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Unit 4 I w ent to New York Consulate to apply for Visa.

Dialogue

Shhi: Xio Dng, zutin shngw w gi nd dinhu, nb zi. Nshng nr q le?

Shihai: Ding, yesterday morning I called you, and you were not here. Where were you?

Rnmi: W q Niyu Zhnggu lnggun bn qinzhng le. Zhngzhng mng le y

tin.

Renmei: I went to the Chinese Consulate in New York to apply for visas. (I) was

busy the whole day.

Shhi: Zhnggu lnggun b sh zi Hushngdn ma? Nznme q Niyu le?

Shihai: Isnt the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C.? How come you went to New York?

Rnmi: Hushngdn de sh dshgun, Niyu de sh lnggun. Nkyzi

dshgun bn qinzhng, y kyzi lnggun bn qinzhng.

Renmei: The one in D.C. is the Embassy; the one in New York is the Consulate.

You can apply a visa in the Consulate, and you can also apply a visa in the

embassy.

Shhi: Yunli sh zhme hu sh. Nme, Zhnggu zi Migu yu jge

dshgun, jge lnggun ne?

Shihai: Now I understand it. So, how many Chinese embassies and how many

consulates are there in the United States?

Rnmi: W zhdao Zhnggu dshgun ji y ge, zi Hushngdn; lnggun ma,

Niyu yu y ge. Jizhu yu y ge. Dzhu y yu y ge. Bide dfng hi

yu mi yu, w ji b zhdao le.

Renmei: I know there is only one embassy, and ( it ) is in D.C.. As far as

consulates, there is one in New York, one in California, and there is


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another one in Texas. I dont know whether there are any others in

others places.

Shhi: Nme, q Tiwn yo do nr qinzhng ne?

Shihai: Then, where to apply for a visa if ( one wants to) go to Taiwan?

Rnmi: Q Tiwn di do Tiwn zh Migu bnshch bn qinzhng. W

zhdao Hushngdn h Niyu du yu Tiwn bnshch.

Renmei: To go to Taiwan, ( one ) needs to apply the visa in Taiwans Foreign

Affairs Office in the Unites States. I know that there is such an office in

both D.C. and New York.

Shhi: W xing mngnin q Tiwn knkan.

Shihai: I plan to visit Taiwan next year.

Rnmi: Sh ma? N nshnqng le hzho le ma?

Renmei: Really? Have you had your passport ready yet?

Shhi: Zhngzi shnqng ne. Du le, zutin w d dinhu zho n, sh yngwi wxing qng nh Xuyu kn qisi.

Shihai: Im in the process of applying. Oh, yes, yesterday I called you because I

wanted to invite you and Xueyou to a ball game.

Rnmi: Kn shnme qisi?

Renmei: What kind of game?

Shhi: Zqi si.

Shihai: Football game.

Rnmi: Mish de hi sh ush de?

Renmei: American football or European football?

Shhi: Dngrn sh ush de. W gn nhi yu Xuyu, wmen sh du nin de

lo pngyou le. Nmen xhuan shnme b xhuan shnme, w hi b zhdao


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ma? Nmen b zi, w ji zhho qng Dwi tmen le.

Shihai: Of course European football. I and you and Xueyou, we have been friendsfor many years. How can I not know what you guys like and what you

guys dont like? You were not home. I had no choice but to invite David

and other guys.

Rnmi: Shu h shu si? Shu yng le?

Renmei: Who played with whom? And who won?

Shhi: Nizxdu h Dzhu du si. Ybypng. Mi sh, y mi yng.

Shihai: New Jersey team played with Texas team. One to one tied. No (one) lost

and (no) one won either.

Rnmi: Mi sh mi yng, ydng mi yu ysi.

Renmei: A tied game (no win no lose), no fun.

Shhi: Shu shu mi yu ysi?

Shihai: Who says its no fun.

Reading


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tmen n do le q Zhnggu de qinzhng

Xio Dng h t de nn pngyou jnnin shji yo q Bijng Dxu cnji y ge

dunqyyn xnlin bn, suy, zutin tmen do Niyu Zhnggu lnggun bn

qinzhng. Tmen zoshng sh din chf, shydin ssh ci do Niyu. L shng

ygng hu le y xiosh ssh fnzhng. Zi lnggun bn qinzhng de rn hn du.

Xio Dng h Xuyu pi le kui y ge xiosh de du ci li do qinzhng chungku.

