^7 S\ -km LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this lesson, you will learn to use Chinese to 1. Say if you have an upbeat personality; 2. State if you share the same interests or hobbies with others; 3. Inquire if everything is OK and find out what has happened; 4. Describe typical behaviors of a forgetful person; 5. Give a simple description of what you look for in a boyfriend/ girlfriend. 6. Tell what makes you anxious or angry. RELATE AND GET READY In your own culture/community— • What do people look for in a date? • Do people introduce their dates to their parents? • Is dating always intended for people to find their future life partner? 1 80 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 * Textbook Before You Study Check the statements that apply to you. Q 1.1 have an extroverted personality. Q 2.1 get along well with my friends. When You Study Listen to the audio recording and scan the text. Ask yourself the following questions before you begin a close reading of the text. 1 .Why is Lisa in a bad mood? LANGUAGE NOTES Oln colloquial Chinese, is sometimes used not as a question pronoun, but rather as an indefinite reference. It can be omitted without affecting the meaning of the sentence. Lesson 6- % W&4rW&. 181 1 1 3.1 am a forgetful person. I^J 4.1 have gone through a break-up before. J 2. Does Xuemei understand Lisa's frustration? Why or why not? 3. What is Xuemei's worry, if any? «» JtWA##, 4M#-+#-*f-ft. can be used as a mild intensifier, e.g., quite a few people. /L» here is not a question pronoun, but suggests a small, indefinite number, "a few." 182 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 * Textbook LANGUAGE NOTES © Is] is an adjective meaning "same; alike." It usually doesn't appear by itself. © here means "to mention." When someone is in a bad mood and says, "MJMi T the speaker is not so much asking the other person to drop the topic as indicating his emotional response to the subject. Lesson 6 • % ffl£.-i?m&. 183 #»Jt«W & & T ? mi] & & m*^JL? © T§7 is a measure word. It can indicate frequency of an action or be used before the noun ©tft/ih and pi are interchangeable when they are used in the sense of "making someone do something." © here is a colloquial usage meaning "to go." is usually pronounced zeme rather than zheme in northern China. 1 84 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook H£: ? #iM5^-^^J(^#NMH °f T, #*.JJJB^. After You Study Challenge yourself to complete the following tasks in Chinese. 1. List what Lisa finds attractive about Zhang Tianming. 2. Tell the differences between Zhang Tianming and Lisa. LANGUAGE NOTES ® /J> $3 O ^"^K^iZ.^/'h 1^ ^ ^^^^cV^L This is a colloquial saying about "lovers' quarrels," literally, "when a young couple fights they don't hold grudges." Xucmei is teasing here since Lisa and Tianming are not married. Lesson 6- ^MMjkMM. 185 3. List the incidents that upset Lisa. 4. List the incidents that Xuemei shares with Lisa. 5. Describe how you would react if you were in Lisa and Xuemei's positions, respectively. ©In ^it-^ip/^^^^ (forget this and forget that), both X* /i£ (this) and (that) are indefinite references, just like their English equivalents. 186 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 - Textbook VOCABULARY KS 3. 1*7 + 4. >l±%& 5. 6. 7. 3^, 9. 0. ^ fs] 1. fäM. 2. 3. £>J^ 4. #Jl 5. n m 6. $E 7. »Vi 8. 9. ThJ xTnshi nao bieniu gäozhöng xingge shifen käiläng mi yänchänghui äihäo bü töng xiängchü zhT jiän däodT fäsheng beijmg ti xTn genben hui 20. -—3^" "P"-^ yi gän er jinc n something weighing on one's mind vo to have a small conflict; to be at odds (with someone) n senior high school n personality; character adv very adj extroverted; open and sunny in disposition n/v fan; to be infatuated with n vocal concert n/v hobby; interest; to love (something) different; not the same v to get along between; among adv what on earth; what in the world; in the end v to happen; to occur; to take place n background v to mention; to bring up n heart; mind adv at all; simply m (measure word for frequency of an action) completely; thoroughly [See Grammar 6.] J Lesson 6- %MJLrkrfflX 187 21. 22. 25. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 35 38. 39. Jut, H 23. 1^ 24 26. ^ »1. 34. H ^ 36. 37. 