SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS1087 Complete these sentences in Mandarin to match the English meaning, using
the phrases provided to express the result or extent of the situation.
Example: He was so tired that he could not lift his head.
[ᣢу䎭ཪᶛҼ/ᣢу䎭乣ּҼ táibuqvtóu lái]
→
Ԍ13点ᗍᣢу䎭ཪᶛҼȾ
Ԍ13点ᗍᣢу䎭乣ּҼȾ
To lèi de táibuqvtóu lái le.
a. He was so happy that he began to sing.
[୧䎭ↂݵᶛ/ּވ୧䎭ↂ chàng qh gbr lái]
b. I was so tired that I slept for two days.
[Ҽњཟ/Ҽޟཟ shuì le lifng tian]
c. They were so busy that they forgot to eat.
[ᣀਹ侣䜳ᘎҼ/ᣀਹ伥䜳ᘎҼ bf chc fàn ddu wàng le]
d. He was so hungry that he ate all of the dumplings.
[ᣀ侰ᆆ䜳ਹᇂҼ/ᣀ伹ᆆ䜳ਹᇂҼ bf jifozi ddu chcwán le]
e. He sang so much that his throat was sore.
[ఉᆆ䜳⯲Ҽ sfngzi ddu téng le]
f. We walked so much that our legs got swollen.
[㞵䜳㛵Ҽ/㞵䜳㞡Ҽ tuh ddu zhing le]
g. I ate so much that I couldn’t walk.
[䎦уࣞҼ/䎦уऋҼ ziubudòng le]
h. The book was so interesting that I couldn’t put it down.
[ᡇㆶ᭴ус/ᡇ㉗᭴ус wi jifnzhí fàngbuxià]
➪ 32.6
8 ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng is studying hard for college entrance exams. He is explaining
his progress to his parents. Express this in Mandarin.
a. I’ve already finished studying math.
b. I have not finished studying chemistry.
c. No matter how hard I study, I can’t memorize all of the chemistry
formulas. [䇦օ/䁎օ jìzhù memorize, ᕅޢ gdngshì formula]
d. I can’t understand the English poems (by reading).
e. I have learned (studied and mastered) all of the English vocabulary.
[䈃≽/䂔ᖏ cíhuì vocabulary]
f. I am so nervous that I can’t sleep and I can’t eat.
g. No matter how I try to sleep I can’t fall asleep.
h. I am so tired that I can’t study anymore.
➪ 32.1–32.6