Unit 8
Part I: Listen and Learn 2
Click on the speaker icon of the
following sentences and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters
are in big5 format.
-
John sh
M
igu
r
n.
John is an American.
John 是美國人。
-
T
hu
shu
Zh
ngw
n.
He can speak Chinese.
他會說中文。
-
T
Zh
ngw
n
shu
de h
n ku
i.
He speaks Chinese fast.
他中文說得很快。
-
K
sh
shu
de b
cu
, h
n
li
l
.
But (he) speaks very well, very
fluently.
可是說得不錯﹐很流利。
-
F
y
n h
n
bi
ozh
n.
(His) pronunciation is very good
(standard).
發音很標準。
-
Xi
nz
i t
h
i z
i xu
Zh
ngw
n, y
nw
i
t
xi
ng d
o
Zh
nggu
q
.
Now he is still learning Chinese,
because he wants to go to China.
現在他還在學中文﹐因為他想到中國去。
-
T
xi
ng d
o
Zh
nggu
q
zu
sh
ngyi.
He wants to go to China to do business.
他想到中國去作生意。
Notes:
-
'h
i' in
'h
i z
i xu
Zh
ngw
n' means
an event is still going on: He is still learning Chinese. Note that 'h
i'
may mean different things in different contexts.
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