IC 1 L8 Part ２ A Letter: Vocabulary and Dialogue

By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih

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IC1  Lesson 8 Part 2: A Letter: Talking about Studying Chinese

Vocabulary

Audio: Lesson 8_A Letter_Vocab (Textbook p.217)

Click on the word to hear the sound and its stroke animation, and examples of word combinations and sentences.

ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
1	封		fēng	to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
2	信		xìn	letter; mail; Classifiers: 封 ;
3	最近		zuì jìn	recent; recently; these days; latest; soon; nearest (of locations); shortest (of routes)
4	最		zuì	most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
5	近		jìn	near; close to; approximately
6	学期	學期	xué qī	term; semester; Classifiers: 个
7	除了		chú le	besides; apart from (… also…); in addition to; except (for)
8	以外		yǐ wài	apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
9	专业	專業	zhuān yè	specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; Classifiers: 门 ; professional
10	会	會	huì	can; know how to
11	后来	後來	hòu lái	afterwards; later
12	音乐会	音樂會	yīn yuèhuì	concert; Classifiers: 场
13	希望		xī wàng	to hope; hope ; Classifiers: 个
14	能		néng	be able to; can
15	用		yòng	to use
16	笑		xiào	laugh; smile
17	祝		zhù	to wish (well)

Characters

ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
1	封		fēng	to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
2	信		xìn	letter; mail; Classifiers: 封 ;
3	最	㝡, 冣	zuì	most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
4	近		jìn	near; close to; approximately
5	学	學	xué	to learn; to study; science; -ology
6	期	朞	qī	period; phase; stage; courses of study; time; term; period
7	除		chú	to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; except; not including
8	以	㕥, 㠯	yǐ	to use; according to; so as to; by means of; in order to; by; with; because
9	外		wài	outside; in addition; foreign; external
10	专	專	zhuān	for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized; variant of专
11	业	業	yè	line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property
12	音		yīn	sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone
13	乐	樂	yue4	music
14	会	會	huì	can; to be possible; to be able to; will; to be likely to; to meet; to gather; association; meeting；Classifiers: 个 )
15	后	後	hòu	empress; queen; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
16	来	來	lái	to come; to arrive
17	希		xī	to hope
18	望	朢	wàng	to hope; to expect; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards
19	能		néng	can; to be able to
20	用		yòng	to use
21	笑	咲	xiào	laugh; smile
22	祝		zhù	to wish

Downloadable Documents/ Worksheets

• IC 1 L8D2 Character Sheets with stroke order
• IC 1 L8D2 Vocabulary Flashcards
• IC 1 L8D2 Vocabulary Sheets

Lesson 8 A Letter Text 第八课课文一封信

• Audio: Lesson 8 Part 2_Text: Diary (Textbook p.215-216)

Text 课文

A Letter

一封信

小音：

你好！好久不见,最近怎么样？

这个学期我很忙，除了专业课以外，还得学中文。我们的中文课很有意思。因为我们的中文老师只会说中文，不会说英文，所以上课的时候我们只说中文，不说英文。开始我觉得很难，后来，王朋常常帮我练习中文，就觉得不难了。

你喜欢听音乐吗？下个星期六，我们学校有一个音乐会，希望你能来。我用中文写信写得很不好，请别笑我。祝

好！

你的朋友

李友

IC1 Lesson 8 Part 2_Letter_Text With Pinyin