%> —7^. LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this lesson, you will learn to use Chinese to 1. Name basic pieces of furniture in a house; 2. Describe your living quarters; 3. Comment on someone's living quarters; 4. Disagree tactfully. RELATE AND GET READY In your own culture/community— • Do student dormitories and apartments usually come furnished or unfurnished ? • What facilities and services do student dormitories offer? • Are student dormitories usually air-conditioned? Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 * Textbook Before You Study f Check the statements that apply to you. Q 1. Hive in a student dormitory. 2.The student dormitories on my campus have great amenities. When You Study Listen to the audio recording and scan the text. Ask yourself the following questions before you begin a close reading of the text. 1 .What is the text preceding the conversation about? LANGUAGE NOTES O Another word for "roommate" is jil^l (shiyou, literally, "friend who shares a room"). Lesson 2- 37 f] 3.1 eat at the student cafeteria. Qj 4.The food served in the student cafeteria is good. 2. Where does the conversation take place? 3. What is the one concern that both people share? 4. Will the two meet again soon? Why or why not? © In northern spoken Chinese, the word for a quilt is $st instead of ^."J". Integrated Chinese * Level 2 Part 1 * Textbook *ffr: *JMft#*fl *4-M0^#T, ***** LANGUAGE NOTES © ^^i..^'^ is short for ^Xffi 1? ft (kongqi tiaojie qi; air control or air adjustment machine), although the long term is almost never used. It can have a dual heating and cooling function whereas a &§M0HM (lengqi jT) by definition has only a cooling function. In Taiwan, ^1"?$/ f£iH is called $1^4» HJclt: Lesson 2 • íří^ 39 ©Both 4*Ífcf^#ftÍl#ft/tó4:#^^m#f * and Sfcdt- mean "lama first-year college student." ® The word can mean either a cafeteria, i.e., a company or school cafeteria, or a small independent restaurant. Canteens in China are 'jtit (shítáng), which are generally not open to the general public. They are often subsidized by schools or companies to exclusively serve their respective students or employees, and may take meal cards instead of cash. 40 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook After You Study Challenge yourself to complete the following tasks in Chinese. 1. List the furniture in Zhang Tianming's room. 2. Describe Zhang Tianming's room. ^_L^pj£i|i (zhentou) -entou) Lesson 2* -fs^ 41 3. List the facilities and amenities that Zhang Tianming's dormitory has. 4. Recap what Zhang Tianming likes and doesn't like about his dormitory. Integrated Chinese * Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook VOCABULARY r i. töngwü n roommate 2. m * bäi V to put; to place 3. beizi n comforter; quilt 4. tänzi n blanket 5. yigui n wardrobe 6. guizi n cabinet; cupboard 7. 4fc guä V to hang; to hang up 8. Fl n men n door 9. köng adj empty 10. köngtiäo n air conditioning 11. döng m (measure word for buildings) 12. * jiü adj (of things) old 13. köngpä adv I'm afraid that; I think perhaps; probably 14. El nyong pTn n daily necessities 15. wenjü n stationery; writing supplies 16. xT V to wash 17. Ä ceng m (measure word for stories of a building) 18. täi m (measure word for machines) 19. xTvTjT n washing machine 20. hönggänjl n (clothes) dryer 21. mälü n road 22. V yibän adv generally Lesson 2- 43 23. zněn de really; truly 24. 7§\ zháojí v to worry 25. W$$Xj *m-$$Jlj canguánr n restaurant 26. J^llL ďidao adj authentic; genuine; pure 27. $Lz^3L. ii/L^L guójítian in a few days Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 ■ Textbook Culture Highlights Chinese graduate students have many more housing options than undergraduates. Besides campus housing, graduate students can also rent apartments off campus. Married and part-time graduate students can live at home. Chinese universities' accommodations for international students W ^J3L/^f (liüxuesheng) vary. Typically, international students live in designated buildings. Some share a communal bathroom, but most have private bathrooms. In general, amenities are comparable to what students may be accustomed to at home. Both single rooms and double rooms are