Warm-up: GreetingsAsk each other names, professions, nationalities.

A: 你好！请问，您贵姓？

B: 我姓…

A: _____先生/小姐, 你叫什么名字？

B: 我叫...

A: 您/你是老师/学生吗？

B: 你是哪国人？/你是哪国人吗？

Learning Objectives

Employ basic kinship terms;

Describe a family photo;

Ask about someone’s profession;

Say some common professions.

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Presentation Notes

It is recommended to start this lesson by introducing the photo mentioned in text I. This picture corresponds to that. You can click the speaker on the upper-left corner to play the text. At the same time, you can point at the specific person that’s being mentioned. After that, you could ask a series of questions based on the text. e.g. 这是什么？(point at the whole picture) 这是谁的照片？ 她是谁？他是谁？这个男孩子是我弟弟吗？他是谁？我大哥有女儿吗？Etc.

一张照片

一张 yī zhāng sheet;

照片 zhào piàn photograph; picture

Measure words 1

What is the measure word for a person?

一个男人一个女人

个 gèclassifier for people or

objects in general;

男女

nánnǚ

Male

female;

Measure words 2

Measure words：个 gè

一个男孩子一个女孩子

classifier for people or objects in general

Measure words 2

这张照片

这 zhè this

That picture

那张照片

那 nà that

Where to use a Measure word (M)?

Number这

那M + Noun}

e.g. 三个人这张照片那个女孩

Measure words

张 is for things with a flat surface (照片, paper, table, bed, ...)

Measure words

个 is for people (人，学生，老师, 朋友...) and things that don’t have specific measure words (movies , ball, ...)

(5 photos)

五张照片

10 students 十个学生

Measure words

This teacher

这个老师

Measure words

that boy

那个男孩(子)

Measure words

this photo

这张照片

How do you put the question word in a sentence in English?

How about Chinese?

Where is the question word in this sentence?

他是谁？他是王医生。

谁 shuí who; also pr.

Where is the question word in this sentence?

这是谁的照片？

这是苗老师的照片。

The question word goes where the answer would be!

(Pair work)

Can you make a question which will lead to this answer?

这是王朋的老师

这是谁的老师？

Can you make some questions which will lead to this answer?

她姓李。

谁姓李？ / 她姓什么？

(Pair work)

Negation for The verb 有（“to have”）

有－ 有不有没

Yŏu - méi yŏu有- 没有

(Pair work)

你有... 吗？

（Do you have…)

我没有...。(I do not have…)

我有...，我有Num.个…

Kinship terms

Simplified Chinese

Mandarin Pinyin

English Definition

爸爸 bà ba father

妈妈 mā ma mother

哥哥 gē ge older brother;

弟弟 dì di younger brother

姐姐 jiě jie older sister

妹妹 mèi mei younger sister

Simplified Chinese

Mandarin Pinyin

English Definition

女儿 nǚ ér daughter;

儿子 ér zi son;

孩子 hái zi child;

男孩 nán hái boy;

女孩 nǚ hái girl; lass;

Use of 的 (de)

的 = ’s李先生的哥哥 “Mr Lee’s older brother”

我 - 我的 I my你 - 你的 you your 他 - 他的 he his

我的姐姐 -- my older sister

的

More on Use of “的”

你是我的老师。

我是王老师的学生。

“的” can be omitted after a personal pronoun and before a kinship

term (e.g., 我爸爸, 我哥哥）

的

Pair work

...是...的爸爸。 / ...是...的女儿。

àobāmǎ是shāshā和Mǎlìyà的爸爸。

Can you complete the sentences?

mă lì yàMalia

shā shāSasha

ào bā mă

奥巴马

Pair Work:A: Is this photo yours? B: introduce his or her family

A: Ask if this photo is B’s

B: Say that it is, and introduce your family in the photo (by saying “这是我的……”）

A: Ask who are in the photo.

B: Answer B: