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學習目標 Learning Objectives

Lesson 1.1 一二三四五六七 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9

Count numbers 1-100

Lesson 1.2 上午十點 sh4ngw& sh0 di3n

State the date and time

Lesson 1.3 你的電話號碼是多少? N- de di4nhu4 h4om3 sh= du!sh3o?

State telephone numbers

1 數字 sh*z= Numbers

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UNIT ONE

I. 情節發展

STORYLINE

The “Magic Chinese” journey started when Lisa and her family went to a flea market and bought what they thought was a compass. It was old and rusty, with many dials and buttons that seemed more like decorations than anything functional. Beautiful designs were carved onto the lid as well. Even though the compass didn’t seem to work very well, Lisa still loved it. What she didn’t realize is that the compass was going to change her life and that of her friends forever.

The day after she bought the compass, Lisa, as always, got together with her four good friends in Peter’s garage. Excitedly, Lisa showed everyone the compass. Peter declared that he knew how to make it work, but Tom barged in, snatched the compass and began wildly pressing all of the buttons and turning all of the dials. Suddenly, as if by magic, strange, glowing words appeared in the air. Tom dropped the compass out of surprise, but the words remained. Everyone was astonished by the glowing words.

They asked Peter what these words meant. Peter explained that

they were times and dates in Chinese. But he didn’t know why they were there or how they appeared. Lisa exclaimed that it didn’t matter. She thought that everything that had occurred so far was extremely exciting and it reminded her of fantasy stories that she had read. Maybe the compass would take them to a magical world! However, something strange happened when Reggie pushed the upper left key. The compass screen promptly displayed English on, what looked like, a computer screen. It seemed to have turned into a translator.

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LESSON 1.1 一二三四五六七

課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE (Lisa is showing her curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone

is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it. But Tom barges in and begins to press all of the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange glowing words appear, as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.)

Tom: Look! What’s this? Hey, these are some amazing

symbols. I wonder what language this is.

Peter: I know! I know! That’s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. 一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、

九、十。

Linda: What? (mimicking) … yi, er, san, si, wu, …… Wow! That’s really cool. I want to learn it.

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生詞 UNIT VOCABULARY A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE

一 二 三 四 五 六

七 八 九 十

B. 生詞 WORD BANK

Traditional Simplified Pinyin Part of Speech Meaning in English

一 一 y9 num. one

二 二 8r num. two

三 三 s1n num. three

四 四 s= num. four

五 五 wǔ num. five

六 六 li* num. six

七 七 q9 num. seven

八 八 b1 num. eight

九 九 ji& num. nine

十 十 sh0 num. ten

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A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION

a.1 Counting from 1-10 in Chinese Read aloud and repeat.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9 b1 ji& sh0

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 十 九 八 七 六 五 四 三 二 一 sh0 ji& b1 q9 li* w& s= s1n 8r y9

Number Song

Read the number song below and clap your hands at the same time.

一二三，三二一， y9 8r s1n, s1n 8r y9, 1 2 3 , 3 2 1,

一二三四五六七。 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.

八九十，十九八， b1 ji& sh0, sh0 ji& b1, 8 9 10, 10 9 8,

七六五四三二一。 q9 li* w& s= s1n 8r y9. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

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a.2 Counting from 10-100 in Chinese 10-19 十， 十一， 十二， …… sh0 sh0 y9 sh0 8r 20-29 二十， 二十一， 二十二， …… 8r sh0 8r sh0 y9 8r sh0 8r 30-39 三十， 三十一， 三十二， ……

. s1n sh0 s1n sh0 y9 s1n sh0 8r

. 四十，

s= sh0 . 五十，

w& sh0 . 六十， li* sh0 . 七十， q9 sh0 . 八十， b1 sh0 . 九十，

ji& sh0 100 一百 y= b3i

Tongue Twister (繞口令)

Challenge yourself: Read aloud as fast as you can.

四是四， S= sh= s=, 十是十， Sh0 sh= sh0, 十四是十四， Sh0 s= sh= sh0 s=, 四十是四十。 S= sh0 sh= s= sh0, 十四不是四十， Sh0 s= b^ sh= s= sh0, 四十不是十四。 S= sh0 b^ sh= sh0 s=.

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B. 交際活動 ACTIVITIES

b.1 Little rubber ball Presentational Communication: Read aloud and observe the rhythm first. Then repeat three times with proper tone inflections.

Xi3o p0qi/, xi1ngji1o l0, m3n d= k1i hu1 8r sh0 y9. 小皮球,香蕉梨*，滿地開花二十一!