available. In some programs, international students can share a room with a Chinese roommate. Each floor has a laundry room with clotheslines and drying racks; dryers are not common. Neither are communal kitchens. Internet access is often available for a fee. Universities with a sizeable international student population tend to have many stores and restaurants that cater to them. Food is relatively inexpensive and variety endless in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Grammar Lesson 2» 45 1. Existential Sentences The word order of an existential sentence is somewhat different from that of a typical Chinese sentence. The structure of an existential sentences is as follows: place word/phrase + verb + ( t or + numeral + measure word + noun Existential sentences indicate that something exists at a certain place. (There is a book lying on the desk.) (There is a chair in front of the bed.) (Next to the desk there is a wardrobe.) There are three kinds of verbs in existential sentences: ^=f, tIL, and verbs signifying bodily actions such as 4$, it, and */#. o © © (There are some students in the classroom.) (On the desk is a map.) (There are three photos on the bookshelf.) Integrated Chinese * Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (That boy is holding a model plane in his hand.) Existential sentences are used to describe someone's appearance or the surroundings of a place. (Someone is sitting on the bed.) When denoting existence, ^ and differ from each other in that 7^ suggests that there is only one, or one type of, object or person at a particular place, whereas can refer to multiple objects or types of objects/people. Compare: (There's a pen, a newspaper, and some paper on the desk.) |There may be other items on the desk as well.J (Look, what's on the tahle?} B: ® (A pen is on the table.) [There's nothing else on the table.] (At that moment a man walked over from the front. He was wearing a white shirt and carrying a red blanket in his hand.) Lesson 2- 47 J>#, ^$p#4^T^##A® (The place where I live is very pretty and very quiet. There are many flowers in front of the house. Behind the house is a small hill, and on this hill there are many trees. To the left is a small park, and to the right is a small road from which I can go to the school.) 2. Adverb % _J -fir is used to convey an affirmative, exclamatory tone of voice. It is used before adjectives and before verbs that denote thoughts or feelings. (It's really cold today. You could be wearing three sweaters, and you would still be cold.) (This pair of pants looks great. I am thinking about getting a pair for my older brother.) Integrated Chinese * Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (My teacher really assigned a lot of homework. I've been at it for three hours, and I still haven't finished it.) (This dryer is really noisy. You should get a new one.) Like and , Jl" also suggests an extreme degree. However, it appears in exclamatory sentences. It is used to indicate an emphatic tone of voice, rather than to provide new information. Therefore, avoid using j|- in ordinary descriptive sentences, c-'.g-, (Little Zhang, did you watch the weather forecast? What's the weather going to be like tomorrow?) (According to the weather forecast, it's going to snow tomorrow. It'll be very cold.) Compared to ItHMMMM #, ° can sometimes mean "truly, honestly." When used in this way, it is often followed by the particle 6y, (This bowl of hot and sour soup is truly hot and sour.) Lesson 2- 49 ©a: ■$m&^&&k4t7i (It's really too expensive to live in the dorm. I plan to move off campus.) (Living off campus is not as convenient as living on campus. Do you honestly want to move out?) ( ^ 3. v_) The word ^fc-^L/Mj^C (relatively, comparatively, rather) is not used to make explicit comparisons such as "A is more/less than B" where the terms of comparison are clearly articulated, but rather to make general statements about a relative degree or extent. o , # m i t " (This chair is rather expensive. Don't buy it.) (It's pretty cold today. You'd better put on more clothes.) © a: (What kind of sports do you like?) (|Generally speaking,! I prefer playing tennis.) i Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook 0 a: s^#4-*^iL#It, 4^£#s*#? (I heard that you were sick the last couple of days. How are you feeling today?) b: IfcjfLT ° ,iuLT ° (A bit better.) Because B's condition now is specifically being compared to that of "the last couple of days," it's incorrect to say in this context (I'm very tall. My older brother is even taller.) It's incorrect to say 4.