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Lesson 3-1 Study Guide
Taking Someone Out to Eat on His/Her Birthday
Taking Someone Out to Eat on His/Her Birthday
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Dialogue:
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Objectives:
- Tell and speak about time and dates.
- Talk about one’s age and birthday.
- Invite someone to dinner.
- Arrange a dinner date.
- Learn the pinyin and correct stroke order for the 33 characters introduced in lesson 3-1.
- Learn the new vocabulary introduced in lesson 3-1. You can practice with the online Table Building Activity.
New Vocabulary
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | |
| 九月 | jiǔyuè | September | |
| 月 | yuè | month | |
| 十二 | shí'èr | twelve | |
| 号 | hào | (measure word for number in a series; day of the month) | |
| 星期 | xīngqī | week | |
| 星期四 | xīngqīsì | Thursday | |
| 天 | tiān | day | |
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday | |
| 生 | shēng | to give birth to; to be born | |
| 日 | rì | sun; day | |
| 今年 | jīnnián | this year | |
| 年 | nián | year | |
| 多 | duō | how many; how much; to what extent; many | |
| 大 | dà | big; old | |
| 十八 | shíbā | eighteen | |
| 岁 | suì | years (of age) | |
| 吃 | chī | to eat | |
| 饭 | fàn | meal; (cooked) rice | |
| 怎么样 | zěnmeyàng | Is it OK?; How is that?; How does that sound? | |
| 太…了 | tài…le | too…; extremely… | |
| 谢谢 | xièxie | to thank | |
| 喜欢 | xǐhuan | to like | |
| 菜 | cài | dishes; cuisine | |
| 还是 | háishi | or | |
| 可是 | kěshì | but | |
| 我们 | wǒmen | we; us | |
| 点 | diǎn | o'clock; dot; point | |
| 半 | bàn | half; half an hour | |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night | |
| 见 | jiàn | to see | |
| 再见 | zàijiàn | goodbye; see you again | |
| 再 | zài | again | |
| 英国 | yīngguó | Britain; England |