40. "t&^^C "i^ ^f- yll 41. ^-f" 42. "ff^jt. ^mx sheng ql jiao pei daying dianyTngyuan chuT yuanlai mahu nanguai xTnqfng buting dao qian taidu zhenxTn ju chao jia ji chou ha shuobuding fen shou shijishang vo to get angry v to make (someone do something) v to accompany v to agree (to do something); to promise; to answer n movie theater v to end a relationship; (lit.) to blow inter j oh! adv/adj as a matter of fact; original; former [See Grammar 5.] adj careless; perfunctory; mediocre adv no wonder n mood adv continuously; incessantly vo to apologize n attitude n sincere; wholehearted m (measure word for sentences) vo to quarrel vo to bear a grudge; to harbor resentment ono (imitating laughter) adv perhaps; maybe vo to break up; to part company adv in fact; in reality; actually Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook —- -—-— ~ - "---M 43. -Jr~=~^JL^ diu san la si scatterbrained; forgetful [See Grammar 6.] 44. 4^7^ yaoshi n key 45. .S'Lil^^oC jiao pengyou vo to make friends • ttÄifeÄÄ—6 6:10 Hisr 365 6:25 ■ 7:00 ^frW 8:08 feftil-ftfi 8:38 mm^m^m 9:05 100 5j 10:59 «ÖJlitS*iS 11:15 BBM3täfe£ 11*50 ftggffl 12:20 ^M*ff3PE$C 12:50 ftgffgiB^SS 13:15 Hisr*^ 365 13:30 Hü WS 14:10 *Ä(tSItfA-MrrlPA) 16:00 NBA ^WWW 17:50 *fiffl|*ia» 18:25 JBÄffilMft 19:00 fiSMi 19:35 j|±j§3Ü 20:30 21:25 22:35 ftÜcflß 23:05 M^Wt'J 23:25 i$m&fti£mmm oo:oo *aöbMB3cPA—MffiPA) 02:00 ^^ft"fif 03:00 M3| 100 5> Lesson 6- %M4L&M& 189 Enlarged Characters *7 m m '4- m 20 s 113 11) Od 1 1050 1 12:20 2 114: lO 1350 21:40 1 4 ■ 4 O S>^""^0 12^iaSl2^3lB± 1 oo n i - M 1 0:00 10:30 12:40 13:10 15:20 15:50 18:00 18:30 20:40 21:10 23:20 23:50 iTVtM 2 : O O 2 : 2 O 11.00 13:40 16:20 19:00 21:40 0:20 11:30 12:00 14:10 14:40 16:50 17:20 19:30 20:00 22:10 22:40 0:50 1 :20 mm 1^6|25|0^
Mv — #, # -in ^ — 1 90 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook Culture Highlights Although customs and mores are changing, Western-style dating remains a rather foreign concept in China. Instead, people speak of ^MH-^. or ~$$L$E ^/~J$lÁ!&áfc (tán lian'ai) when a man and a woman start going out. The goal is invariably marriage. Teachers and parents usually discourage young people from forming romantic relationships at a young age. Parental opinion continues to play a large role in the choices of a marriage partner. mm SWS račme 44ME StfcíS* mim m&m mbř&m-M-x ít^lS^ S30-45jtftiSJäi WA^sŠfllMaria 111 Im Auf*? ^ • ÍJDfSWSSWr 604-"— .- —.----- fg ! 86-134Í- 0U-86-13t Valentine's Day has become quite popular with many young people in China in recent years. Some traditionalists have suggested -tl ^ (qTxT), the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, as a Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day. The idea is based on an old legend about a cowherd (-^T Niulang) and a heavenly weaving maiden (,^"^C/^K^&T, ZhTnu), who fall in love with each other and have two beautiful children. However, fate intervenes. According to one version of the story, the Queen Mother of the West recalls the Weaver Girl from the earth. The lovers are cruelly separated by the Milky Way, created by the Queen Mother with a flourish of her gold hairpin. A flock of magpies takes pity on the distraught Cowherd and Weaver Girl and forms a bridge, thus allowing them to be reunited. The Queen Mother is moved too, and agrees to let the lovers and their children come together as a family once a year on the bridge of magpies, on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Interestingly enough, that day used to be called Girls' Day yf ), when girls and young women prayed to the Weaver Girl to have some of her dexterity and cleverness. Lesson 6 • M JSAMi 191 Grammar 1.(^t)---jL {■^i-)" ' -t- can be combined with an abstract noun to mean "in terms of," for instance, in terms of character, interest, studies, work, etc. (In terms of their interests, Lisa and Tianniing are not quite the same.) (Little Lin has had a lot of problems with his studies lately, so he is not in a good mood.) (In terms of personality, her ex-boyfriend was much more extroverted than her current boyfriend.) 2.V^LV-£-/V;JrtV^r Vif^V^-A^^V-^- signifies a repetitive action, e.g., A.^Jb^C /jk.0^W (walk back and forth), *fe4Mtl^r/~£ ^"^^ (fly here and there), # ^^^r/^-^^S-(think over and over), a>L (say again and again), §$~$&t0Z- ^J" (discuss again and again), ^ ?C ^*Jf /#f $C (consider [research] again and again). (Don't pace back and forth in the room. Everybody has gone to bed.) 1 92 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (We discussed this problem again and again. In the end we still couldn't find a way to solve it.) (My mother wanted me to study economics. After thinking it over and over, I decided to study computer [science].) ( "> 3. Adverbials and i& (de) V______) Some adverbials signify the manner of an action. The particle ivL (de) is usually required after these adverbials: (The old professor slowly walked into the classroom.) (I lifted the table with a great deal of effort.) (When she saw me, my sister gladly asked, "Older sister, watch the DVD with me, OK?") Lesson 6- 5? MM.