* t^j^R can be used after adjectives and certain verbs that denote thoughts or feelings to suggest an extreme extent. For instance, suggests a much more intense degree Id than flMh co (School just started. Everyone has been extremely busy.) (There are way too many freshmen moving into the dorm today. Let's move tomorrow.) Lesson 2 • (Our dorms are very quiet. Everyone likes them a lot.) (It has been over a week since Zhang Tianming arrived on campus. He is really homesick.) 5.*p(a)/*p(&) connects two sentences. The second sentence is a conclusion or judgment that derives from the preceding sentence, can be abbreviated as 3p. O a: HtJlif^^, (Let's go shopping for a washing machine tonight, OK?) (But T don't have time tonight.) a: ^0fMMMf^b (Tomorrow then.) 4 i b: -kf^ ° (OK.) 6 a: Wk, 0 (Mom, I don't want to be a doctor.) 52 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 ■ Textbook (Then how about studying computer science?) a: (I'm not interested in that, either.) (Then don't study anything. Stay home, cook and do laundry.) a: ft, #*M«j (Mom, listen to you!) 6. Conjunctions V______J Conjunctions are often omitted in spoken Chinese, e.g., (Zhang Tianming: It's so hot! How come there's no air conditioning in this room?) (S^)2tttft^felEJ--- (Ke Lin: |BecauseJ this building is relatively old...) (Zhang Tianming: Is it noisy here?) Lesson 2 • 53 (Ke Lin: No, it's not noisy here. [Because] it's far from the major roads, [that's why] it's very quiet here.) 1fLf JMt*MM Words & Phrases A. i&'f& (I'm afraid; I think perhaps) The adverb i^'ff^ is used to express the speaker's assessment of or concern about particular situation. (It's raining. I'm afraid we can't play ball.) Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (It's eleven o'clock already. I'm afraid it's too late to call him now.) (There's no air conditioning here. It's probably very hot in the summer, isn't it?) (There's a street outside the window. It must be very noisy here, right?) We do not usually say W. For instance, we do not normally say fti^". If someone says i$L~^ T , what he or she really means is, (^) #^fclfc#T (I'm afraid I won't be able to go). We can also say #JS# ^ fi& meaning (I'm afraid he won't be able to go). In oth words, the implied subject is functions as the topic of the sentence. er B. JL^F J* (about; roughly) zjLn* W means "'roughly" or "approximately," and can be used as an adverbial. O ^MMM-Ml^F* % % ° [adverbial] (I'm about the same height as my older sister.) © it, Ik s [adverbial] (The classroom isn't far from here. It's about a five or six-minute walk.) ©a: #^a^#*j^-#^"1^! (How many books are on your roommate's bookshelves?) b: jl^TV^^F — ~£f^° |adverbial] (About a hundred.) Lesson 2- 55 (The film starts at 2:00. It's almost 1:30. We'd better go now.) ©a: ##^MM%^Mr— (How often do you call your mom?) b: &ML^$—4®ILMiT — <}l0 [adverbial] (About once a week.) jel yfv ^ can also be an adjective, meaning "almost the same." In this sense, it can be used as a predicate. © a: ftMMttft? (What does your younger brother look like?) (Very much like me. Many people call me by his name when they see me.) © £i 3p*Mf;jfc, v^ can be used as an adjective, meaning the opposite of "quiet." O ^Nt#^s A^H^t ° [adjective] (It's very noisy out. I can't read.) 56 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook © ltJL|&##, ^JftjMWP^1 ° [adjective] (It's very quiet here. Not at all noisy.) ^ can also be used as a verb meaning "to quarrel." © ^1^ha^*Pii^+J^, ^fe#-7 ° [verb] 7Mii^/-;f£pii>H+£, *shte|tt ° (The two of them started to quarrel. I don't know why.) © Mi? 7 I ##,*M«, %fm&° [verb] (Stop quarreling. If there's a problem, talk it out.) D.4r#A3c# (quiet) "^Cif^"/"^Cit^ is an adjective. It can be used as a predicate or attributive. O ^H^t^#^#° [predicatel (Our dorms are quiet.) © ttJL*##|fL, &mH&it$l/k — [predicate] (It's very quiet here. Let's sit here for a while.) (Be quiet. Our younger brother is sleeping.) What does the sign ask people to do? 0 fi^WA^Wf, [attributive] (Let's find a quiet place to talk, OK?) Lesson 2 • 57 E.