Making Appointment

Objectives you will learn to use Chinese to • Answer a phone call and initiate a phone conversation; • Set up an appointment with a teacher on the phone; • Ask for a favor; • Ask someone to return your call.

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Voc1_1 1. 给 gěi 2. 打电话 dǎ diàn huà 电话 diànhuà 3. 喂 wéi/wèi 4. 在 zài 5. 就 jiù 6. 您 nín 7. 哪 nǎ

Voc1_2 8. 位 wèi 9. 下午 xiàwǔ 10. 时间 shíjiān 11. 问题 wèntí 12. 要 yào 13. 开会 kāi huì 开 kāi 会 huì 14. 上午 shàngwǔ

Voc1_3 15. 节 jié 16. 课 kè 17. 年级 niánjí 18. 考试 kǎo shì 考 kǎo 试 shì 19. 以后 yǐhòu 20. 空(儿) kòng(r) 21. 要是 yàoshi

Voc1_4 22. 方便 fāngbiàn convenient 23. 到 dào to go to; to arrive 24. 办公室 bàngōngshì office 25. 行 xíng all right; O.K. 26. 等 děng to wait; to wait for 27. 别 bié don’t 28. 客气 kèqi polite Proper Noun

The Preposition给 (gěi) 他给我打了一个电话。 Tā gěi wǒ dǎ le yí ge diànhuà 他是谁？请你给我们介绍一下。 Tā shì shéi? Qǐng nǐ gěi wǒmen jièshào yí xià. 你有你姐姐的照片吗？给我看一下，行吗？Nǐ yǒu nǐ jiějie de zhàopiàn ma? Gěi wǒ kàn yí xià, xíng ma? 给 (gěi) can be a verb or a preposition. In Chinese, prepositions are generally combined with nouns or pronouns to form prepositional phrases, which appear before verbs as adverbials.

给(gěi) as a preposition Example: 介绍朋友 → 小高常常给我们介绍朋友。 a.1 打电话 a.1 dǎ diànhuà .2 介绍新电影 .2 jièshào xīn diànyǐng b.1 看他爸爸妈妈的照片 b.1 kàn tā bàba māma de zhàopiàn .2 听中国音乐 b.2 tīng Zhōngguó yīnyuè .3 喝英国茶 .3 hē Yīngguó ch

The Modal Verb要 下午我们要考试 今天晚上妹妹要去看电影 明天我要去小白家玩儿。你呢？ 明天我不去小白家玩儿，我要开会 The modal verb 要 (yào) has several meanings. In this lesson, 要 (yào) indicates a future action, particularly a scheduled event or an activity that one is committed to. The negative form is expressed by adding 不 (bù) and deleting 要 (yào)

Practice 要 Example: 明天 , 去跳舞 A: 李友明天做什么？ B: 李友明天要去跳舞 今天晚上 , 请朋友喝咖啡 明天上午 , 去同学家练习中文 明天下午 , 去老师的办公室问问题 这个星期五 , 去学校看电影 indicating a future commitment

The Adverb 别 别客气。Bié kèqi. (No need to be so polite.) 你别说。Nǐ bié shuō. (Don’t tell/say anything.) 别进来！Bié jìn lai! (Don’t come in!) 那个电影没有意思，你别看。 Nà ge diànyǐng méi yǒu yìsi, nǐ bié kàn. (That movie is boring. Don’t go see it.) 别 (bié, don’t) is used to advise someone to refrain or stop someone from doing something. Depending on the context, it can be used to form a polite formula, a gentle reminder, or a serious admonition.

要是 (yàoshi, if) Example:不喜欢唱歌, (喜欢)跳舞 要是你不喜欢唱歌， 我们跳舞，怎么样？ 不想唱歌, (想)看电影 觉得看电视没有意思, (觉得)听音乐(有意思) 不喜欢喝茶, (喜欢)喝咖啡 今天没有空儿,明天(有空儿)

Pair Activity Ask each other: 要是你有时间， Yàoshi nǐ yǒu shíjiān, 你想去哪儿玩儿？ nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr wánr? 要是朋友请你吃饭， Yàoshi péngyou qǐng nǐ chī fàn, 你想吃什么菜？ nǐ xiǎng chī shénme cài? 要是同学请你看电影， Yàoshi tóngxué qǐng nǐ kàn diànyǐng, 你想看什么电影？ nǐ xiǎng kàn shénme diànyǐng?

Pair Activity: “Hello, is Jason there?” Call your partner. Find out first if your partner is there. A: You B: Your partner C: Your partner’s brother A: 喂，请问， A: Wéi, qǐng wèn, _______在吗？ ________zài ma? B: 我就是。/ B: Wǒ jiù shì. / C: ___________不在。 C: _________bú zài. Ask the caller to identify him/herself. B/C: 您是哪位？ B/C: Nín shì nǎ wèi? A: 我是 ___________。 A: Wǒ shì ________. Find out the reason for the call: B/C: __________， B/C: __________, 你好！有事儿吗？ Nǐ hǎo! Yǒu shìr ma?

Supplement Xiànzài jǐ diǎn?      A：现在  几点？       What time is it?    Xiànzài wǔ diǎn bàn。 B：现在   五点半。 It is half past five. A：现在几点？　　 What time is it? Xiànzài shí èr diǎn。 B：现在  十二点。        It is twelve. http://www.chinese.cn/onlinelearning/article/2012-03/16/content_268503.htm

21 Century Tech Your eMail address Web accessing for the assignment Listening: Add voice clip into the handout Speaking: You record the voice clip to me Reading: Add voice clip into the handout Writing: Type汉字 into computer Internet sharing

Conclusion Ask about the reason for a phone call; Ask for a favor politely; Set up an appointment on the phone; Negotiate to find a common time that everyone can meet ; Request that my call be returned. Please review the lesson if any of these tasks seem difficult.

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