-krMM. 193 immi R\f fsl : 07 ^ 24 B - 27 0 Mift : 1280(VIP/980/780/ 580/380/180 7C mm :07 ft 11 □--13 s ™ffr :500(VIP)/400/ 300/200/100/50 jt B^IHj ;07 ^ 02 0 : 880/580/380/180/ 120/40 7C Disney Liveifi±Jt ±. #c *Ä . ^1 -5 i?#) Wfü :7 ^ 15-20 H ^ Ah :380/280/180/120 TC &t [Hj : 07 ^ 25 0 -30 0 Mift =880/680/480/ 380/280/180 7C " :1b ä "2008 Atrial— WfiJ :07 ft 11-12 H ^ ift 280/180/80/50/ 30/20 7Ü This is a schedule of performances at an arts center. Can you find when "Snow White" and "Beauty and the Beast" will be performed? 4. tf], ffi, and Compared V____i___J These three structural particles are pronounced the same, but have different usages. rT\J appears after attributives, -f^ after verbs/adjectives, and after adverbials. A rule of the thumb is as follows: {ft appears before nouns, T^f" after verbs or adjectives, and before verbs. attributive + Ö^J + noun (phrase) v/adj + Trf" + complement adverbial + + verb (phrase) 1 94 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook a. 0^ is used after attributives: (Please help me buy some fresh vegetables and fruits.) (The clothes that my mom bought for me are 100 percent cotton.) (I don't know the professor you are talking about.) b. T^f" is used after verbs and adjectives to link descriptive complements: (My professor said I chose my classes well.) (It's so hot today that not even I can stand it.) ^ -f- CI #c *k Nrs & T i-fcÄ ö (The children had such a good time playing on the computer that they forgot to eat.) (de) is used to link adverbs with verbs: (As her daughter's illness still hadn't gotten better, Mis. Wang anxiously called the doctor.) Lesson6- mMJŠLrk-máL 195 (After watching TV, Grandma and Grandpa slowly walked upstairs to rest.) 5. M $^/J& ^ as Adverb and Adjective _J has two meanings: a. It is used upon the discovery of new information, implying a sudden realization. When used in this way, an adverb. O ^-T^lMfcifr--JEMMM-^^, /RjMUL*'* * (I heard that a new roommate was coming. So it was you!) (The room was really hot. It turned out that the window was not open.) (I thought that I had seen you somewhere. [I didn't realize that] you're my classmate's older sister.) b. It can be used as an adjective before a noun as in O ar|d ©, or an adverb before a verb as in ©, O, and meaning "in the past, before a change occurred." Note that in the adjectival use, must be followed by . # ^ tfj ^ &*%t ? (Are you still living in the same dorm where you used to live?) 1 96 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (This building is still the same as it used to be—small and old.) (He used to live in a dorm on campus, but later he moved off campus.) (She used to eat meat. Now she's a vegetarian.) (My roommate didn't used to like spinach. Then he heard that spinach was good for you. After that he started to eat spinach.) f --^ 6. Set Phrases > _______,_■■ There are many set expressions in Chinese. Their form is often fixed and they are not meant to be taken literally. In other words, their overall meaning is not the sum of the individual words. For this reason, it's best to memorize the whole expression. These set expressions are typically composed of four characters, and many of them are idioms, e.g., $L ^-7^-/--f-SZ~/^~ or -$?^-%SLV9 from this lesson. Set phrases function like words, but often in limited grammatical contexts. For instance, '4$L--<^V ~f~--Srf*~ is adjectival, but it's most often used as a complement. For more examples, see C of Words 6c Phrases. , which functions like a verb, can be used as a predicate, but it can't have objects or complements. For more examples, see F of the Words 6c Phrases section. Lesson6* %MlL^:mJL 197 Words & Phrases A. i£'J Jfh (what on earth; what in the world; in the end) The word Jf^ is often used in questions to press the other speaker for an answer. (Are you going to the concert tomorrow?) (I'd like to go, but...) a: mMM^m^. (Are you going or not?) 1 98 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (What's the real reason those two broke up? No one knows.) ik ^ ^ 5iJ A^-fiff =C