Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

198 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1

3. State the distance (Use and Structure note 11.6)

You will hear two locations and a distance. Combine them into a sentence, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: sùshè，túshEguFn，三 lH lù

You will say: Sùshè lí túshEguFn 有三 lH lù。

You will hear the correct response: Sùshè lí túshEguFn 有三 lH lù。

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g) (h)

4. Asking about distance (Use and Structure note 11.6)

You will hear two locations followed by a question expression. Use the question expression
to ask whether the locations are near to or far from each other, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: huIchBzhàn，學 xiào，yuFn 嗎？

You will say: HuIchBzhàn lí 學 xiào yuFn 嗎？

You will hear the correct response: HuIchBzhàn lí 學 xiào yuFn 嗎？

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g) (h) (i) (j)

5.  Answering questions about distance (Use and Structure note 11.6)

Your friend is asking you about the distance between two places. You will hear the question
followed by a distance. Answer the question by supplying the distance, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: HuIchBzhàn lí 學 xiào 有多 yuFn？（兩 lH lù）

You will say: HuIchBzhàn lí 學 xiào 有兩 lH lù。

You will hear the correct response: HuIchBzhàn lí 學 xiào 有兩 lH lù。

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g) (h) (i) (j)

6. Near or far? (Use and Structure note 11.6)

You will hear two locations followed by the word jìn near or yuFn far. Form a sentence saying
that the two places are near to each other or far from each other, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: huIchBzhàn，學 xiào，jìn

You will say: HuIchBzhàn lí 學 xiào 很 jìn。

You will hear the correct response: HuIchBzhàn lí 學 xiào 很 jìn。

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g) (h) (i) (j)