Standard Chinese, A Modular Approach, Resource Module on Classroom Expressions, Tape 1, On this tape, you'll learn some expressions which will be of use to you in class. Some of the items will be sentences which teachers typically say. You'll need to learn to understand these expressions. Other items will be expressions which you will want to be able to say.
Here's the greeting. Good morning. Listen. 早.
It has a low tone. Repeat. Good morning. 早. 早.
Say it ahead of the speaker. Good morning. 早.
Now here's the sentence you need to learn to understand. Let's begin class. 我们上课吧. 我们上课吧.
Listen again to the sentence. Let's begin class. 我们上课吧. 我们上课吧.
Here's another sentence you need to understand. Listen to me say it. 你听我说.
This is the verb to listen. 听. 听.
This is the verb to say. 说. 说.
Here again is how you say. Listen to me say it. 你听我说. 你听我说.
What does this sentence mean? 我们上课吧. 我们上课吧.
Let's begin class. Let's begin class. Let's begin class.
And what does this sentence mean? 你听我说. 你听我说.
Listen to me say it. And how do you say good morning? 听我说.
Now here's another sentence you need to learn to understand. Do you understand now? 你懂了吗?
In this sentence, the syllable ma at the end signals that it's a question. Now here's the verb to understand. 听.
懂. Listen again to the question. Do you understand now? 你懂了吗?
Now listen to the reply. I don't understand. 我不懂.
Repeat the verb to understand. It has a low tone. 懂.
Repeat. I don't understand. 我不懂.
Notice that the syllable bu has a falling tone. Try saying it ahead of the speaker. I don't understand. 我不懂.
Try replying to the question yourself now. When asked, do you understand now? Say that you don't. 你懂了吗?
我不懂. Again. 你懂了吗? 我不懂.
Now here's how you answer that you do understand now. 懂了.
Repeat. I understand now. 懂了.
Try saying it ahead of the speaker. I understand now. 懂了.
Try replying to the question yourself now. When asked, do you understand now? Say that you do understand. 你懂了吗?
你懂了吗? 懂了.
Again. 你懂了吗? 懂了.
Now here's what you've learned so far. Repeat. Good morning. 早.
Listen to the sentence. Let's begin class. 我们上课吧.
Here's the sentence. Listen to me say it. 你听我说. Listen to the question. Do you understand now? 你懂了吗?
Repeat. I don't understand. 我不懂.
Repeat. I understand now. 懂了.
Now here's a review. Test yourself. How do you say good morning? 早.
What does this next sentence mean? Translate it out loud in the pause given. 我们上课吧.
Let's begin class. And what does this sentence mean? 你听我说.
Listen to me say it. What does this question mean? 你懂了吗?
Do you understand now? And how do you say I don't understand? 我不懂.
And how do you say now I understand? 懂了.
Now here's another sentence you need to learn to understand. Please repeat after me. 请跟着我说.
This is the word for please. 请.
Listen to the sentence again. Please repeat after me. Or more literally, please following me speak. 请跟着我说.
What does this word mean? 请.
Please. And what does this word mean? 说.
Speak or say. And what does this sentence mean? 请跟着我说.
Please repeat after me. Now here's a sentence you need to learn to say. Please say it again. Listen. 请你再说一次.
Repeat please. It has a low tone. 请.
Repeat the word for one time. 一次.
Repeat please say it again. Or more literally, please say it again one time. 请你再说一次.
Repeat please. 请你再说一次.
Try saying it ahead of the speaker. Please say it again. 请你再说一次.
Now repeat. I don't understand. Please say it again. 我不懂. 请你再说一次.
Try saying it ahead of the speaker. I don't understand. Please say it again. 我不懂. 请你再说一次.
I don't understand. Please say it again. 我不懂. 请你再说一次.
Now try replying to this question. Do you understand? Answer that you don't understand and ask to have it said again. 你懂了吗?
I don't understand. Please say it again. 我不懂. 请你再说一次.