—M. (generally speaking) This is an adjective, often used as an adverbial. MM^kM ° [adverbial] (I hear that the school cafeteria food is generally not very good.) ^® ° |adverbial| &® ° (Freshmen usually don't have cars. They almost all ask sophomores, juniors, and seniors to take them shopping.) © 3SJ^^W^^—fcW— B*P, 8 ## ° [adverbial! (On weekends the dorms are generally a bit noisy. It's quieter in the library.) 4fc0$fc ° [adverbial] 4MM ° (Monday through Friday, she usually eats at the school cafeteria. On weekends she often goes out to eat.) ~~"WL can also be used as a predicate meaning "ordinary," "not that great." — A, ^^"A-fr-fr^0 [predicate] (My Chinese is nothing special. It's not as good as my older brother's.) © &, * JOfrJ ° [predict (This school is very ordinary. It's not very well known.) Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook F. ^&$fc%S$i/^ &■ & (not that great; just so-so) v__) is a colloquial expression, usually used as a predicate meaning "not that great." (This library is not that great. There are very few books.) © a: #*#ii*M*fe*«? (What do you think about this building?) xit?5LM ° (Not that great. It is old and inferior.) (Look, this is my room. What do you think about the arrangement of the furniture?) (Not so good. Your bed should be on the right, and your desk should be against the window.) it A— ^B^Mi Lesson 2-^^ 59 G.J&iit (authentic; genuine; pure) © © is an adjective meaning "authentic." It is most often used to describe food or someone's accent. $M&^4&liN8#**K ° [predicate] (His Beijing dialect is impeccable.) f 11° [attributive] 9^Jfe£&4$ t ■ It ° (This is authentic Chinese food.) # a: A fe*^'J Alaska* H b: JL*m Alaska^ a: Alaska* ° b:^p-3>? Alaskan 1. Florida 2. California 3. New York 4. Texas 5. Michigan 62 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook b. Your roommate is thinking of moving to a different dorm. You come up with several reasons to convince him or her that the new place is not as good as he or she thinks. EXAMPLE: small room size "> a: l^felltPJ (name of the dorm) a: 4i(name of the dorm) b: &ftlMM$&M b: 1 .old furniture 2. restrictive 3. noise level 4. not convenient to have parties D. Generally Speaking... Based on the pictures below, talk about Zhang Tianming's and Ke Lin's weekly schedules. M.M- Lesson 2 • $i63 EXAMPLE: b: f*fl-^*tA«*rf ! * b: 2. 3. 4. E. Not a Satisfied Customer! Take turns with your partner to ask and answer questions about items in a shopping center. Make it clear that you are unimpressed. EXAMPLE: Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook F.What Is Over There? a. Name the furniture in the room. b. Take turns with your classmates to describe the arrangement of the room. Make your description as logical as you can,e.g., begin with the entrance and describe the objects g from left to right. Lesson 2- 4ft65 G. Campus Tour I_!___> Imagine you are helping a group of freshmen get to know the layout of your campus. Bring a map of your campus to class and work with a partner to identify where the main buildings/facilities are on the map. For instance, if ¥j l*J it A1 * W * ffl 4§ /-% H.Tell and Draw v._J a. List the furniture in your bedroom and share the list with your partner. b. Bring in a picture or a sketch of your room. Work with a partner and describe your picture to him or her using language such as %f M tf) ^ifcfr —, #^Jl##^#^lil^J- etc. Have your partner, without looking at your original sketch, draw a picture of your room by following your description. Compare the original picture and your partner's drawing to see whether your descriptions were correct and whether your partner faithfully followed your descriptions. Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 ■ Textbook f "N I. My Dream House V__J Imagine you are building your dream house and want to describe it to your architect. Your partner will pretend to be your architect and sketch the house based on your description. Make your description as logical as you can, e.g., begin with the entrance and go from downstairs to upstairs, as well as from left to right. b. Share the lists with your partner and give your reasons. c. Listen to your partner's list and reasons, and then agree or disagree with him or her politely. Lesson 2 • ÍS^ Piny in Text Zhäng Tiänmíng súshě de fángjiän bú täi dä, zhú liäng ge rén. Tä de tóngwú® yíjíng lái le. Fángjiän li jiäjú bú duô, käo chuänghu bäi zhe liäng zhäng shúzhuó, měi zhäng zhuózi de qiánbian yóu yi bä yízi. Shúzhuó de pángbiän shi chuáng ", chuáng shang yóu běizi® hé tänzi. Chuáng qián yôu liäng ge yTgui, guizi li guä zhe yi xié yTfu. Mén pángbiän fäng zhe liäng ge shujiä, shujiä hái shi kóng de. Zhäng Tiänmíng: Ké Lin: Zhäng Tiänmíng: Kě Lín: Zhang Tianming: Ke Lin: Zhang Tianming: Ke Lin: Zhang Tianming: Ke Lin: Zhang Tianming: Ke Lin: Zhang Tianming: Ke Lin: Zhang Tianming: Ke Lin: Zhěn® rě! Fángjiän li zěnme méiyóu kóngtiáo®? Zhě dông lóu bíjiáo® jiú, wó dá yí® de shíhou zái zhěr zhú guo. Wěishěngjian yě bTjiäo xiáo. Zhú zái zhěr kôngpä hen bú fängbiän ba? Bú, zhěr hěn fängbiän. Xuéshěng canting® jiú zái lóu xiá, canting pángbiän yóu yí ge xiao shängdiän, mäi riyôngpin hé wénjú. Jiäoshi lí zhěr bú yuän, zóu lú chábuduó wú, liú fěnzhóng. Xí yTfu fängbiän ma? Fängbiän de hěn®. Zhě céng lóu yóu sän tái xíyljT hé sän tái hônggänjT. Zhěr chäo bú cháo? Bú cháo, zhěr lí dá málu hěn yuan, hěn änjing. Tíngshuô xuéxiáo canting de fan yibän dôu bú tái hao. Zhěr de ne? Ní shuô dui le, canting de fän zhěn de® bú zěnmeyáng. Zněn de? Nä zěnme bán? NT bié zháojí. Fújin you hěn duô fánguänr, hái yóu yi jiä Zhôngguó cänguänr ne. Wó juéde Měiguó de Zhôngguó cänguänr, häochi de bú duô. Nä yě bú jiän de. Fújin nä jiä Zhôngguó cänguänr de cäi jiú hěn didao. Wó hé wó de nupéngyou cháng qú. Zhénde ma? Náme® guô jí tiän ní däi wó qú när kän kan, häo ma? Hao, méi wěntí. 68 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (- English Text Zhang Tianming's room is not very big: two people can live there. His roommate has already arrived. There isn't a lot of furniture in the room. Against the windows are two desks, and in front of each desk there is a chair. Next to the desks are [two] beds, upon which are quilts and blankets. Facing the beds are two wardrobes with some clothes hanging inside. Next to the door are two bookshelves, still empty. Zhang Tianming: It's so hot. How come there's no air conditioning in the room? Ke Lin: This building is rather old. I used to live here as a freshman. Zhang Tianming: The bathroom is pretty small, too. It must be very inconvenient to live here, right? Ke Lin: No, it's very convenient here. The student cafeteria is right downstairs, and next to it there is a small store selling daily necessities and stationery. The classroom buildings are not far from here, only a five- or six-minute walk. Zhang Tianming: Is it convenient to do laundry here? Ke Lin: Extremely convenient. On this floor there are three washing machines and three dryers. Zhang Tianming: Is it noisy here? Ke Lin: No, it's not. The major roads are far from here. Zhang Tianming: I hear that school cafeteria food is, generally speaking, not very good. What about here? Ke Lin: You're right. The food in the cafeteria is really not that good. Zhang Tianming: Then what should I do? Ke Lin: Don't worry. There are many restaurants nearby. There's even a Chinese restaurant. Zhang Tianming: I think there aren't that many good Chinese restaurants in America. Ke Lin: That's not necessarily true. The food at that Chinese restaurant nearby is very authentic. My girlfriend and I go there all the time. Zhang Tianming: Really? Then could you take me there in a few days to check it out? Ke Lin: Sure. No problem. Lesson 2« 69 SELF-ASSESSMENT How well can you do these things? Check (^/) the boxes to evaluate your progress and see which areas you may need to practice more. 1 can Name the furniture in my room Very Well □ OK □ A Little □ Describe my living quarters and where things are placed □ □ □ Talk about the facilities/amenities in my building □ □ □ Comment on the quality of food in my school's cafeteria □ a □ Give my opinions indirectly and politely □ a □ \ I i