SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS1368 ઞ Zhdu Lì is writing a memo to his boss about his company’s business
prospects in China. Express his points in Mandarin.
a. The business climate in China has improved.
b. The economy is getting stronger and stronger.
c. There are more and more foreign businesses in China.
d. The more they invest, the more money they make.
e. Chinese people have more and more money.
f. The more money they have, the more things they buy.
g. I think our business in China will get better and better.
➪ 38.3, 38.4
9 You missed your 10-year school reunion last weekend. Your friend ቅ⧁
brought you a photo he took at the reunion and was telling you about how
everyone has been doing. Fill in the blanks to complete ቅ⧁’s narrative.
䛙ཟཝᇬ䜳ᶛҼȾ֖ⵁθቅࡎ (^) (a)____(became engaged)Ⱦ 䘏ᱥԌⲺᵠ႐ (fiancée)Ⱦ
ቅ儎㔉႐ᗍᰟθ⧦൞ᐨ㔅 (^) (b)____(has three children)ȾৱᒪᡇԢ㿷ࡦቅᶄⲺᰬُ
ྯ䘎൞ᐛ֒θ⧦൞ (^) (c)____(not working anymore)θ༽㔉႐Ⱦቅઞཐᒪу㿷θ
(d)____(getting heavier and heavier)Ⱦቅᕖ^ (e)____(has changed the most)Ⱦԛࢃ䐕ྩᆟᆆ䈪䈓
䜳Ր㝮㓘 (blush)θ⧦൞ㄕ❬ (^) (f)____(became a celebrity)θࡦ༺╊䇨έሯҼθ䛙ཟ䲚Ҽ
֖θቧᱥቅ⊕⋗ᶛȾ䈪Ԍ∋ҼѐቧৱҼ⌋ളθᐨ㔅൞䛙ݵօҼᘡॷᒪ(g)____Ⱦ
䛙ཟཝᇬ䜳ּҼȾ֖ⵁθቅࢿ (^) (a)____ (became engaged)Ⱦ 䙏ᱥԌⲺᵠ႐ (fiancée)Ⱦ
ቅ儎㎆႐ᗍᰟθ⨴൞ᐨ㏉ (^) (b)____ (has three children)Ⱦৱᒪᡇه㿁ࡦቅᶄⲺᱸُྯ䚺
൞ᐛ֒θ⨴൞ (^) (c)____(not working anymore)θⓌۏ㎆႐Ⱦቅઞཐᒪу㿁θ(d)____
(getting heavier and heavier)Ⱦቅᕫ^ (e)____ (has changed the most)Ⱦԛࢃ䐕ྩᆟᆆ䃠䂧䜳ᴹ㟿㌻^
(blush)θ⨴൞ㄕ❬ (^) (f)____(became a celebrity)θࡦ㲋╊䅑έቃҼθ䛙ཟ䲚Ҽ֖θቧᱥ
ቅ⊕⋈ּȾ㚳䃠Ԍ⮘ҼᾣቧৱҼ⌋ുθᐨ㏉൞䛙ވօҼᘡॷᒪ (^) (g)____Ⱦ
Nàtian dàjia ddu lái le. Nh kàn, Xifo Liú (^) (a)____(became engaged). Zhè shì
ta de wèihenfù (fiancée). Xifo Gao jiéhen de zfo, xiànzài yhjcng
(b)____ (has three children). Qùnián women jiàndào Xifo Lh de shíhòu ta hái zài
gdngzuò, xiànzài (^) (c)____(not working anymore), zhjnbèi jiéhen. Xifo Zhdu dudnián
bù jiàn, (^) (d)____(getting heavier and heavier). Xifo Zhang (^) (e)____(has changed the most).
Yhqián gbn nn háizi shud huà ddu huì lifnhóng (blush), xiànzài jìngrán
(f)____(became a celebrity), dàochù yfnjifng! Duìle, nàtian chúle nh, jiù shì Xifo
Jiang méi lái. Tcngshud ta bì le yè jìu qù le Ffguó, yhjcng zài nàr zhù le
kuài shí nián (^) (g)____.
10 Have you ever attended a school reunion? Use the above paragraph as
inspiration and write a few sentences about how your friends have changed.