Little rubber ball, bananas and pears, the whole ground is covered with flowers: twenty-one!

]r w& li*, 8r w& q9, 8r b1, 8r ji&, s1n sh0 y9. 二五六，二五七，二八，二九，三十一!

Twenty-five and -six, twenty-five and -seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty one!

* Note: Some people use 香蕉油 in place of 香蕉梨. Clapping game Interpretive Communication: 1. Use the rhythm. Clap your hands and cross touch your partner’s hand (your right hand touches your partner’s right hand, vise versa.) 2. Divide yourselves into groups of 4. Then separate into 2 teams. “Team A” performs this sing while “Team B” performs the clapping game with a partner.

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LESSON 1.2 上午十點

課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE Lisa: Great！What is today’s date?

Peter: Look! 今天是二OO九年十月二十六日星期一。

Lisa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this?

Peter: That’s the time. 下午三點二十六分。 Tom: Look at this! I think this button says the time. I’ll press

buttons randomly. Listen!

Time Machine (pronouncing):

一、三、五、七、九。

二、四、六、八、十。

二 OO 七年四月十八號。 上午十點。

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生詞 UNIT VOCABULARY A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE

今 天 年 月 日 下

午 上

B. 生詞 WORD BANK

Traditional Simplified Pinyin Part of Speech Meaning in English

今天 今天 j9nti1n n. today

天 天 ti1n n. day; sky

是 是 sh= v. to be (am, is, are)

零/O 零/ O l0ng num. zero

年 年 ni2n n. year

月 月 yu8 n. month; moon

日 日 r= n. day of the month; sun

星期 星期 x9ngq9 / x9nq0 n. week

下 下 xi4 n.; adj. second (of two parts); next (week, etc.)

午 午 w& n. noon

下午 下午 xi4w& n. afternoon

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點 点 di3n n. o’clock; dot

分 分 f5n n. minute

號 号 h4o n. number; colloquial form of 日

上 上 sh4ng n.; adj. first (of two parts); last (week, etc.)

A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION

a.1 How do you say “year” in Chinese? To say “year”, say the four digit numbers just like you would say a telephone number, and end the phrase with 年 (ni2n, the word for “year”). Examples:

year 1990, 一九九 O 年 y9 ji& ji& l0ng ni2n year 1865, 一八六五年 y9 b1 li* w& ni2n year 2002, 二 O O 二年 8r l0ng l0ng 8r ni2n year 2008, 二 O O 八年 8r l0ng l0ng b1 ni2n year 2012, 二 O 一二年 8r l0ng y9 8r ni2n

a.2 How do you say “month” and “date” in Chinese? The character 月(yu8, moon) stands for month; while 日(r=, sun) stands for the day or the date. For example, the eighteenth day of September is written as 九月十八日. Speaking, however, the word “號” (h4o, number) sometimes replaces “日”. Thus, 九月十八號 is also frequently used to say September 18th.

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To say January to December, just go by the order of the numbers one through twelve.

January February March April 一月 二月 三月 四月 y9 yu8 8r yu8 s1n yu8 s= yu8

May June July August 五月 六月 七月 八月 w& yu8 li* yu8 q9 yu8 b1 yu8

September October November December 九月 十月 十一月 十二月 ji& yu8 sh0 yu8 sh0 y9 yu8 sh0 8r yu8

a.3 Give information on the year, month and date Year + month + date

2008 9 30 年 月 日/號

Example:

November 5th, 2009 二 O O 九年十一月五日/號

EXERCRISE: Provide the English translation for each of the following dates. 一七八五年四月六日/號 _________________________

一八九三年十月十五日/號 _________________________ 一九九六年八月二十九日/號 _________________________ 二 O O 九年三月十六日/號 _________________________

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a.4 State the time of the day AM / PM + hour + minute sh4ngw& / xi4w& 9 10 上午 / 下午 點 分 Examples:

9:10 AM 上午九點十分 3:20 PM 下午三點二十分

B. 語法註解 GRAMMAR NOTES

b.1 Difference between 一月 and 一個月

The word 個(ge) is a generic measure word. So while 一個月(y0 ge yu8) means one month, 一月 means January. Examples:

一個月有三十天。 Y0 ge yu8 y#u s1n sh0 ti1n. There are thirty days in a month. as opposed to

一月有三十一天。 Y9 yu8 y#u s1n sh0 y9 ti1n. There are thirty-one days in January.

b.2 Special rules of counting “年(ni2n)” and “星期 (x9ngq9)”

When counting the number of years “年(ni2n)”, never use a measure word. Thus, “a year” is “一年(y= ni2n)” rather than “一個年(y0 ge ni2n)”.

