6 Unit 4 Target List

1. A: Āndésēn xiānsheng, nǐ shi nǎrde rén? 安德森先生,你是哪兒的人? Where are you from, Mr. Anderson?
B: Wǒ shi Dézhōu rén. 我是德州人。 I’m from Texas.
A: Āndésēn fūren ne? 安德森夫人呢? And Mrs. Anderson?
B: Tā yě shi Dézhōu rén. 她也是德州人。 She is from Texas too.
2: A: Tā shi Yīngguo rén ma? 他是英國人嗎? Is he English?
B: Bú shi, tā bú shi Yīngguo rén. 不是,他不是英國人。 No, he is not English.
A: Tā àiren ne? 他愛人呢? And his wife?
B: Tā yě bú shi Yīngguo rén. 她也不是英國人。 She isn’t English either.
3. A: Qǐngwèn, nǐ lǎojiā zài nǎr? 請問,你老家在哪兒? May I ask, where is your family from?
B: Wǒ lǎojiā zài Shāndōng. 我老家在山東。 My family is from Shāndōng
4. A: Qīngdǎo zài zhèr ma? 青島在這兒嗎? Is Qīngdǎo here? (pointing to a map)
B: Qīngdǎo bú zài nàr, zài zhèr. 青島不在那兒,在這兒。 Qīngdǎo isn’t there; it’s here. (pointing to a map)
5. A: Nǐ àiren xiànzài zài nǎr? 你愛人現在在哪兒? Where is your spouse now?
B: Tā xiànzài zài Jiānádà. 她現在在見那大。 He/she is in Canada now.
Additional required vocabulary (not presented on C-1 and P-1 tapes)
6. Learn the pronunciation and location of any five cities and five provinces of China found on the maps on pages 80-8l.
Figure 6.1 On a Běijīng street (courtesy of Pat Fox)