Lesson 13.1
Meet the teacher
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Meeting your new teacher
Culture – calling someone by his/ her surname + social/ job position
- Before and now
- Pleased to do something
- Use of 才to contradict
太tài 太tai Mrs./ wife
陈chén a common family name
小xiăo 东dōng a name (little East)
班bān class
学xué 生shēng student
对duì 不bù 起qǐ excuse me/ sorry
说shuō to say
程chéng a family name
在zài 我wǒ 班bān 上shàng in my class
叫jiào to call
哪nă 国guó 人rén what nationality
英yīng 国guó 人rén British
之zhī 前qián before now
在zài 哪nă 儿ér (at) where
高gāo 兴xìng glad/ pleased
认rèn 识shì to know/ to meet
幸xìng 会huì honored to meet
中zhōng 国guó 人rén Chinese people
外wài 国guó 人rén foreigner
才cái
欢huān 迎yíng welcome
加jiā 入rù to join in
荣róng 幸xìng honored
当dāng to be as
Lesson 13.2
Ordering a set meal in China
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
How to order a set meal in China
- Ordering something to go with the meal
- Are there any other….. 有没有别的…..
- Paying – how much altogether and getting changes
餐cān 厅tīng restaurant
一yí 份fèn one set, measure word
A餐cān set meal A
附fù to attach
汤tāng soup
饮yǐn 料liào drinks
茶chá tea
咖kā 啡fēi coffee
水shuǐ 果guǒ fruit
果guǒ 汁zhī juice
苹píng 果guǒ 汁zhī apple juice
橙chéng 汁zhī orange juice
柠níng 檬méng 汁zhī lemon water
还hái 有yǒu there is/ are more
别bié 的de other
就jiù as many as; just
这zhè 些xiē these
那nà …..好hăo 了le in this case then
饭fàn后hòu after meal
甜tián sweet
甜tián 点diăn dessert
起qǐ 士shì 蛋dàn 糕gāo cheese cake
松sōng 饼bǐng pancake
一yí 共gòng altogether
元yuán dollar
收shōu to receive
找zhăo to give change back
数shŭ 一yì 数shŭ to count out
Lesson 13.3
Visiting someone at the office
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Visiting someone in the office
- Indirect questions/ statements
- He says he is called…..
- Don’t know where….
- Don’t know if ….. or not
找zhăo to look for
小xiăo 莉lì a given name; little lily
办bàn 公gōng 室shì office
知zhī 道dào to know (something)
号hào 码mă number
能néng can
告gào 诉sù to tell
哪nă 位wèi who/ which person
怎zěn么me how
麻má 烦fán to trouble someone
那nà 行xíng That would do/ be O.K..
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in the first unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.