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down to Chinese, a modular approach.

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biographic information module unit 6, production tape 1.

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on the comprehension tape in this unit, you learn to understand questions and answers about the duration of a visit.

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before you go on to learn how to say these things, check your comprehension of them.

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put the following sentences into English.

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number 1

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你做多久?

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how long are you staying?

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我住一年

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I'm staying one year.

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number 2

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你太太在香港住多久?

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how long is your wife staying in Hong Kong?

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我想她住两天

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I think she's staying two days.

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number 3

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你想在台湾住多久?

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how long are you thinking of staying in Taiwan?

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我想住六个月.

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I'm thinking of staying six months.

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number 4

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你来了多久了?

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how long have you been here?

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我来了两个星期了.

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I've been here two weeks.

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number 5

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你从前来过吗?

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Have you ever been here before?

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我从前没来过.

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I haven't been here before.

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If you had any problems with these sentences, rerun the tape and work on them some more.

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If you understood them all, you should begin working on how to ask these questions and how to answer them.

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Listen to this exchange.

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你做多久?

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我住一年.

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repeat how long?

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多久?

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多久?

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多久?

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The phrase 多久?

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how long is similar to the phrase 多大?

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how old?

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in which 多 is a question word asking how much.

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repeat how long are you staying?

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你住多久?

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你住多久?

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You'll notice here that the verb to stay is a single verb 住.

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What we've been referring to as the verb 住在 to stay at is actually this verb 住 plus the verb 在.

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How do you say how long are you staying?

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你住多久?

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Try asking the question, how long are you staying again?

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This time you'll get a confirmation and a reply.

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你住多久?

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我住一年.

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again.

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你住多久?

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我住一年.

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Unlike most nouns in Chinese, the word for year 年

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doesn't need a measure word when used with numbers.

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repeat one year.

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一年.

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一年.

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一年.

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How would you say four years?

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四年.

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In English, when someone asks how long, you usually answer with the word for as in I'm staying for a week.

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In Chinese, the phrase telling how long follows the verb just as in English, but no extra word like for is needed.

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repeat I'm staying for one year.

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我住一年.

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我住一年.

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You'll remember that what we've been calling time phrases such as 明天 tomorrow come before the verb.

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他明天来, he's coming tomorrow.

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Now you see that what we will call duration phrases such as 一年 one year come after the verb.

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我住一年.I'm staying for one year.

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It's the difference between when and how long.

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When comes before the verb and how long comes after the verb.

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How do you say I'm staying one year?

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我住一年.

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Try answering the question yourself.

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Say that you're staying one year.

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你住多久?

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我住一年.

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Again,你住多久?

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我住一年.

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Mr. King is visiting Hong Kong.

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Listen to Mr. King answer a question about it.

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你太太住多久?

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她住两天.

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The word for day, 天, like the word for year, 年, doesn't need a measure word

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when used with numbers.

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Repeat two days.

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两天.

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两天.

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两天.

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Repeat she's staying two days.

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她住两天.

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她住两天.

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Now let's suppose that your wife is visiting Hong Kong.

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She's staying there two days.

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Try answering the next question.

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你太太住多久?

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她住两天.

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Again,你太太住多久?

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她住两天.

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What's the word for day?

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天.

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What's the word for year?

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年.

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Mr. King could have been asked about his wife's trip to Hong Kong in a more detailed way.

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Listen.

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你太太在香港住多久?

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我想她住两天.

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Repeat the word for Hong Kong.

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香港.

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香港.

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香港.

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In the question, how long is your wife staying in Hong Kong?

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你太太在香港住多久?

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The place phrase,在香港, is put before the verb 住.

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We can't put both the place and the duration after the verb.

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Repeat, how long is your wife staying in Hong Kong?

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你太太在香港住多久?

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你太太在香港住多久?

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Try asking, how long is your wife staying in Hong Kong?

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Ahead of the speaker.

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你太太在香港住多久?

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Try asking the question again.

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This time you'll get a confirmation and a reply.

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你太太在香港住多久?

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我想她住两天.

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Again.

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你太太在香港住多久?

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我想她住两天.

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Repeat the verb to think.

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想.

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想.

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想.

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Repeat, I think she's staying two days.

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我想她住两天.

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我想她住两天.

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Try answering the question yourself.

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Suppose your wife is visiting Hong Kong.

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You're not sure how long she's staying.

