SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS11410 You are planning to buy a house in China and are asking a Chinese friend for
advice. Express this conversation in Mandarin.
a. Ask your friend how much houses sell for in China.
b. Your friend tells you the following:
(i) Houses outside the city are less expensive than houses inside the city.
(ii) Houses outside the city are also a lot bigger than houses in the city.
(iii) However, living outside the city is not as convenient as living inside
the city.
c. Ask your friend, if you buy a house in the city, what kind of house is
the cheapest.
d. Your friend tells you the following:
(i) A house that faces south is more expensive than a house that faces north.
(ii) A house that faces east is a little cheaper than a house that faces west.
➪ 33.3, 33.4, 47.3, 54.2
11 㗄ྸ Mgirú and 㗄㣮/㗄㮉 Mgiyún are sisters. Compare them by completing
each sentence based on the following information.
Age Height Driving record Grades Parent–child
resemblance
㗄ྸ Mgirú 20 5’5” perfect B+ average looks like mom
㗄㣮/㗄㮉 Mgiyún 17 5’5” speeding tickets straight A’s looks like dada. ________ ᱥဆဆθ________ ᱥȾဆဆ∊ཝ ________Ⱦ
________ ᱥဆဆθ________ ᱥȾဆဆ∊ཝ ________Ⱦ
________ shì jigjie, ________ shì mèimei. Jigjie bh mèimei dà ________.
b. _______________________________________________________________ 儎Ⱦ
_______________________________________________________________ 儎Ⱦ
_______________________________________________________________ gao.
c. 㗄ྸᔶ䖜 ______________________________________________________Ⱦ
㗄ྸ䯁䔀 ______________________________________________________Ⱦ
Mgirú kai chb __________________________________________________.
d. 㗄ྸⲺᡆ㔟 ____________________________________________________Ⱦ
㗄ྸⲺᡆ㑴 ____________________________________________________Ⱦ
Mgirú de chéngjì ______________________________________________.
e. 㗄㣮у䊗 ________θ䐕⡮⡮ ________Ⱦ
㗄㮉у܅ ________θ䐕⡮⡮ ________Ⱦ
Mgiyún bù xiàng ________, gbn bàba ________.12 Do you have any siblings? If so, use the above as your inspiration and write
a short passage comparing you and your sibling. If you don’t have a sibling,
write about you and your cousin, best friend, etc.