Standard Chinese, a modular approach.
Resource module on numbers, tape 2.
On this tape, you'll learn the numbers from 7 to 10 and 0.
Turn to display 1 in your workbook and listen to the speaker count to 10.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Again, a bit faster.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
You may rewind to the beginning of the tape to listen to the speaker count to 10 at any time.
And you may refer to display 1 at any time.
But for now, turn the page.
Listen to the speaker count to 8.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Repeat after the speaker by pairs.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Again.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Try saying 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8.
Be sure you have identified the tones.
Listen.
7, 8, 7, 8.
Both are in the high tone.
Try counting to 8 by pairs ahead of the speaker.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Try counting to 8 alone and repeat.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Give the odd numbers so far.
1, 3, 5, 7, and repeat.
1, 3, 5, 7.
Give the even numbers so far.
2, 4, 6, 8, and repeat.
2, 4, 6, 8.
Ask yourself if you know how to romanize 7.
The letter for this consonant sound was assigned somewhat arbitrarily.
If you have any doubt, glance back to display 1.
What's 7?
T.
What's 8?
A.
What's 5?
W.
What's 6?
Leo.
What's 7 again?
8.
What's 7 again?
7.
Exercise 1 is a dictation exercise.
Ready?
Write what you hear.
A.
5.
7.
Leo.
8.
5.7.6.8.
B.
8.
7.
1.
3.
8.7.1.3.
4.
2.
7.
8.
4.
2.7.8.4.
D.
4.
7.
3.
8.
4.7.3.8.
1.
8.
6.
7.
5.
8.6.7.5.
Exercise 2 is a reading exercise.
Ready?
A.
8.
7.
6.
5.
8.7.6.5.
B.
7.
8.
4.
3.
7.8.4.3.
4.
7.
1.
5.
7.
7.1.5.7.
D.
2.
8.
6.
7.
2.8.6.7.
1.
5.
6.
8.
5.8.6.8.
Exercise 3 is a harder dictation exercise.
The speaker will read all four digits before you take them down.
Check your work and she repeats.
A.
7.8.5.6.
B.
1.3.5.7.
4.
4.3.8.7.
D.
8.6.4.2.
1.
7.8.8.7.
Now listen to the speaker count to 10.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.
Repeat after the speaker by pairs.
1.2.3.4.
5.6.7.8.9.10.
Again.1.2.3.4.5.6.
7.8.9.10.
Try saying 9.10.
9.10.9.10.
Have you identified the tones?
Listen.
9.10.9.10.
9.10.9.10.9.10.
九十
say seven, eight, nine, ten
ahead of the speaker and then repeat
七八九十
turn back to display one now
and look at the romanization for nine
notice that the romanization is abbreviated
leaving out the o which is clearly present
in the pronunciation
listen
you
be sure not to drop the weak e sound
if you do you might sound as if you were
pronouncing a completely different chinese syllable
compare the surname of the chinese
communist leader dou in live with the number nine
ignore the tones for the moment which are different
go
you
one way to make sure to pronounce nine
correctly is to start out by spelling
the english word go
geo and then speed it up
repeat after the speaker as she speeds up
from two syllables to one
you
look at the romanization for ten
and remind yourself how to spell the
al which phonetically is a prolonged r
repeat after the speaker remembering
that the tongue is already curled back
in the r position during the sh
十
try counting to ten by pairs
ahead of the speaker
一 二 三 四
五 六 七 八
九 十
try counting to ten alone then repeat
one
1,3,5,7,9。
2,4,6,8,10。
7,8,9,10。
contra one to ten again and repeat
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10。
What's ten?
十.
What's nine?
九.
Now the speaker will say two numbers in order and you reply with the next two numbers.
Here we go.
A,1,2,3,4,B,5,6,7,8,4,
7,8,9,10。
D,3,4,5,6,1,7,8,
9,10。
F,2,3,4,5,G,4,5,6,7,8,
6,7,8,9。
Before you do the dictation and reading exercises which follow,
you must learn how to read zero when you are reading off a number digit by digit.
Listen to the speaker read ten digit by digit.
一,零,一,零.
Repeat zero after the speaker.
零,零,零.
Did you identify the tone?It's the rising tone.
What other number has the rising tone?
十,what's zero?
零.
Exercise four is the dictation exercise.
Ready?A,9,0,0,9.
九,零,零,九。
B,七,九,八,零。
七,九,八,零。
四,九,零,八,七。
九,零,八,七。
第,五,九,零。
六,五,九,零,六。
一,四,零,三,九。
四,零,三,九。
Exercise five is a reading exercise.Ready?A,8,7,9,0,8,7,9,0。
第,一,九,三,九。
一,九,三,九。
四,零,九。
六,四,零,九,六。
第,二,零,零,五。
二,零,零,五。
八,零,七,九,八,零。
Exercise six is another dictation exercise where the speaker reads the whole number before you take it down.
It's all famous dates.A,1776。
第,一,四,九,二。
四,一,零,六,六。
第,一,六,二,零。
第,一,九,二,九。
This is the end of Numbers Tape 2.