320 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
k. Express appreciation when Mr. and Mrs. Xie treat him to dinner.
l. Reply to any compliment with modesty.
m. Answer questions about his Chinese learning experience. (Talk about how long he’s
been learning, his proficiency, and what he thinks of Chinese.)
n. Answer questions about himself (his nationality, age, profession—a college student,
etc.).
- Reading
Part I. Read the following paragraph and fill in the blanks with an appropriate word.
我在美國的大學 jiAo 中文已經 jiAo __ 十年了。剛來的 __ 我覺得 __ 美國
生 huó 不太容易。我說 YCng 文說得很慢，也不會開車。現在慢慢 __ 都習 guàn
了。SuC 然不 néng zhèng 很多錢，__ 我非常喜歡我的 gDngzuò。有的學生喜歡
學習，jìnbù __ 很快。我常 __ 他們 jièshào 中國朋友，這樣，他們可以 liàn 習
說中文。有的學生覺得中文太難，學 __ 幾個月就不學了。 __ 年 xià 天我都回
中國看 fùmJ，我的學生也喜歡 __ 我一起去中國 l 4 yóu。
Part II. Read the narrative above. Then, read the following statements and indicate whether
they are true (T) or false (F).
a. ( ) The narrator is a Chinese language instructor.
b. ( ) The narrator has lived in the USA for less than ten years.
c. ( ) The narrator doesn’t speak English at all.
d. ( ) The narrator doesn’t like life in the USA.
e. ( ) The narrator’s job pays well.
f. ( ) The narrator often introduces her friends to her students.
g. ( ) All of her students love learning Chinese.
h. ( ) The narrator goes to China every summer to visit her parents.