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Wǒ méi qù ɡuò Běijīnɡ 我没去过北京 I haven't been to Beijing

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Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for Beginners

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

4.9 (63 ratings) | 3.7K Students Enrolled

Course 3 of 4 in the Learn Mandarin Chinese Specialization

Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese in continuation of Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese for beginners. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips to help learners build a fundamental capability of oral Chinese in real-life situations. At the end of the 5-lesson course, the learners will reach the following proficiency: ♦ 500 words ♦ 60 language points ♦ handling 15 real-life situations. Completing "Learn Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese for beginners" or having attended Chinese courses of any types for at least 30 hours is the prerequisite.

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From the lesson

Lesson 14 Wǒ xiǎnɡ qù lǚyóu 我想去旅游 I want to take a trip Part 2

Learning the expressions for housework; Learning the “bǎ” sentence

Wǒ méi qù ɡuò Běijīnɡ 我没去过北京 I haven't been to Beijing10:49

Cultural Tips 文化介绍1:42

Taught By

Wang Jun
Associate Professor
An Na
Ph.D., Lecturer

Transcript

[MUSIC] Hello everyone, welcome to today's Hello Chinese. [FOREIGN] [MUSIC] Last course we learned some expressions related to travel. Today we are going to learn how to talk about travel plans. Last course we found out that Li Jia would like to travel to Beijing over the summer vacation. Summer vacation is [FOREIGN]. Travel is [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN] Li Jia asked Emily if she want to go or not. Go is [FOREIGN]. Not go is [FOREIGN]. Do you want to go or not? [FOREIGN] Emily has never been to Beijing before. Here we use [FOREIGN] for a past event. [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] is a particle used after the verb to emphasize action happened before and doesn't continue. [SOUND]. We could also use a structure, adjective. [FOREIGN], adjective to ask if there are a lot of attractions in Beijing or not. [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN] means scenic spots. [FOREIGN] There a lot of scenic spots in Beijing like the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace. Great wall is [FOREIGN]. Forbidden City is [FOREIGN]. Summer Palace is [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] >> If you travel to Beijing, you can try Beijing roasted duck, martin Harbin, and sugar coated berry. Beijing roasted duck is [FOREIGN]. Mutton hotpot is [FOREIGN]. Sugar-coated berry is [FOREIGN]. You can go there by airplane. Airplane is [FOREIGN]. Taking an airplane is [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN]. Let's take an airplane. [FOREIGN] Should we join the tour group? Tour group is [FOREIGN]. Join is [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] You may feel constrained if you join a tour group. The tour group schedule is very full. Constrained is [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN]. Here, [FOREIGN] means make a choice after a comparison. [FOREIGN] means self. [FOREIGN]. You need to book the flight and details before the travel. Book here is [FOREIGN]. Flight ticket is [FOREIGN]. Hotel is [FOREIGN]. Book flight and hotels is [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN] I'll pack up the luggage. Luggage is [FOREIGN]. Pack up is [FOREIGN]. [FOREIGN] In today's clip, Li Jia talks about travel plan with Emily. Let's take a look at what they are going to say. [SOUND] [MUSIC] [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> [SOUND] >> Let's watch the clip again and repeat of the dialog. [MUSIC] [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] [SOUND] >> [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] [FOREIGN] [SOUND]. After today's claim we have learned some vocabularies and phrases related to travel. I hope you all had fun. Don't forget to do the quiz in the next section. See you next time. [FOREIGN] [MUSIC]

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