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Example:

一年有三百六十五天。 Y= ni2n y#u s1n b3i li* sh0 w& ti1n. There are 365 days in a year.

The word for week “星期(x9ngq9)” on the other hand, sometimes takes the measure word “個(ge)” as a counter. Example:

三個星期有二十一天。 S1n ge x9ngq9 y#u 8r sh0 y9 ti1n. There are 21 days in three weeks. EXERCRISE: Translate the following into Chinese pinyin. There are 366 days in the year 2012.

There are 28 (or 29) days in February this year. There are four weeks in a month. ________________________________________ There are 52 weeks in a year. ________________________________________

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C. 交際活動 ACTIVITIES

c.1 Big grey wolf, what’s the time?

Presentational Communication:

D4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le? 大灰狼,大灰狼,幾點了？

D4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le? 大灰狼,大灰狼,幾點了？

Big grey wolf, big grey wolf, what’s the time?

S1n di3n le. 三點了。

Three o’clock.

D4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le? 大灰狼,大灰狼,幾點了？

Big grey wolf, big grey wolf, what’s the time?

Sh0 8r di3n le. 十二點了。

Twelve o’clock.

Interpretive Communication: Let’s play a game – at twelve o’clock the big grey wolf gets really hungry… run! One of you will be the “big grey wolf”. Everyone else will circle around the big grey wolf and tease him/her by saying: “大灰狼(d4 hu9 l2ng), 大灰狼, what time is it?” The big grey wolf says “It’s xxx o’clock!” It’s up to the big grey wolf to decide when to call out 12 o’clock, which is the time he/she gets to chase and capture one of the boys or girls who does not run away from him/her quickly enough.

The person who plays the role of “大灰狼” can call out a random hour, such as 一點, 三點. Only when s/he says “十二點了(It’s twelve o’clock now)”, do others need to run as fast as they can to avoid being caught. The one who is caught by “大灰狼” is now “大灰狼” for the next round.

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c.2 Birthdays Interpersonal Communication: Interview your classmates and ask for their birth date to complete the chart below.

Presentational Communication: After your interview, randomly pick three answers that you gathered and report the information to your class in Chinese.

Date of Birth (生日) Name (姓名)

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LESSON 1.3

你的電話號碼是多少?

課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE Reggie: Wait! Can you type in my phone number? Let me

hear how it sounds.

Peter: Ok，你的電話號碼是多少？ (Peter presses the button as Reggie says his phone number.)

Time Machine: (六二五）六七八一二五 O。 Tom: Here we go!

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生詞 UNIT VOCABULARY A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE

多 少 B. 生詞 WORD BANK

Traditional Simplified Pinyin Part of Speech Meaning in English

你 你 n- pron. you (singular)

的 的 de part. possessive or ending marker

電 电 di4n n. electricity; electric

話 话 hu4 n. language; words; talk

電話 电话 di4nhu4 n. telephone

號碼 号码 h4om3 n. number; series of number

多 多 du! / duó adj. more; many

少 少 sh3o adj. less; few

多少* 多少 du!sh3o/ duósh3o q.w. how many; how much

* Note: Some Chinese use 多少/du!sh3o/, some ask 幾號/j-h4o/ to inquire a telephone number. In northern China, the tone of 多/du!/ changes to /duó/ when used as a question word to mean “how” as in “how many or how much” –多少/duósh3o/.

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A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION

a.1 Respectful “you” 您 n0n Manner and courtesy are very important to the Chinese people. In order to show respect using their language, Chinese people use a special word: “您(n0n)”, which means “you-respectfully”. “您” should be used when addressing your elders, someone with a higher position, officials, and professionals (lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc.) Examples:

老師，您好。 L3osh9, n0n h3o. Grandpa，您好。 Grandpa, n0n h3o.

a.2 Report phone numbers 電話 is sometimes used as short form of 電話號碼. To state a telephone number in Chinese just say each digit in order. Remember numbers are keywords in a sentence; you need to pronounce each number clearly and correctly. Example:

681-833-9706 六八一, 八三三, 九七 O 六 li* b1 y9 , b1 s1n s1n, ji& q9 l0ng li* International phone numbers include a country code and city code in addition to the local number. Practice saying the phone numbers given in the examples below. Role play

Interpretive Communication: Work with a partner. One of you will be A, the other will be B who pretends to live either San Francisco, Boston, or Taipei. A asks for B’s telephone number and then B answers the question by reading out one of the numbers listed below. Switch the roles during doing this role play.

