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Lesson 3
When is your birthday
Teaching Objective
Learn how to express the year, the month, the date and the weekdays.
Learn how to talk about your birthday.
Key vocabulary and sentences
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Phonetics
Initials: zh, ch, sh, r
Finals: an, en, in, un, ün
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Dialogues
A: What is the date today?
jīn tiān jǐ hào?
B: It is March 17th today.
jīn tiān shì sān yuè shí qī rì.
A: What day is it today?
jīn tiān xīng qī jǐ?
B: It is Wednesday today.
jīn tiān xīng qī sān.
A: When is your birthday?
nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ rì?
B: My birthday is on March 18th.
wǒ de shēng rì shì sān yuè shí bā rì.
A: Let’s go to your home, shall we?
wǒmen qù nǐjiā, hǎo ma?
B: O.K.
hǎo de.
Read and answer:
1. What is the date today?
2. What day is it today?
3. When is the man’s birthday?
4. What are they planning to do on the man’s birthday?
New Words
1. n. jīn tiān today
2. n. xīng qī week
3. n. nián year
4. n. yuè month
5. n. rì date / day
6. n. shēng rì birthday
7. v. qù to go
8. pron. wǒmen we / us
9. n. xīng qī yī Monday
10. n. xīng qī èr Tuesday
11. n. xīng qī sān Wednesday
12. n. xīng qī sì Thursday
13. n. xīng qī wǔ Friday
14. n. xīng qī liù Saturday
15. n. xīng qī rì Sunday
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Notes
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Ways to express the year, the month, the date and the days of a week.
1. “ ”+ “ ”
The way of expressing a year is “number” + “year”
1989 2007
yī jiǔ bā jiǔ nián èr líng líng qī nián
2. “ 1 12 ”+“ ”
The twelve months are expressed as “number(1--12)” + “month”
yīyuè èryuè sānyuè sìyuè wǔyuè liùyuè
January February March April May June
qīyuè bāyuè jiǔyuè shíyuè shíyīyuè shí’èryuè
July August September October November December
3. “ 1 31 ”+“ ”
A date is indicated in the same way as a month: “number (1--31)” + “date”
(“ ri ” is used in written form and “hào” is more colloquial.)
E.g.:
4. “ ”+“ -- ”
Weekdays are indicated by putting “ ” before each of the number’s from “one”
to “six”: “week” + “number”. The seventh day is written as “ / ”.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
5. , ,
The date is: year-month-day
E.g.: 1989 8 27 (August 27, 1989)
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Substitution and Extension
A:
B:
liù yuè June
qī yuè July
bā yuè August
jiǔ yuè September
shí yuè October
shí yī yuè November
shí èr yuè December
A:
B:
xīng qī èr Tuesday
xīng qī sān Wednesday
xīng qī sì Thursday
xīng qī wǔ Friday
xīng qī liù Saturday
xīng qī rì Sunday
A:
B:
wǔ yuè qī hào May 7th
shí yuè jiǔ rì Oct. 9th
Phonetics
zh ch sh r
Initials
an en in un ün
Finals
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Exercise
1. Tones
gāo gáo gǎo gào (gāo )
zhāo zháo zhǎo zhào (zhǎo )
sī sí sǐ sì (sì )
shī shí shǐ shì (shí )
2. Sound Discrimination
z c s zī cī sì
zh ch sh zhī chī shí
zǎo( ) zòu( ) sài( )
zhāo( ) chōu( ) shài( )
3. Read and learn
sìyuè ( ) wǔyuè ( ) liù yuè ( )
xīngjīī ( ) xīngjīèr ( ) xīngjīrì ( )
wǒ men ( ) gāo xìng ( ) shēng rì ( )
4. Complete the Conversations
A: jīn tiān jǐ hào
B: _________ jīn tiān________.
A: jīn tiān xīng qī jǐ
B: _________ jīn tiān_________.
A: ___________ nǐ de shēng rì shì__________
B: wǒ de shēng rì shìsān yuè shí bā hào.
5. Situational Dialogue
(1)
Students talk about their own birthday.
(2)
How many days are there in a week? (Tell your classmates.)
(3)
How many months are there in a year? (Tell your friends.)
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Chinese Gestures for Numbers
yī èr
one two
sān sì
three four
wǔ liù
five six
qī bā
seven eight
jiǔ shí
nine ten
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