacher and I are both Chinese. ( ) I am an American student. IV. Grammar Exercises

A. Fill in the blanks with question words 什么 shénme or 谁 shéi.

1. 你姓_________?

2. 你的老师是________?

3. 我们的老师叫_______名字？

4. 他是______?

B. Fill in the blanks with 也 yě or 都 dōu and with the appropriate verbs or their negative form. Both the character and the pinyin versions are provided. You may choose to use either form.

1. 王老师是中国人，张老师______中国人，他们______中国人。

Wáng lǎoshī shì Zhōngguó rén, Zhāng lǎoshī ________ Zhōngguó rén, tāmen

_________ Zhōngguó rén.

2. 学生姓丁，老师_____丁吗？

Xuéshēng xìng Dīng, lǎoshī __________Dīng ma?

3. 学生是美国人，老师是中国人。他们________日本人。

Xuéshēng shì Měiguó rén, lǎoshī shì Zhōngguó rén. Tāmen _______ Rìběn rén.

4. 张三是王老师的学生，_____丁老师的学生。王老师，丁老师______张三的

老师。

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Zhāng Sān shì Wáng lǎoshī de xuéshēng, _________ Dīng lǎoshī de xuéshēng.

Wáng lǎoshī, Dīng lǎoshī _______ Zhāng Sān de lǎoshī.

5. 我不姓张，丁三_______张。我们_________张。

Wǒ búxìng Zhāng, Dīng Sān __________ Zhāng. Wǒmen ___________ Zhāng.

6. 张三不是我的名字，________你的名字。张三是我们的老师的名字。

Zhāng Sān búshì wǒde míngzi, _________ nǐde míngzi. Zhāng Sān shì wǒmen de

lǎoshī de míngzi.

C. Use 也 and 都 to complete the following sentences. Example: Obama 是美国人。(Clinton) Obama 是美国人，Bush 也是美国人。Obama 和 Bush 都是美国人

1. 你的老师姓张。(我的老师)

________________________________________________________________

2. 丁一是中国学生。(张三)

________________________________________________________________

3. 丁一是王老师的学生。(张三)

________________________________________________________________

4. 你不是日本人。(我)

________________________________________________________________

D. Use “吗” to convert each of the following statements into the question form. Then

provide a negative answer. Example: 我是老师。

Question: 你是老师吗？ Negative: 我不是老师。

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1. 我是美国学生。

Question: ______________________ Negative: ________________________

2. 我的老师姓张。

Question: ______________________ Negative: ________________________

3. 他叫王二。

Question: ______________________ Negative: ________________________

4. 丁一是中国人。

Question: ______________________ Negative: ________________________

E. Use 还是 to complete the following sentences. For example: 你 中国人 美国人 你是中国人还是美国人？ 1. 你的老师 张 王

____________________________________________________________ 2. 你 张三 丁一

____________________________________________________________ 3. Wáng lǎoshī de xuéshēng Rìběn rén Měiguó rén

____________________________________________________________ 4. Dīng Èr Zhōngguó míngzi Rìběn míngzi

____________________________________________________________ 5. Tā Zhāng lǎoshī de xuéshēng Wáng lǎoshī de xuéshēng

____________________________________________________________

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F. Translate the following sentences into pinyin or Chinese characters.

1. My name is Wang Yi. I am a Chinese student. I am not a teacher. ____________________________________________________________ 2. Teacher Zhang is Chinese. His three students are all American. ____________________________________________________________ 3. Is your teacher’s last name Ding? His teacher’s last name is also Ding. ____________________________________________________________ 4. Are you Teacher Wang’s student? ____________________________________________________________ 5. Do your teacher and his teacher both have the last name Wang? Are they both

Japanese?

____________________________________________________________ 6. Neither you nor I am American. We are not Teacher Ding’s students.

____________________________________________________________ 7. Is Teacher Wang your teacher or his teacher?

____________________________________________________________

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old, none prefixlâo

teacher, mastershï

and, togetherhé

to studyxué

studentshëng

honorific for ? (you)nín

noble; expensiveguì

family name, surnamexìng

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I, mewô

to call; to be calledjiào

surname Wangwáng

oneyï

twoèr

threesän

to beshì

you, second person pronounnî

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whatshén

interrogative particleme

surname Dingdïng

possessive markerde

namemíng

characterzì

him, hetä

who, whomshéi

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surname Zhangzhäng

good, wellhâo

also, tooyê

end of sentence interrogative particlema

plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nounsmen

all, bothdöu

center, middlezhöng

country, nationguó

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in additionhái

beautiful; America, mêi

no, notbù

day; abbr. for Japanrì

rootsbên

person, peoplerén

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