Unit 7: 你住在哪儿？(Nǐ zhù zài nǎr?)

UNIT 7 VOCABULARY

UNIT 6 SENTENCES & MINI CONVERSATIONS

I.     Where do you live? à Nǐ zhù zài nǎr? à  你住在哪儿？

I live on 10 Dahua Street. à Wǒ zhù zài dà huá jiē shí hào. à  我住在大华街十号。

II.   Where does Principal Lǐ live? à Lǐ xiào zhǎng zhù zài      nǎr? à 李校长住在哪儿？

Principal Lǐ lives on 35 Elementary School Road, building 3. à Lǐ xiào zhǎng zhù zài xiǎo xué lù sān shí wǔ hào sān lóu. à 李校长住在小学路三十五号三楼。

III.   Does Professor Wáng live on Elementary School Road? à Wáng lǎo shī zhù zài xiǎo xué lù ma? à 王老师住在小学路吗？

No, he does not live on Elementary School Road, he lives on Park Road. à Bù, tā bú zhù zài xiǎo xué lù, tā zhú zài gōng yuán lù. à 不，他不住在小学路，他住在公园路。

IV.   Where is your mom? à Nǐ de mā ma zài nǎr? à 你的妈妈在哪儿？

My mom is in America. à Wǒ de mā ma zài měi guó. à 我的妈妈在美国。

Where is your dad? à Nǐ de bà ba zài nǎr? à 你的爸爸在 哪儿？

My dad is in China. à Wǒ de bà ba zài zhōng guó. à 我的爸爸在中国。

UNIT 6 CULTURE

This week in class, we began watching Beijing Bicycle, a famous Chinese movie. It tells the story of two country workers who moved from rural China into the city. With a new courier job that lends him an expensive mountain bike and a view of his neighbor's lavish lifestyle through her big, glass window, Guei is constantly tortured by the luxuries that surround him but are not his own. Although we have only watched a little bit of the movie so far, the mistreatment of the poor is very evident in this movie's depiction of Chinese culture. Above is a video of a trailer/compilation of clips of the movie.

THIS WEEK'S STUDYING RESOURCES

• http://dictionary.hantrainerpro.com/ This is an extremely helpful resource that is loaded with information. Not only does it translate words from English to Chinese (and vice versa), but it provides the pronunciation of the word, the history of the word including its traditional characters, and its pinyin.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk8nmypeQpI This video has a native mandarin speaker pronouncing the vocabulary and using it in sentences. Her Youtube channel, Live Mandarin, has countless videos. I find this video especially helpful because it shows the vocabulary used in more colloquial ways, instead of how it is written in the textbook.