Giving and responding to compliments213h. 䘏Ѿཐ㨒έའѦⴑҼέ
䙏哳ཐ㨒έའ䊆ⴑҼέ
Zhème dud cài! Tài fbngshèng le!
So many dishes! Such a sumptuous feast!
➪ 59.2, 59.32 儎㮴 Gao Lgi has made a presentation in class and ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng wants to
praise her. Express the conversation in Mandarin.
a. ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng tells 儎㮴 Gao Lgi that he has read her essay and
thinks it is terrific.
b. 儎㮴 Gao Lgi deflects the praise and says she can learn a lot from him.
c. ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng tells 儎㮴 Gao Lgi that he thinks her presentation
[ᨅ䘦 miáoshù] was brilliant [儎᱄ gaomíng].
d. 儎㮴 Gao Lgi says that he is being excessive in his praise and that her
presentation was just ordinary.
e. ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng says that her examples and explanations [ᇔׁ䈪᱄/
ሜׁ䃠᱄ shílì shudmíng] were particularly good and that he thinks she
is really talented. [ᴿᢃ≊/ᴿᢃ≙ yiu cáiqì have talent, ability]
f. 儎㮴 Gao Lgi says that they were so-so, certainly nothing special.
➪ 59.1, 59.2, 59.3
3 What do they say in the following situations?
A. After a recent piano recital, འའࡎ/ࢿའའ Mrs. Liu and ᕖའའ/ᕫའའ
Mrs. Zhang praised each other’s children. Complete their sentences with the
appropriate compliments and responses.
Vocabulary: 䫘⩪/䤲⩪ gangqín piano; ᕯ⩪/ᕾ⩪ tán qín play a stringed
instrument; play the pianoࡎའའφݵ֖ ᆆᕯ⩪ᕯᗍ (^) (a)____έ
ࢿའའφވ֖ ᆆᕾ⩪ᕾᗍ (^) (a)_έ
Liú tàitai: Nh érzi tán qín tán de (^) (a)__!
Mrs. Liu: Your son plays piano _!
ᕖའའφ (b)θݵ֖ᆆᕯᗍᢃླઘέ
ᕫའའφ (b)θވ֖ᆆᕾᗍᢃླઘέ
Zhang tàitai: (^) (b)_, nh érzi tán de cái hfo ne!
Mrs. Zhang: ____, your son plays the best.
ࡎའའφ (c)___θᱥ㘷ᐾᮏᗍླȾ
ࢿའའφ (c)___θᱥ㘷ᑡᮏᗍླȾ
Liú tàitai: (^) (c)_, shì lfoshc jiao de hfo.
Mrs. Liu: __, it is that the teacher taught well.