SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS1405 These sentences all describe situations in which an action occurs at the same
time as a background event. Translate them into English.
a. ᡇԢ⅘㥬䈾䈓Ⱦ
ᡇه↗㪍㥬䃽䂧Ⱦ
Wimen xhhuan hbzhe chá tán huà.
b. ᆜ⭕⅘丩҆֒ࣕ䈴Ⱦ
ᆮ⭕↗㚳㪍丩‸֒ࣕ䃨Ⱦ
Xuésheng xhhuan tcngzhe ycnyuè zuò gdngkè.
c. ֖уਥԛਹђ㾵ᔶ䖜Ⱦ
֖уਥԛਹ㪍ᶧ㾵䯁䔀Ⱦ
Nh bù kéyh chczhe ddngxi kai chb.
d. ᡇу㾷֖ⵁᣛਹᰟ侣Ⱦ
ᡇу㾷֖ⵁ㪍ਹᰟ伥Ⱦ
Wi bù yào nh kànzhe bào chc zfofàn.
➪ 17.2.4, 39.3
6 In complete Mandarin sentences, describe how often ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng has
done each of the following activities.
Example: read that book – two times → 䛙ᵢҜྯᐨ㔅ⵁ䗽њ⅗Ⱦ
䛙ᵢᴮྯᐨ㏉ⵁ䚄ޟ⅗Ⱦ
Nà bun shs to yvjing kàn
guò litng cì.
a. ridden in an airplane [ආ伔ᵰ/ආ休ₕ zuò fbijc] – five times
b. EATEN *APANESE FOOD ;ਹᰛᵢ侣/ਹᰛᵢ伥 chc Rìbgnfàn] – two times
c. gone to Paris [ৱᐪ唄 qù Balí] – one time
d. sang karaoke [୧গ OK chàng kfla OK] – three times
e. ridden on a motorcycle [僇ᢎ䖜/偄ᢎ䔀 qí mótudchb] – four times
f. seen Chinese movies [ⵁѣള⭫ᖧ/ⵁѣു䴱ᖧ kàn Zhdngguó diànyhng] –
six times
➪ 39.4
7 ᇬ᱄ Jia Míng’s parents have sent him to a strict boarding school this year.
Today is the first time he has had the opportunity to hang out with his old
friends. Use the following information to complete ᇬ᱄ Jia Míng’s complaints
about the rigid schedule and rules in his new school.
Daily schedule: House Rules:
6:30 wake up 2 hours of television per week
6:40–7:00 morning run 2 outings per month
8:00–5:00 classes (1 hour lunch break)
6:30–10:00 homework/study
10:00–10:30 free choice (5-minute shower time)
10:30 lights out/bed time