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A: 你的電話號碼是多少？ N- de di4nhu4 h4om3 sh= du!sh3o? B: 我的電話號碼是…… W# de di4nhu4 h4om3 sh=…

B. 語法註解 GRAMMAR NOTES

b.1 Possessive “的” “的”(de) indicates that the previous noun has possession of the next one. It functions like the “ ‘s” in “boy’s” or like the word of in English.

Noun + 的 + Noun

Examples: 你的電話 n- de di4nhu4 your telephone 我的*生日 w# de sh5ngr= my birthday 我的皮球 w# de p0qi^ my rubber ball 他的**香蕉 t1 de xi1ngji1o his bananas 他的梨 t1 de l0 his pears 我的花 w# de hu1 my flowers

*我的, w#de my; mine **他的, t1de his

San Francisco 415- 986-1822 415- 581-3500 415- 468-2626

Boston 617- 555-1211 517- 555-0377 617- 555-7292

Taipei Country code-city code- home number

886 - 2 - 2546 - 7830 886 - 2 - 6790 - 5431

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b.2 多少 (how many? how much?) 多 means more; 少 means less. When 多少 is used as a word, it means “how many/ how much.” (see explanation of /du@sh3o/ under the Word Bank in this lesson.) Examples:

How much is this? Zh8 ge du!sh3o (du@sh3o)? How many months in one year? Y= ni2n, du!sh3o (du@sh3o) ge yu8? What is your telephone number? _____________________________ What is his telephone number? ______________________________

b.3 Verb “是” Unlike western languages, verbs in Chinese remain the same whether the subject is singular or plural. For example in Chinese, both “I” and “We” would use the same verb “是”. However in English, the verb form changes from “am” to “are” if the subject changes (“I am a student” or “We are students.”).See more on this in Unit 2. Examples: 你的電話是多少? N- de di4nhu4 sh= du!sh3o (du@sh3o)?

今天是…? J9nti1n sh= …?

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C. 交際活動 ACTIVITIES

c.1 Telephone number Interpersonal Communication:

Interview four of your classmates for their phone numbers in Chinese by using the sentence pattern below. Then, complete a telephone directory in the chart. Q: 你的電話號碼是多少？ N- de di4nhu4 h4om3 sh= du!sh3o? What’s your telephone number?

A: 我的電話號碼是… W# de di4nhu4 h4om3 sh=… My telephone number is _________

Telephone Number (電話號碼 di4nhu4 h4om3) Name (姓名)

In Numbers In Chinese characters

Interpretive Communication: Used the table above, and pick three numbers in the second column, read these numbers one by one in Chinese. If your number is being read, you should raise your hand and respond with“我的。” (W# de means “That’s mine!”)

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c.2 Little Monkey’s Weekly Activities

H@uzi de y= x9ngq9 猴子的一星期

J9nti1n x9ngq9 y9, h@uzi chu1n x9ny9. 今天 星期 一， 猴子 穿 新衣。

Today is Monday, Monkey wears its new clothes.

J9nti1n x9ngq9 8r, h@uzi d*zi 8. 今天 星期 二， 猴子 肚子餓。

Today is Tuesday, Monkey is hungry.

J9nti1n x9ngq9 s1n, h@uzi y4o p2sh1n. 今天 星期 三, 猴子 要 爬山。

Today is Wednesday, Monkey climbs the hill.

J9nti1n x9ngq9 s=, h@uzi q* ch1osh=. 今天 星期 四， 猴子 去 超市。

Today is Thursday, Monkey goes to the supermarket.

J9nti1n x9ngq9 w&, h@uzi y4o ti4ow&. 今天 星期 五， 猴子 要 跳舞。

Today is Friday, Monkey wants to dance.

J9nti1n x9ngq9 li*, h@uzi q* li* li*. 今天 星期 六， 猴子 去 遛遛。

Today is Saturday, Monkey has gone for a stroll.

J9nti1n x9ngq9 ti1n, h@uzi l8 f1n ti1n. 今天 星期 天， 猴子 樂 翻天。

Today is Sunday, Monkey is extremely happy.

