ài hào
Hobbies
爱好
LI XINYU

On October 29, we will review 1-5 lessons. On October 30, we will have a paper-based examination,
which includes listening, reading pinyin to write Chinese characters, reorganizing sentences,
translating English into Chinese, and reading comprehension. 20% of the final exam questions will
be the same as those in this paper. Please don't be absent!!!

  小
    xiǎo
   small;little




好久
hǎo  jiǔ
a long time
好
 hǎo
    very
久
  jiǔ
    long(of time)


你好吗？(nǐ hǎo ma? How are you？) is a question typically asked of people that you already know. The
answer is "我很好"(wǒ hěn hǎo, I am fine.)
typically

Long time no see
好久不见
hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn

不错
  bú cuò
pretty good

  想
   xiǎng
to want to;
would like to;
to think

觉得
 jué   de
to feel;to think

意思
  yì     si
meaning

有意思
 yǒu   yì    si
interesting

The position of negatives in Chinese is not always the same as their counterparts in English. An
English speaker would say: "I don`t think going to the movies is a lot of fun," but a Chinese
speaker would say 我觉得看电影没有意思(wǒ jué de kàn diàn yǐng méi you yì si ), which literally means, "I
think going to the movies is not a lot of fun."

  只
     zhǐ
     only

睡觉
shuì jiào
to sleep
睡
shuì
to sleep
觉
 jiào
sleep

The character 觉 is pronounced in two different ways and has two different meanings: jué as in
觉得(jué de, to feel) and jiào as in 睡觉(shuì jiào, to sleep).
觉得
     jué de
  to feel
睡觉
shuì jiào
to sleep

算了
suàn le
forget it;
never mind

  找
   zhǎo
to look for

别人
 bié  rén
other people;
another person

别(的)
 bié  (de)
       other

A：你想听音乐吗？
        nǐ xiǎng tīng yīn yuè ma ？
        Would you like to listen to some music?
B：我想听音乐。
       wǒ xiǎng tīng yīn yuè 。
       I would like to listen to music.


白老师想打球，可是王老师不想打。
 bái lǎo shī xiǎng dǎ qiú ，kě shì wáng lǎo shī bù xiǎng dǎ.
Teacher Bai felt like playing ball, but Teacher Wang didn`t.

A：你想不想看中国电影？
       nǐ xiǎng bu xiǎng kàn zhōng guó diàn yǐng ？
        Do you feel like going to see a Chinese movie?
B：我想看中国电影。
       wǒ xiǎng kàn zhōng guó diàn yǐng.
       I feel like going to see a Chinese movie.

A：你想不想听外国音乐？
       nǐ xiǎng bu xiǎng tīng wài guó yīn yuè ？
       Do you feel like listening to some foreign music?
B：我想听外国音乐。
       wǒ xiǎng tīng wài guó yīn yuè.
       I feel like listening to some foreign music.

想(xiǎng) VS 喜欢(xǐ huan)
想(xiǎng) can be translated as "would like to," "to have a desire to." 喜欢(xǐ huan) is "to like"
meaning "be fond of." 想(xiǎng) and 喜欢(xǐ huan) are different, and are not interchangeable.

想(xiǎng) VS 觉得(jué de)
Both想(xiǎng) and 觉得(jué de) can be translated as "to think," but the former means "to desire,"
whereas the latter means "to feel," "to have the opinion," or "to give a comment."

Even though 睡觉(shuì jiào, to sleep), 唱歌(chàng gē, to sing), and 跳舞(tiào wǔ, to dance) are treated
each as a word, grammatically speaking, they are all verb-object compounds. When there is an
attributive element to modify the object, such as an adjective or a number-measure word
combination, it must be inserted between the verb and the noun.
Verb+Object as a Detachable Compound

Verb+adjective/number-measure word+noun
睡觉 shuì jiào
to sleep
唱歌 chàng gē
to sing
跳舞 tiào wǔ
to dance
睡一个好觉
shuì yí ge hǎo jiào
have a good sleep
唱英文歌
chàng yīng wén gē
sing an English song
跳中国舞
tiào zhōng guó wǔ
do a Chinese dance

王    朋：小高，好久不见，你好吗？
高文中：我很好。你怎么样？
王    朋：我也不错。这个周末你想做什么？
                 想不想去打球？
高文中：打球？我不喜欢打球。
王    朋：那我们去看球，怎么样？
高文中：看球？我觉得看球也没有意思。
王    朋：那你这个周末想做什么？
高文中：我只想吃饭、睡觉。
王    朋：算了，我去找别人。

Question
1、How does Wang Peng greet Gao Wenzhong?
2、Does Gao Wenzhong want to play ball? Why?
3、What does Gao Wenzhong like to do ?

Language Practice