Gi Xio Dng h Xuyu bn qinzhng de lngsh sh ge n de, xng Zhng, hn

rqng.

Zhng lngsh wn Xio Dng wishnme yo q Zhnggu li xu. Xio Dng hud

shu Migu dxu de shbi hn ho, losh jio de y hn ho, dnsh shu

Zhngwn de jhu b du. Chle zi kshng yng Zhngwn wn wnt, hud wnt

ywi, pngchng jh mi yu yng Zhngwn de jhu, Suyhn xing lyng

shji q Bijng, zhyng, chle xux Zhngwn ywi, hi ky lioji y xi

Zhngu shhu. Xio Dng shu t xwng lngsh nng zhch t de jhu, gi t


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q Zhnggu de qinzhng.

Cng lnggun chli de shhou, yjng xiw sn din le. Cng shngw sh din

do xiw sn din, Xio Dng h Xuyu mng le zhngzhng w ge xiosh. Fn

y mi yu ch, shuy mi yu h. Surn Xio Dng h Xuyu yu li yu ,

dnsh tmen hn goxng, ynwi tnmen n do le qinzhng, hn kui ji ky

q Zhnggu le.

Ding and her boy friend will go to Peking University to attend a short

term language training class this summer vocation. So, yesterday they

went to the Chinese Consulate in New York to apply for visas. They set

out at ten oclock in the morning. They did not get to New York until

eleven forty. They altogether spent one hour and forty minutes on the

road. There were a lot of people at the Consulate applying for visas.

Ding and Xueyou got to the visa window only after standing in the


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line for about an hour. The consul who handled Ding and Xueyous

application is a woman, (whose) last name is Zhang, (and she ) was

quite nice.

Consul Zhang Asked Ding why she wanted to go to study in China. Ding

answered that the facilities in the United States were good, and the

teachers taught very well. But the opportunities of speaking Chinese

were not many. Except asking questions and answering questions in the

class, there were almost no chance of using Chinese in daily life. So,

(she) wanted very much to take advantage of the summer vocation to go

to Beijing. In this way, besides learning Chinese, (she) can also know


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about the Chinese society. Ding said that she hoped that consul would

support her plan and grand her visa to go to China.

When (they) got out of the consulate, it was already three in the

afternoon. From ten oclock in the morning to three oclock in the

afternoon, Ding and Xueyou were fully occupied for five hours. (they)

did not eat, neither did (they) drink. Although Ding and Xueyou were

both hungry and tired, they were very happy, because they got the

visas and would go and visit China very soon.

Grammar

1.The time-measure complement:

A word or phrase attached to a verb or adjective predicate to complete the meaning is

known as a complement.


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A time-measure complement is a time phrase such as

,which follows the verb to indicate the duration of the action. For example:

I will watch for five hours.

He ate for half an hour.

Her older sister watched TV for a day.

I will listen to the news for twenty minutes.

Note that:

(1). An auxiliary verb such as , can be used to express the intent:

(2). Aspectual particle can be used to express the completed aspect:

(3). When the verb has an object,

a)the verb has to be repeated:

b)you can also treat the object and the complement as a unit of quantified object, and

structure

the sentence thus:

(4). To question the duration of the action such questions as

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be used. For example:

How long will you listen?

How long has she been thinking?

How long did his younger brother work on the homework?

How many weeks will you be in China?

How many hours train will you take?

2. Model Particle :

Model particle is also known as sentence particle . Unlike the aspectual , which

comes

after the verb, model particle is always found at the end of the sentence. The modelparticle can

be used to express various different shade of meaning. In the previous lessons, we have

encountered

... pattern. In this pattern, model particle works with the adverb to

indicate

excessiveness. For example:

This book is too expensive.

Chinese characters are too difficult.

In this lesson, we learn to use model particle to indicate that the event expressed in the


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narrative

sentence has already taken place or accomplished. For example:

Where is Zhang? She has gone to the lab.

You have already bought five CD. You want

more (You still want to buy). No.

Note that:

(1) Both aspectual and model can be present in a sentence.

(2) But when comes after the verb and at the end of the sentence as well, it functions

both as

an aspectual and model particle. For example:

(3) The model particle can be used to indicate that the action or event referred to is

something

which took place in the past, but past happenings do not always take the model particle.

Compare the below two sentences:

When I went to see him, he was making the call.


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When I went to see him, he had made the call.