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It might be two days.

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你太太在香港住多久?

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我想她住两天.

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Again.

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你太太在香港住多久?

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我想她住两天.

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The next exchange talks about Mr. King's plans for staying in Taiwan.

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Listen.

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你想住多久?

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我想住一年.

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The verb想 can mean to think that.

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When used directly in front of another verb,

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it can also mean to be thinking of that is to plan to or to intend to.

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Repeat, I'm thinking of staying one year.

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我想住一年.

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我想住一年.

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Try responding to the question yourself now.

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Assume that you're in Taiwan and you intend to stay one year.

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你想住多久?

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我想住一年.

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Again.

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你想住多久?

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我想住一年.

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Listen as another visitor is asked how long he's staying.

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你想在台湾住多久?

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我想住八个月.

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Repeat the word for month.

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月.

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月.

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月.

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You'll notice that the word for month.

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月 does take a counter.

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哥,repeat eight months.

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八个月.

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八个月.

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八个月.

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Repeat, I'm thinking of staying eight months.

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我想住八个月.

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我想住八个月.

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Try answering the question yourself.

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Assume that you're staying in Taiwan eight months.

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你想在台湾住多久?

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我想住八个月.

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我想住八个月.

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Again.

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你想在台湾住多久?

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我想住八个月.

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Now you're asked about a friend who's come to Taiwan just for a visit.

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Listen.

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你朋友想住多久?

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他想住两个星期.

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Repeat the word for week.

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星期.

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星期.

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星期.

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Repeat, he's thinking of staying two weeks.

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他想住两个星期.

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他想住两个星期.

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Try saying he's thinking of staying two weeks ahead of the speaker.

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他想住两个星期.

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Try responding to the question now.

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Your friend is staying two weeks.

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你朋友想住多久?

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他想住两个星期.

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Again.

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你朋友想住多久?

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他想住两个星期.

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Here's a piece of a conversation.

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Listen.

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你想在台湾住多久?

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我想住三个星期.

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在香港呢?

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我想住十天.

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Now you try.

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You're being asked some questions about a trip of yours.

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You're thinking of staying three weeks in Taipei and ten days in Hong Kong.

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你想在台湾住多久?

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我想住三个星期.

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在香港呢?

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我想住十天.

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Try it again.

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你想在台湾住多久?

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我想住三个星期.

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在香港呢?

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我想住十天.

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So far you've expressed how long with future activities only.

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But what if you want to express how long something has taken so far?

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How long it's going to be going on?

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你来了多久了?

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我来了三天了.

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The first look coming right after the verb indicates completion of action.

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I have come.

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And the second look coming at the end of the sentence indicates the change up to the present.

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It's three days now.

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Repeat.

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I've been here for three days.

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我来了三天了.

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我来了三天了.

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The double look construction is used when you're talking about an action started in the past and still going on.

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How do you say I've been here three days?

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我来了三天了.

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Try responding to the question.

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How long have you been here?

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Say that you've been here for three days.

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你来了多久了?

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我来了三天了.

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你来了多久了?

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我来了三天了.

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Let's review a bit.

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Duration phrases go after the verb.

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To talk about the duration of something still going on, use two laws.

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One right after the verb and one at the end of the sentence.

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Try putting the following English sentences into Chinese.

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I've been here three months.

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我来了三个月了.

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I'm staying one year.

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我住一年.

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I've been here a week.

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我来了一个星期了.

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She's been here two days.

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她来了两天了.

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She's staying two days.

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她住两天.

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I'm thinking of staying four months.

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我想住四个月.

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I've been here for three weeks.

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我来了三个星期了.

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If you want to talk about how long something lasted in the past,

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that is the duration of something completed,

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you use a different pattern.

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Listen as Mr. King talks about his wife staying in Hong Kong.

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She's back in Taiwan now.

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你太太在香港住了多久?

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她住了两天.

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There's only one marker Lu in this sentence.

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We're talking about completed action here.

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The activity is no longer happening.

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There's no need for the new situation Lu at the end of the sentence.

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Repeat, she stayed two days.

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她住了两天.

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她住了两天.

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To indicate that you're talking about the duration of something that is over,

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no longer happening,

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place the marker Lu directly after the verb.

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How do you say she stayed two days?

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她住了两天.

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I'm responding to a question about your wife staying in Hong Kong.

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Say she stayed two days.