** Note: 星期/x9ngq9/ is pronounced in mainland China, and /x9ngq0/ in Taiwan.

Interpretive & Presentational Communication: Read this rhyme aloud together with your class and observe the rhythm. a. Create body movements for each day of the week. Practice your body movements while reading the rhyme until you can act out the appropriate movement when hearing each day of the week. You can: b. Perform your body movements to the class while the class chants the rhyme.

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Interpretive Communication: Read the authentic material and provide responses below.

Peter went to visit his grandparents in Taiwan a while back. He took the train ride from Taipei to Taichung.

1. What was the number of car and number of the seat on Peter’s ticket? [_______車 __________號] 2. Was this a morning or an afternoon train? Circle one: a. 上午 b.下午 3. On the ticket above, find the set of 10 digit ticket number, and the set of 13 digit number. Read them out loud in Chinese first, and check your accuracy with your instructor or your friend next to you.

文化知識 CULTURAL DISCOVERY

Cultural Product, Perspective and Practice: A. Six, eight and four in Chinese Culture The Chinese believe that some numbers are more auspicious than others. Six and Eight represent good fortune for the Chinese, much as the number seven is considered a lucky number for Westerners. 6 represents 順 (sh*n, smooth), 8 represents 發(f1, bringing good fortune). On the other hand, Westerners consider

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thirteen to be an unlucky number while for Chinese the number 4 is considered unlucky. The pronunciation of the number 4 is a homophone (that is it sounds the same) with the word “death” (s-), and is therefore often avoided.

B. Chinese number gestures Note: This set of hand signs is one of many types.

1 一 y9 2 二 8r 3 三 s1n

4 四 s= 5 五 w& 6 六 li*

7 七 q9 8 八 b1 9 九 ji&

10 十 sh0

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認識部首 Radical Writing

Interpretive Communication

人 (r6n) human being; person; people; mankind “人”, as a radical, is normally written on the left side of a character (e.g., 你, 他)

口 (k#u) mouth; entrance; gate “口”, as a radical, is usually written on the left side of a character. (e.g.,叫)

EXERCISE: Some of the following characters belong to the radical “人”; some belong to “口”. Make a circle (O) for any character with the radical “人”; make a check mark ( ) for any character with the radical “口”.

吹 to blow 眼 eye 他 he

你 you 伯 uncle 吠 to bark

伴 companion 吃 to eat 味 taste

唱 to sing 上 above 吵 noisy

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課文閱讀 INTEGRATED READING (Lisa is showing her curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone

is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it, but Tom barges in and begins to press all the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange, glowing words appear as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.)

Tom: Look! What’s this? Hey, these are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is.

Peter: I know! I know! That’s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. 一、二、三、四、五、六、

七、八、九、十。

Linda: What? (mimicking) … yi, er, san, si, wu, …… Wow! That’s really cool. I want to learn it.

Lisa: Great! What is today’s date?

Peter: Look! 今天是二OO九年十月二十六日星期一。

Lisa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this?

Peter: That’s the time. 下午三點二十六分。 Tom: Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. I’ll

press them randomly. Listen!

Time Machine

(pronouncing): 一、三、五、七、九。

二、四、六、八、十。

二 OO 七年四月十八號。 上午十點。

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Reggie: Wait! Can you type in my phone number? Let me hear how it sounds.

Peter: Ok，你的電話號碼是多少？ (Peter presses the button as Reggie says his phone number.)

Time Machine: （六二五）六七八一二五 O。 Tom: Here we go!

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UNIT ONE

Find out how much you know by answering the following questions. ___________

1. Where did Lisa obtain the Magic Compass? a. in the backyard of her house b. at a flea market c. in Peter’s garage

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2. Who are the main characters in the story? a. Lisa, Peter, Tom, Linda and Reggie b. Lisa, Melinda, Peter, Thomson and Roy c. Lisa, Amanda, Peter, Williams and Scott

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3. What were the surprises that the children discovered? a. that the Compass displays strange glowing words b. that Peter knew Chinese c. that Reggie was a computer wiz

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4. What enables Linda to say “yi, er, san, si, wu,…” ? a. Linda reads from the screen and mimics them. b. Peter taught her before. c. Linda already learned the secret symbols last week.

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5. What was the date and time that the Magic Compass revealed? a. Monday, October 26, 2009 b. 9:26 AM c. 10 AM, April 25, 2007

Mark what you can do in Chinese after finishing this lesson.

__________ 1. I can count numbers from 1 to 100. __________ 2. I can say what today’s date is. __________ 3. I can ask for and tell time. __________ 4. I can ask for and say telephone numbers. __________ 5. I can sing songs and play games with numbers and hand signs.