(4) The negative form of the sentence with model particle indicating accomplished

event is

made by putting the adverb ( ) in front of the verb and at the same time dropping

the .

For example:

She bought books, (but) did not buy the dictionary.

To form a question, you can add or at the end of the sentence. For example:

Did you see the movie?

Did he go home?

To form an affirmative-negative question, you can juxtapose the affirmative and negative

form.

For example:

Did you eat or not?

Did she go to the concert or not?

Summary:

Subject Negation VerbObject Particle


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model

particle at the end of the sentence.

For example:

Yesterday she saw a movie (then) went home.

This morning after got out of the class I went to the coffee

house.

Summary:

Subject Verb1 + (object) () Verb2+ (object)

Speech Pattern

1.The time-measure complement:

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1.Zutin nshu le jge xiosh? W shu le qge zhngtu, ksh w hi jude li.

2.W bba mma zi Bijng di le ling ge yu, q le w ge chngsh, cngun le wshde bwgun.

3.Shng dxu de shhu, w zi yyun dng le j nin de ygng, rnshi le bsho de

difu.

4.Cng zhr do Hushngdn zu huch yo zu jge xiosh? W b zhdao, nwn t

ba.

5.Zutin t nin le jge zhngtu de sh? T zhnin le w fnzhng de sh.

6.Jntin shngw w zu le y ge shngw de huch. Nq nr le? W q dshgun bn

qinzhng le.

7.T zi zhr ygng zhxu le sn ge yu de Zhngwn ji q Tiwn le.

8.Jntin shngw loshmi li. Zh xi hizi zhngzhng wnr le y ge shngw.

1.Yesterday how many hour did you sleep? I slept for seven hours, but I still felt tired.

2.My parents stayed in Beijing for two months; (they) had been to five cities, and visited

numerous museums.

3.When I was in college, I was a volunteer in a hospital and met quite a few doctors.

4.How many hours will it take by train from here to Washington? I dont know. Ask him.

5.How many hours did he study? He only studied for five minutes.

6.This morning I sat in a train for the whole morning. Where did you go? I went to the

embassy to apply for a visa.

7.She studied here only for three months before she left for Taiwan.

8.This morning the teacher did not come. These kids played for the entire morning.


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2. Model Particle :

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1.Shngw nh njijie q nr le? Wmen q Zhnggu dshgun le. Nmen q ng xn

zhnlngun le ma? Mi yu.

2.Zutin wnshng nkn le dinyng mi yu? Kn le. Nkn le jge dinyng? W ji kn

y ge.

3.Xngqtin nkn zqi si le ma? Kn le. Nmi kn ma? Mi yu. W titai b rng w

kn.

4.Nmi mi mi n jin shngy? Mi mi. Wishnme ne? N jin shngy ti gu le.

5.Nh mi h w zu de ytng? H le. Znmeyng? Hn bcu. Nme, nzi h y dinr


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ba.

6.Xio Zhng zi ma? T q xnlin bn le. Wnshng ci nng huli.

7.Nchzofn le ma? Mi ne. N wmen yqq ba. B xng, w xinzi mi kngr.

8.Jntin xiw ngn Zhng loshq shynsh le ma? W q le. Zhng loshmi q.

Nq de shhu, t zi zu shnme ne? T zi gn xusheng shu hu ne.

1.Where did you and sister go this morning? We went to the embassy. Did you go to the

new exhibit hall? No.

2.Did you see movies last night? Yes. How many movies did you see? I only saw one.

3.Did you watch the football game on Sunday? Yes. You didnt watch it? No. My wife would

not allow me to watch (it).

4.Did you buy the jacket or not? No. Why? It was too expensive.

5.Did you taste the fish soup I made? Yes. How was it? Not bad. Then have some more.

6.Is Zhang in? She went to the training class. She wont be back until tonight.

7.Did you have your breakfast? No yet. Lets go together. No, I dont have time now.

8.Did you go with Teacher Zhang to the lab this afternoon? I went, (but) Teacher Zhang

didnt. When you went,

what was he doing? He was talking with students.

3.Sequential action:


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1.Jntin xi le k n zu shnme? W xi le k q yyun dng ygng. N yo zi nr

gngzu

du ji ? W yo gngzu bn tin.

2.Zutin wnshng nq nr le? W ch le fn ji q tshgun le. W zi nr di le y ge

wnshng.

