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1.5 Oral Expression

Mandarin Chinese · Grade 8 · 3 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Vehicles for a trip: 公共汽车 / 公交车, 火车, 飞机; ticket 票
  • Buying a ticket: 一张票多少钱? 票十五先令。
  • Weekend fun as travel: 我周末坐火车去奈瓦沙。游泳, 看动物
  • Safety: seatbelt, no hanging off a matatu, do not carry a stranger’s bag

What you will be able to do

  • repeat transport and ticket phrases from oral texts
  • use 坐 + vehicle and 票 in different travel contexts
  • appreciate the importance of expressing a trip clearly

Key questions

“What techniques can enhance speaking clarity?”

Lessons

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  1. 公共汽车火车票: naming the trip
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Say 坐公共汽车, 坐火车 and 一张票, and match 坐 to bus, train and plane.
  2. 一张票多少钱?: buying the seat
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Ask 一张票多少钱?, answer with 先令, and buy a ticket to a Kenyan town.
  3. 我周末坐火车去奈瓦沙: fun, then safety
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Plan a weekend trip with 坐火车 / 坐公共汽车, one activity, and one safety line.