Unit 4

Part I: Listen and Learn 1

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Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5 format.

Nho! [Hello! 你好﹗]
W xng Xi. [My last name is Xie. 我姓謝。]
W jio Xi Tinwi. [My (full) name is Xie Tianwei. 我叫謝天蔚。]
W sh losh, zi Davis gngzu. [I am a teacher. I work in Davis. 我是老師﹐在 Davis 工作。]
W zh zi Alvarado ji 606 ho 24 sh. [I live in 606 Alvarado Ave. Apt. 24. 我住在 Alvarado 街 606 號 24 室。]
Zh sh w de dihu: 758-7636. [This is my phone number: 758-7636. 這是我的電話﹕758-7636。]
Xixie. [Thank you. 謝謝。]
B xi. [You're welcome. 不謝。]

Notes:

'zh zi...' means 'to live somewhere...'. Note that when you tell somebody your address, you start with country, then go to the city, street, house number and, finally, room number.
'dinhu' means 'telephone'. It is also used to refer to your phone number.

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