Lesson 12 Workbook 237- Translation
Translate the questions that you asked in Exercise 3 into English.
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5. Indicating duration (Use and Structure note 12.10)
Write complete sentences indicating how long Xiao Gao did each of these activities for
yesterday, as in the example.
Example: slept: 8 hours → 小 GAo zuó 天 shuì jiào shuì 了八個 zhDngtóu。a. watched television: 45 minutes →
b. rode on the bus:^1 / 2 hour →
c. studied Chinese: 2 hours →
d. sang: 1 hour →
e. waited for her friend: 15 minutes →
f. used the internet: almost 1^1 / 2 hours →
g. read (books): almost 2 hours →
h. wrote Chinese characters: almost an hour →
- Traveling by subway
Complete the following paragraph with appropriate words to match the English translation.
小王： __ 我家 __ 書 diàn 怎麼 __？
小 Chén： __ 圖書館 zhàn __ 七 __ chB，__ 大學 zIu。__
三 zhàn，在 shì 中 xCn __ chB，__ 四號 xiàn，wFng dDng __，
__ 兩 zhàn，__ 中 shAn lù 下 chB。
Xiao Wang: How do I go from my home to the bookstore?
Xiao Chen: Get on Line 7 going toward University at Library Station. Ride for three stops and
get off at the city center. Change to Line 4 going east. Ride for two stops and get off at
Zhongshan Road.