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Lesson 2-2 Study Guide
Asking about Someone's Family
Asking about Someone's Family
Dialogue:
: 白英爱,你家有几口人?
: 我家有六口人。我爸爸,我妈妈,一个哥哥,两个妹妹和我。李友,你有几口人?
: 我家有五口人。爸爸,妈妈,大姐,二姐和我。你爸爸妈妈做什么工作?
: 我爸爸是律师,妈妈是英文老师,哥哥,妹妹都是大学生。
: 我家有六口人。我爸爸,我妈妈,一个哥哥,两个妹妹和我。李友,你有几口人?
: 我家有五口人。爸爸,妈妈,大姐,二姐和我。你爸爸妈妈做什么工作?
: 我爸爸是律师,妈妈是英文老师,哥哥,妹妹都是大学生。
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Objectives:
- List basic kinship terms and common professions.
- Use the proper enumeration and measure word when quantifying people.
- Create positive and negative statements of possession using 有 and 没有.
- Employ the correct possessive indicators to identify and inquire about family members numbers and siblings.
- Compose “who” questions using 谁.
- Indicate and inquire about professions.
- Create positive and negative statements of existence using 有 and 没有.
- Use the adverb 都 to indicate inclusiveness or the lack thereof.
- Correctly write the characters introduced in this lesson.
- Describe the Chinese family tree and compare that to the kinship terms used in English.
- Learn the pinyin and correct stroke order for the 16 characters introduced in lesson 2-2.
- Learn the new vocabulary introduced in lesson 2-2. You can practice with the online Table Building Activity.
New Vocabulary
Chinese | Pinyin | English | |
家 | jiā | family; home | |
几 | jǐ | how many; some; a few | |
口 | kǒu | (measure word for number of family members) | |
哥哥 | gēge | older brother | |
两 | liǎng | two; a couple of | |
妹妹 | mèimei | younger sister | |
和 | hé | and | |
大姐 | dàjiě | oldest sister | |
二姐 | èrjiě | second oldest sister | |
做 | zuò | to do | |
工作 | gōngzuò | job; to work | |
律师 | lǜshī | lawyer | |
英文 | yīngwén | English (language) | |
都 | dōu | both; all | |
大学生 | dàxuéshēng | college student | |
大学 | dàxué | university; college | |
医生 | yīshēng | doctor; physician | |
白英爱 | bái yīngài | (a personal name) |