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Lesson 4-1 Study Guide
Talking about Hobbies
Talking about Hobbies
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Dialogue:
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Objectives:
- Say and write the terms for basic personal hobbies.
- Ask about someone’s hobbies.
- Ask friends out to see a movie.
- Set up plans for the weekend.
- Learn the pinyin and correct stroke order for the 26 characters introduced in lesson 4-1.
- Learn the new vocabulary introduced in lesson 4-1. You can practice with the online Table Building Activity.
New Vocabulary
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | |
| 周末 | zhōumò | weekend | |
| 打球 | dǎ qiú | to play ball | |
| 打 | dǎ | to hit | |
| 球 | qiú | ball | |
| 看 | kàn | to watch; to look; to read | |
| 电视 | diànshì | television | |
| 电 | diàn | electricity | |
| 视 | shì | vision | |
| 唱歌儿 | chàng gē(r) | to sing (a song) | |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing | |
| 歌 | gē | song | |
| 跳舞 | tiào wǔ | to dance | |
| 跳 | tiào | to jump | |
| 舞 | wǔ | dance | |
| 听 | tīng | to listen | |
| 音乐 | yīnyuè | music | |
| 书 | shū | book | |
| 对 | duì | right; correct | |
| 有的 | yǒude | some | |
| 时候 | shíhou | (a point in) time; moment; (a duration of) time | |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | movie | |
| 影 | yǐng | shadow | |
| 常常 | chángcháng | often | |
| 那 | nà | in that case; then | |
| 去 | qù | to go | |
| 外国 | wàiguó | foreign country | |
| 请客 | qǐng kè | to invite someone (to dinner, etc.); to play the host | |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday | |
| 所以 | suǒyǐ | so |