mandarin123.com >> converstion >> RMCTS Lesson 14 ( Do you have sisters? )

Step 1: read conversation twice, and study vocabulary for 10 minutes.

你有姐妹吗 ?
我有姐姐,我没有妹妹。
你有几个姐姐?
我有一个姐姐。
你姐姐作什麽工作?
她在银行工作。她是银行的职员。
你姐姐有没有先生?
有。她先生也在银行工作。他是银行的经理。
你姐姐和她先生有孩子吗?
有。他们有两个孩子,一男一女。
你常常去你姐姐家吗?
不常。她们一家在中国。我很想他们,常常给姐姐写信。我告诉她 :我有一个好朋友叫 Judy,是美国人。我姐姐问你好。
谢谢,我也请你问她和她的家人好 。

Vocabulary
Chinese WordsPinyinEnglish Translation
工 作gong(1) zuo(4)job, profession
zuo(4)to do
xiang(3)to miss
you(3)to have, to posess
mei(2)negator for have (有)
妹妹mei(4) mei(4)younger sister
姐姐jie(3) jie(3)older sister
姐妹jie(3) mei(4)female siblings
银行 yin(2) xing(2)bank
爱人ai((4) ren(2)spouse
书店shu(1) dian(4)bookstore
孩子hai(2) zichildren
xie(3)to write
xin(4)letter
gei(3)to, for
告诉gao(4) su(4)to tell
职员zhi(2) yuan(2)staff member
工程师gong(1) cheng(2) shi(1)engineer
经理jing(1) li(3)manager, director
ge(4)(measure) general
ben(3)(measure) for a book
wei(4)(measure) for a person
纽泽西niu(3) ze(2) xi(1)New Jersey
佛吉尼亚fo(2) ji(2) ni(2) ya(4)Virginia

Step 2: take following vocabulary quiz, try to get a perfect score. reread the conversation to check your reading comprehension.(10 minutes) vocabular quiz.

Step 3: Check out English and pinyin version of the text, Listen to the audio and practice. (10 minutes) Conversation audio

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