3.Mngtin xiw n yu kng ma? Xiw shnme shhou? Xiw sn din zuyu. w

xing wn

njge yf wnt. B xng. Xiw sn din w yo q Tiwn zh Migu bnshch. Q

le Bnshch, w yo q kn y ge pngyou.

4.Shng ge xngq tin shngw w ch le fn ji q Niyu le,suy n d dinhu de

shhou, w b zi.

5.Zutin w cngun le zhnlngun ji q huch zhn ji pngyou le. N nwishnme

mi yu gosu w ne?

W zi shtng dng le ny ge xiosh, Zhn dubuq.


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1.What do you do after class? After class Ill go to hospital to volunteer. How long will you

work there?

I will work for half an hour.

2.Where did you go last night? After eating the dinner I went to the library. I stayed there

for the whole evening.

3.Will you have time tomorrow afternoon? What time in the afternoon? Around three. I

want to ask you a few grammatical

questions. No. Three in the afternoon I will go Taiwans Business Office in the United

States. After going the

Office, I will visit a friend.

4.Last Sunday after the breakfast I went to New York, so when you called, I was not in.

5.Yesterday after visiting the exhibit, I went to the train station to pick up a friend. Then

why didnt you

tell me? I waited for you in the dining hall for an hour.

4. / V.+ (object) or V.+ (object) /

= (almost dont have the time/opportunity to...


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1/

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5/

1.Zh j tin w hn mng, jh mi yu shjin shujio/jh mi yu shujio de shjin.

2.Losh jio de hn ho, ksh zi zhr w jh mi yu jhu shu Zhngwn/W jh miyu shu Zhngwn de jhu.

3.Nr de rn ti du le. T jh mi yu jhu gn n ge xn li de xusheng shu hu /

t jh mi yu gn n ge xn li de xusheng shu hu de jhu.

4.Wmen zi Bijng ji di le j tin, jh mi yu jhu q cngun nxi yumng de

bwgun/

jh mi yu cngun nxi yumng de bwgun de jhu.

5.Dinyng qdin kish, wmen li din wsh fn ci do nr, jh mi yu shjin mi

pio/jh mi yu mi pio de shjin.


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1.These days I have been quite busy. (I) almost dont have the time to sleep.

2.The teachers teach well, but I almost do not have the opportunity to speak Chinese here.

3.There were too many people there. She had almost no chance to talk to the students

who just came.

4.We stayed in Beijing only for few days. (We) almost didnt have the time to visit those

famous museums.

5.The movie started at seven. We arrived there at six fifty-seven. (We) almost had no time

to buy tickets.

5... = (hope thatcan/will)

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1.W hn xing q Tiwn knkan. W xwng mngnin nng yu jhu.

2.Zh bn sh hn nn, shngc hn du. Xwng nmen nng bngzh w.

3.Bba mma, w xing q Zhnggu xux, xwng nnng zhch w de jhu.


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4.Zh sh w sng nde shngr lw, xwng nnng xhuan.

5.W xwng nnng rng w tng nde k.

1.I like it very much to visit Taiwan. I hope that (I) can have the opportunity next year.

2.This book is difficult. New vocabularies are many (there are many new vocabularies).

Hope that you can help me.

3.Mom, Dad, I want to go to study in China. Hope that you can support my plan.

4.This is a gift for you (this is the gift I gave you). Hope that you will like (it).

5.I hope that you will allow me to audit your class (to listen to your class).

6. V.(O) VS. V.(O) = already (did) VS. did not (do) yet:

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1.Nmen du dng le ma? Tmen yjng dng le. W b xng. W hi mi dng ne.


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2.Krn du li le ma? Nn de du yjng li le. N de du hi mi li ne.

3.Nmen sn ge ch fn le mi yu? W yjng ch le, Tmen lir hi mi chne.

4.Nde Zhngwn zuy du zu le ma? Yf zuy w yjng zu le, ksh shngc hi mi

bi ne.

5.Hzho nmen du shnqng le mi yu? Bba mma hzho yngjng shnqng le. W

hi mi ne. Zh ling tin ti mng le.

1.Have you all understood (it)? They already did. Im no good. I havent yet.

2.Have all the guests arrived? All of the male guests have already arrived. None of the

female guests is here yet.

3.Have you three had food yet? I already did. They two havent yet.

4.Are all your Chinese homework done yet? I already did the grammar homework, but (I)havent memorized the vocabularies yet.

5.Have you all applied for the passports? My parents already did. I have not yet. These two

days have been quite busy.

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