Syllabus
First Year, First Semester, Tenth Week
 
 
Contents     Unit 2, Lesson 1 
    1. Red book p. 58 
    2. Blue book p. 46, 47.
    3. Yellow book p. 26 - 30.
    3. Supplementary materials: Unit 2 Lesson 1: grammar part.
Important Words     1. mang2, you3kongr4, mei2shi4; bu4mang2, mei2kong, you3shi4.
    2. yao4shi. (red p. 60:15)
    3. shi2hour (... de shi2hour).
    4. zhu4.
    5. huo4zhe3 vs. hai2shi4 (red p. 59:2).
Important Grammar     1. Verb + yi1 + Verb repeated, or Verb + Verb repeated. (red p. 59:9)
    2. The way to say 'whether' or 'if' in sentences. (red p. 61:16)
    3. Completed action le. (some slides are for sencond year students), (red p. 62:20)
    4. shi4 ... de expression to emphasize. (red p. 62:22)
Assignments 
(not to submit but the red parts will be tested in weekly quiz)
    1. To memorize the text (blue p.47) by listening to the tape and reading with the tape.
    2. To read the Red Book's grammar and culture notes (p. 59 - 63).
    3. To memorize the 25 characters of the week (Yellow p. 26 - 30), their meanings, stroke orders, etc.
    4. To read the sentences and the dialogues of the Yellow Book (p. 26 - 30)
Assignments 
(to submit)
    1. Translation of the Red Book (p. 65). 33%
    2. This week's 25 characters (Yellow, p. 26 - 30). 33%
    3. Yellow Book's exercises (p. 26 - 30). 34%
Web Assignments     1. Download and preview the next week's syllabus.
    2. This week's web Chinese exercises:
        (1) Listening comprehension.
        (2) This week's Children's song.
        (3) This week's difficult characters.
        (4) This week's joke in Chinese.