Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

Lesson 11 Workbook 203

7. Dialogue II

Listen to the conversation between these two students in the dormitory and then answer
the following multiple choice questions.

a. Where does the man want to go?

1. to his friend’s house


2. to a bookstore


3. to a library

b. Where is the dormitory?

1. in the northwest


2. in the southwest


3. in the southeast

c. Where is the man’s destination located?

1. It is far from the dorm.


2. It is on Da Zhong Road.


3. It is next to the dorm.

d. How did the woman help the man?

1. She drew him a map.


2. She gave him a ride.


3. She helped him buy the books.

 Pronunciation and Pinyin 

1.  Tongue twisters

Learn this tongue twister one line at a time. Repeat each line until you can say it quickly
without errors.

Yùnhé hé TDng zhDu The Grand Canal and Tongzhou

Nán TDngzhDu bGi TDngzhDu， Southern Tongzhou, northern Tongzhou,

NánbGi TDngzhDu tDng nánbGi. The south and north of Tongzhou connect south to north.

DDng yùnhé xC yùnhé， The eastern side of the Grand Canal, the western side of

the Grand Canal,

DDng-xi yùnhé yùn dDngxi。 From the east to the west the Grand Canal transports goods.

2. Chinese poem: Spring Dawn

The following poem was written by the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran (ad 689–740). Its
English translation is provided on the right and the words that we have already learned are
underlined. Listen to the recording and practice the poem one line at a time until you can
recite it smoothly without error.