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1. Announcements http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/101/101announcement.htm

2. Test 1 answers

PCR Test 1 (Lesson 1-3)

CHIN 101 Section ___ Name ________________

I. Dictation: Write what you have heard in Pinyin. (20%)

II. Write Chinese characters for the following words. (20%)

1. elder brother 哥哥

2. very good 很好

3. very busy 很忙

4. not busy 不忙

5. a question marker for a sentence 嗎

6. a question marker for a noun 呢

7. they 他們

8. also 也

9. younger brother 弟弟

10. we, us 我們

III. Translate the following sentences into Pinyin: (20%)

1. Are you busy? Nǐ máng ma?

2. I am not busy. Wǒ bù máng.

3. My elder brother is very busy. Wǒ gēge hěn máng.

4. Is your younger brother fine? Nǐ dìdi hǎo ma?

5. He's not well. I am not well either. Tā bù hǎo. Wǒ yě bù hǎo.

IV. Translate the following sentences into Hanzi (Chinese characters): (24%)

1. Hello!

你好！

2. How are you?

你好嗎？

3. I (am) very fine. How about you?

我很好，你呢？

4. I (am) also fine. Are you busy?

我也很好。你忙嗎？

5. I am not busy. How about your brothers?

我不忙。你哥哥你弟弟呢？

6. They are very busy. They (are) also fine.

他們很忙。他們也很好。

V. Cultural questions (16%)

1. Why is the language we are learning referred to as the Han's language.

Because it is spoken by Han people. (P.6)

2. What is the estimated number of Chinese characters?

50,000 (P.13)

3. How many characters are used for everyday purposes?

3,000 (p.13)

3. Lesson 4 Study guide http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/101/guide4.htm .

Listen to the presentation of Lesson 4

Pattern in this lesson http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/101/l4sentencepattern.htm

Family photos http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/101/l4photos.htm

Characters today

這是 爸媽 朋友

4. Homework http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/101/home4.htm