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你太太在香港住了多久?

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她住了两天.

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Again,

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你太太在香港住了多久?

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她住了两天.

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In this next exchange someone is talking about his trip

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and how long he stayed in each place.

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Listen.

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你在台北住了多久?

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我住了三个星期.

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在香港呢?

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我住了十天.

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Now you try it.

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Say that you stayed in Taipei for three weeks

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and in Hong Kong for ten days.

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你在台北住了多久?

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我住了三个星期.

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在香港呢?

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我住了十天.

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Try it again.

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你在台北住了多久?

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我住了三个星期.

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在香港呢?

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我住了十天.

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Now two of you said this which talk about how long

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either for future events or events which are still taking place

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or events which are completely in the past.

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I'll give you some English sentences

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and you put them into Chinese.

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Let's start.

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I'm staying one year.

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我住一年.

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I stayed one year.

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我住了一年.

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I've been here one year.

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我来了一年了.

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She stayed one week.

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她住了一个星期.

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He's staying two days.

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他住两天.

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He stayed three months.

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他住了三个月.

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He's been here for three months.

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他来了三个月.

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Here's a familiar exchange.

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Listen.

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他来了吗?

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来了.他来了.

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Earlier in this module,

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we said 他来了.

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means she's come.

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Where the marker 喽 is interpreted as both the completed action marker

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and the new situation marker.

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But there's another way to interpret this sentence.

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And that's with only one 喽.

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the completed action marker.

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In this case,the sentence 他来了 is interpreted as

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she did come the action being over.

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Let's say that you had a party at your place a week ago.

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Now a friend who couldn't make it is asking who did come.

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The person she's asking about did come.

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Answer the question 他来了吗?

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来了.他来了.

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Now she asks about someone who didn't come.

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林小姐来了吗?

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没来.她没来.

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As you remember,the advert May negates actions in the past.

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Repeat,no,she didn't come.

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没来.她没来.

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没来.她没来.

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Try answering the question yourself.

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Miss Lin didn't come.

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林小姐来了吗?

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没来.她没来.

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Again.林小姐来了吗?

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没来.她没来.

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Now let's turn to another topic.

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Listen.你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.

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Repeat the word for formerly or before.

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从前.从前.

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从前.

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As with other adverbs telling when,

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the word从前 goes before the verb.

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Repeat,have you ever been here before?

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你从前来过吗?

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你从前来过吗?

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The marker 过 after the verb lie carries the meaning of having ever had the experience of.

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It directly follows the verb.

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Repeat,have you ever been here before?

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你从前来过吗?

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Try asking the question yourself.

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You get a confirmation and a reply.

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你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.Again.

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你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.

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Notice that negating a sentence with 过 adds 没 before the verb and keeps the 过.

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While,as you remember,the negation of a sentence with 了 adds 没 before the verb and drops the 了.

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Repeat,I've never been here before.

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我从前没来过.

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Try responding to the question yourself.

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Say that you've never been here before.

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你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.Again.

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你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.

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Listen to this exchange as Mr. King talks about being in Taiwan.

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王先生,你来了多久了?

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我来了一个月了.

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你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.

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你想住多久?

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我想住一年.

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Now you try it. Take the part of Mr. King.

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You've been in Taiwan for a month now.

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You've never been there before.

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And you're thinking of staying one year.

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王先生,你来了多久了?

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我来了一个月了.

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你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.

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你想住多久?

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我想住一年.Try it again.

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王先生,你来了多久了?

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我来了一个月了.

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你从前来过吗?

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我从前没来过.

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你想住多久?

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我想住一年.

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Now let's review what we've covered on this tape.

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I'll give you some sentences in English and you put them into Chinese.

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Number one.

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Have you ever been here before?

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你从前来过吗?

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I haven't been here before.

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我从前没来过.

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Number two.

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I'm thinking of staying in Taiwan.

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你想在台湾住多久?

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I'm thinking of staying eight months.

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我想住八个月.

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Number three.

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How long have you been here?

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你来了多久了?

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I've been here three weeks.

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我来了三个星期了.

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Number four.

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How long did your wife stay in Hong Kong?

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你太太在香港住了多久?

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She stayed two days.

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她住了两天.

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How long are you staying?

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你住多久?

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I'm staying one year.

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我住一年.

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This is the end of the tape.

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This is the end of the biographic information module unit six production tape one.