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Chinese
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
Audio Set
by Mengjun Liu and Mike Packevicz
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Chinese For Dummies®Audio Set
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About the Authors
Mengjun Liugraduated from China’s Beijing Normal
University with a degree in Chinese language and litera-
ture. Since coming to the United States in 1992, she has
been teaching Chinese at Wesleyan University and
Hopkins School in Connecticut. From 2000 to 2005 she
taught at Middlebury College in Vermont in its Chinese
Language immersion program.
Mike Packeviczhas been teaching English and ESL/EFL
since 1989. His first trip to China was in 1984 to begin
learning Chinese, and his first time working there was
from 1989-1991. Mike has a BA in history from Yale
University, and his MA in TESOL from the University of
Connecticut. Besides teaching in the language classroom,
he has also been doing teacher training since 2001. Mike
and his family are living in Beijing, where he is conduct-
ing doctoral research and enjoying really good Chinese
food!
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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................1
About This Audio Set.................................................1
Conventions Used in This Audio Set.......................2
Foolish Assumptions.................................................2
How This Audio Set Is Organized.............................3
Where to Go from Here..............................................3
Pinyin: Not Your Mom’s Alphabet............................3
Lesson 1:1:Introduction and Overview of CD1:
The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities. . . . . 10
Titles..........................................................................11
Lesson 1:3: Saying “Hello” and “Goodbye”. . . . . . . . . 12
Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying
to “How Are You?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lesson 1:5:Introducing Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Everyday words and phrases.................................15
People........................................................................16
Places.........................................................................16
Useful adjectives......................................................17
Medical terms...........................................................17
Lesson 1:7:Useful Expressions and Phrases . . . . . . . 18
Lesson 1:8:Introduction of Question Words . . . . . . . . 19
Lesson 1:9:Useful Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lesson 1:10:An Overview of Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Useful number questions (and answers)..............23
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Lesson 1:11:Telling Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lesson 1:12: The Calendar and Dates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The days of the week...............................................26
Day-related questions and answers.......................26
The months and dates.............................................27
Month- and date-related questions and answers...27
Lesson 1:13:Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lesson 2:1: Introduction and Overview of CD2:
The Nitty-Gritty Language Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lesson 2:2:Nouns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Locations...................................................................30
Transportation.........................................................30
Dining.........................................................................31
Occupations..............................................................31
Education..................................................................32
Family and friends....................................................32
Lesson 2:3:Measure Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lesson 2:4:Demonstrative Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
This............................................................................35
These.........................................................................35
That............................................................................35
Those.........................................................................35
Lesson 2:5:Adjectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Colors.........................................................................37
Nationalities..............................................................37
Example phrases and sentences............................38
Lesson 2:6:Degrees of Adjectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lesson 2:7:To Be or Not to Be: A Very
Important Verb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Example sentences...................................................40
Lesson 2:8: Verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Lesson 2:9:Verb Tenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The past.....................................................................42
The future..................................................................42
Commands................................................................43
Lesson 2:10:Prepositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Common prepositions.............................................44
Example phrases......................................................45
Example sentences with prepositions...................45
Lesson 2:11:Conjunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Example phrases and sentences
using conjunctions...............................................46
Lesson 2:12:Forming Simple Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lesson 2:13:Introducing More Complete
Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Lesson 2:14: Negative Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lesson 3:1: Introduction and Overview of CD3:
Real-World Situations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lesson 3:2: At the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Office items...............................................................52
People around the office.........................................53
More office-speak.....................................................53
Helpful verbs.............................................................53
Example sentences from around the office..........54
Lesson 3:3: On the Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Occupations..............................................................55
Work-related verbs...................................................56
Job-related terms and example sentences............56
Lesson 3:4:Making Small Talk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Lesson 3:6:Making Travel Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . 61
Traveling by plane....................................................61
Traveling by train.....................................................62
Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
At the pharmacy.......................................................65
At the emergency room or hospital.......................65
Needing the police...................................................66
Lesson 3:9:At the Restaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lesson 3:11: At the Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lesson 3:12: At the Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Mini-Dictionary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chinese-English Mini-Dictionary............................71
English-Chinese Mini-Dictionary............................80
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Introduction
T
he Mandarin Chinese language is one of the world’s
most spoken languages. Even in the Western world, you
may hear Mandarin Chinese more and more, no matter if
you’re at home, at work, or on the go. As the world becomes
more global, you may encounter more opportunities where
you need to understand the basics of Mandarin Chinese just
to get along in your day-to-day life. And with global travel
easier than ever — for business road warriors, students
studying abroad, and vacationers — understanding
Mandarin Chinese doesn’t have to be a chore when you
have Chinese For Dummies Audio Set.
About This Audio Set
Chinese For Dummies Audio Setenables you to quickly
familiarize yourself with the Chinese language and begin
communicating on a basic level with other Chinese speak-
ers. By listening to the hour-long CDs and following along
in this booklet, you can set your own pace and explore the
topics that interest you. CD1 gives you the very basics of
Chinese; CD2 covers the language’s structure; and CD3 pre-
sents the language in real-world situations.
By the way, you can play the CDs in this audio set on any CD
player, so you can listen in your car, on your home stereo,
or on your computer.
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Conventions Used in This Audio Set
So that you can easily follow along with the CDs and this
booklet, we stuck to a few conventions:
(cid:1)The lesson numbers in this booklet correspond to
the track numbers on the CDs. So Lesson 1:3 corre-
sponds to the third track of CD1, and Lesson 3:10
corresponds to the tenth track of CD3. Track 1 of
each CD is an introduction, which you can skip if
you want.
(cid:1)On the CDs, the narrator presents words and
phrases in English. Then a native Chinese speaker
says the words and phrases in Chinese. A pause
gives you time to say the word or phrase yourself.
Then the Chinese speaker repeats the word or
phrase and pauses to give you another chance to
repeat the word or phrase.
(cid:1)Chinese terms are set in italicsin the booklet to
make them stand out.
The Tip icon indicates helpful information that aids
in your understanding of pronunciation, grammar,
and other elements of the language.
Foolish Assumptions
In producing this audio set, we had to make some assump-
tions about who you are and what you know:
(cid:1)You know no Chinese — or if you took Chinese in
school, you don’t remember very much of it.
(cid:1)You’re not looking for a product that will make you
fluent in Chinese; you just want to know some
words, phrases, and sentence constructions so you
can communicate basic information in Chinese.
(cid:1)You don’t want to memorize a bunch of boring
grammar rules.
(cid:1)You want to have fun and learn a little bit of
Chinese at the same time.