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Unit 3.1 Work and Class Schedule

Pinyin and English Annotation Unit 3.1 Pinyin and English

Text recording

工作和上课时间表

Reading Exercise

1. Multiple Choice. 

Short Answer Qu2. estions: Answer the following questions based on the conversation above:

2. Based on the schedule, complete the fill-in-the-blank reading comprehension questions in Chinese:

工作和上课时间表

Sentence Structure

1. 怎么样 (zěn me yàng)

Meaning:
Means “how about,” “how is,” or “how are.” It is used to ask for opinions, conditions, or status.

When to Use:

• To ask for someone’s opinion about something.
• To inquire about the state or condition of something/someone.

Examples:

• 这个菜怎么样？
  (Zhè gè cài zěn me yàng?) – How is this dish?
• 你最近怎么样？
  (Nǐ zuì jìn zěn me yàng?) – How have you been recently?
• 明天天气怎么样？
  (Míng tiān tiān qì zěn me yàng?) – How will the weather be tomorrow?

2. 了 (le)

Meaning:
The particle 了 has several uses, including:

1. To indicate completion of an action.
2. To show a change of state.

When to Use:

• Completion: Add 了 after a verb to show the action is finished.
• Change of state: Place 了 at the end of a sentence to indicate a new situation.

Examples:

• 我吃了晚饭。 (Wǒ chī le wǎn fàn.) – I ate dinner.
• 他去了北京。 (Tā qù le Běi jīng.) – He went to Beijing.
• 天气冷了。 (Tiān qì lěng le.) – The weather has gotten cold.
• 我买了书，现在去图书馆。 (Wǒ mǎi le shū, xiàn zài qù tú shū guǎn.) – I bought a book and now I’m going to the library.

3. Weekdays (星期 – xīng qī)

Structure:
星期 + [Number (1–6)]
For Sunday, you can say 星期日 (xīng qī rì) or 星期天 (xīng qī tiān).

Examples:

• 星期一 (xīng qī yī) – Monday
• 星期二 (xīng qī èr) – Tuesday
• 星期三 (xīng qī sān) – Wednesday
• 星期四 (xīng qī sì) – Thursday
• 星期五 (xīng qī wǔ) – Friday
• 星期六 (xīng qī liù) – Saturday
• 星期日/星期天 (xīng qī rì / xīng qī tiān) – Sunday

Example Sentences:

• 今天是星期几？
  (Jīn tiān shì xīng qī jǐ?) – What day is today?
• 明天是星期五。
  (Míng tiān shì xīng qī wǔ.) – Tomorrow is Friday.
• 我星期天不上课。
  (Wǒ xīng qī tiān bù shàng kè.) – I don’t have class on Sunday.

4. Time Words: 点, 分, 半

点 (diǎn): Refers to “o’clock” or “hour.”
分 (fēn): Refers to “minute.”
半 (bàn): Refers to “half,” meaning 30 minutes past the hour.

Structure:
[Hour] 点 [Minute] 分 (optional to include 分 for minutes)

Examples:

• 一点 (yī diǎn) – 1 o’clock
• 十点半 (shí diǎn bàn) – 10:30
• 五点五分 (wǔ diǎn wǔ fēn) – 5:05
• 八点零三分 (bā diǎn líng sān fēn) – 8:03

Example Sentences:

• 现在几点？ (Xiàn zài jǐ diǎn?) – What time is it now?
  • 回答: 现在三点半。 (Xiàn zài sān diǎn bàn.) – It’s 3:30.
• 我早上七点起床。 (Wǒ zǎo shàng qī diǎn qǐ chuáng.) – I get up at 7 a.m.
• 我们下午两点见。 (Wǒ men xià wǔ liǎng diǎn jiàn.) – Let’s meet at 2 p.m.

Grammar Exercise

Listening and Typing Exercise