Syllabus
First Year, First Semester, Eleventh Week
 
 
Contents     Unit 2, Lesson 2
    1. Red book p. 66.
    2. Blue book p. 48, 49.
    3. Supplementary materials: (1) Unit 2 Lesson 2: grammar part.
                                               (2) Unit 2 Lesson 1: character exercises.
    4. Yellow Book p. 31 - 35.
Important Words     1. yi3jing1.
    2. shuo1hua4
    3. zen3me (how, how come) vs zen4me (so, this way)
    4. yong4.
    5. wan2. (red p. 73:24)
    6. zai4, you4 ('again' in the future and past).
    7. guo. (red p. 74:31)
    8. ci4. (red p. 74:32)
    9. dao4. (red p. 74:35)
    10. li3. (red. p. 76:36)
Important Grammar     1. Potential complement and predicative complement. (red p. 69:11)
    2. Resultative complement. (red p. 48:12, 71:16)
    3. Time duration and le. (red p. 67:4)
    4. The three de (modification de, complement de, adverb de). (red p. 75 - 76)
Assignments 
(not to submit but the red parts will be tested in weekly quiz)
    1. To memorize the text (blue p.49) by listening to the tape and reading with the tape.
    2. To read the Red Book's grammar and culture notes (p. 67 - 78).
    3. To memorize the 25 characters of the week (Yellow p. 31 - 35), their meanings, stroke orders, etc.
    4. To read the sentences and the dialogues of the Yellow Book (p. 31 - 35)
Assignments 
(to submit)
    1. Translation of the Red Book (p. 81). 33%
    2. This week's 25 characters (Yellow, p. 31 - 35). 33%
    3. Yellow Book's exercises (p. 31 - 35). 34%
Web Assignments     1. Check two weeks ago's homework answer. Red Book, Yellow Book
    2. Download and preview the next week's syllabus.
    3. 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.