298 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
- Do it a bit more/a bit less (Use and Structure note 15.14)
Based on the situation, give advice to each of the following people using the pattern 多 verb
一點 do the action a little more or 少 verb 一點 do the action a little less
a. Your roommate is worried about tomorrow’s test.
b. The coach thinks his team is getting too thin.
c. Your friend thinks she is gaining too much weight.
d. Your younger brother watches a lot of television and says that he doesn’t seem to have
enough time for homework.
e. Your roommate’s throat is getting sore from too much singing.
- Focus on phrase order: Scrambled sentences
Rewrite each sentence, putting the phrases in the correct order to match the English
translations.
a. 的 / 怎麼 / 今天 / 那麼 / gDngkè / 多
How come there is so much homework today?
b. kFo shì / 明天 / wFng / 少 / 吧 / 上 / 一點 / 你
You are taking a test tomorrow. Spend a little less time on the internet.
c. 過 / 中國 / 來 / 以前 / 沒 / 我們 / 吃飯 / kuài 子 / yòng
Before we came to China, we had never used chopsticks to eat.
d. 給 / rènshi / 以後 / 打 / 他 / 都 / 我 / mGi 天 / 差不多 / 電話
After meeting (each other), he calls me almost every day.
e. 要 / sòng 給 / 我 / 買 / 一張 / 朋友 / dì 圖 / 我 / 美國 / 中國 / 的
I have to buy a map of the USA to give to my Chinese friend as a gift.
f. 兩 / 個 / yuè / 了 / 過 / 上 / kè / 快 / 你 / 還 / 圖書館 / 沒 / 去 / 怎麼 / 我們
We’ve already had class for almost two months. How come you haven’t yet gone
to the library?