Again. 你懂了吗? 我不懂. 请你再说一次.
Now here again is what you've learned so far. Listen to the sentence. Listen to me say it. 你听我说.
Listen to the sentence. Please repeat after me. 请跟着我说.
Listen to the sentence. Let's begin class. 我们上课吧.
Now repeat. Good morning. 早.
早. Repeat. I don't understand. 我不懂. 我不懂.
Repeat. Please say it again. 请你再说.
Repeat. I understand now. 懂了?懂了?
Now here's a review. Test yourself. What does this sentence mean? 请跟着我说.
Please repeat after me. And what does this sentence mean? 你听我说.
Listen to me say it. What does this sentence mean? 我们上课吧.
Let's begin class. And how do you say I don't understand? 我不懂.
How do you say good morning? 早.
How do you say please say it again? 请你再说一次.
How do you say I understand now? 懂了?
Now here's another new expression. That's correct. 对了.
Listen again. That's correct. 对了.
Now here's another expression. That's not right. 不对.
What does this next phrase mean? 对了.
That's correct. And what does this mean? 不对.
That's not right. Now here's an expression you should learn to say. I don't know. Listen. 我不懂.
I don't know. 我不知道.
Repeat the verb to know. 知道.
Repeat I don't know. 我不知道.
Try saying it ahead of the speaker. I don't know. 我不知道.
Here's another expression to learn. What does it mean? 是什么意思?
Repeat the word for what? It has a rising tone. 什么?
Repeat the word for meaning. It has a falling tone. 意思.
Repeat what does it mean? 是什么意思?
Try saying it ahead of the speaker. What does it mean? 是什么意思?
Repeat again. I don't know. 我不知道.
Repeat again. What does it mean? 是什么意思?
Now here's another expression you should learn. OK, class is over. 好,我们下课吧.
This is the word for OK, which is said when leading into doing something. 好,好.
The word 好 also means good. Listen again to the sentence. OK, class is over. 好,我们下课吧.
What does this sentence mean? 好,我们上课吧.
OK, let's begin class. And what does this sentence mean? 好,我们下课吧.
OK, class is over. OK, now here again are all the expressions covered on this tape. 现在再来,我们下课吧.
Now here again are all the expressions covered on this tape. 现在再来,我们下课吧.
Repeat good morning. 早,早.
Listen to the sentence. Let's begin class. 我们上课吧.
Here's the sentence. Listen to me say it. 你听我说.
Listen to the question. Do you understand now? 你懂了吗?
Repeat. I don't understand. 我不懂.
Repeat. I understand now. 懂了?懂了?
Listen to the sentence. Please repeat after me. 请跟着我说.
Repeat the sentence. Please say it again. 请你再说一次.
Listen to the expression. That's correct. 对了.
Listen to the expression. That's not right. 不对.
Repeat. I don't know. 我不跟着你说.
I don't know. 我不知道.
Repeat. What does this mean? 是什么意思?
Listen to the sentence. OK. Class is over. 好.
好,我们下课吧. 好,我们下课吧.
Now test yourself on these items. Put the following into English. 现在试试自己在这些东西。
Put the following into English. 放入英语。
早. 早.
Good morning. 你懂了吗? 你懂了吗?
Do you understand now? 对了.
That's correct. 你听我说. 你听我说.
Listen to me say it. 我们上课吧.
Let's begin class. 不对. That's not right. 好,我们下课吧.
OK. Class is over. OK. Class is over. 好,我们下课吧.
Now put the following sentences into Chinese. 我不知道.
I don't know. 我不知道.
I understand now. 我明白现在.
懂了? 懂了?
Please say it again. 再说一遍.
Please say it again. 请你再说一次.
What does it mean? 是什么意思?
Good morning. 早.
I don't understand. 我不懂.
If you had any trouble with these sentences, rewind the tape and practice them some more.
This is the end of the tape. 这就是结尾的结尾.
End of resource module on classroom expressions, tape 1. 结尾的结尾.