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1.6 Oral Expression
Mandarin Chinese · Grade 8 · 3 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Core food and drink: 米饭, 菜, 茶, 水; verbs 吃, 喝
- Kenyan plate in Chinese clothes: 乌加利, 蔬菜, 茶; local names kept where needed
- Preferences: 我喜欢吃米饭。我不喝茶。
- Turn-taking in meal talk: 你呢?, 请, 谢谢, wait until 喝 is finished
What you will be able to do
- recall key food and drink words from short oral texts
- construct simple sentences with 吃 and 喝
- acknowledge the importance of clarity and turn-taking at a shared table
Key questions
“What strategies can you use to ensure clarity of ideas during oral communication?”
Lessons
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吃米饭 喝茶: 吃 versus 喝
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizUse 吃 with 米饭 and 菜, 喝 with 茶 and 水, and never 吃茶.
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乌加利和蔬菜: a Kenyan meal in Chinese
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe lunch with 乌加利, 蔬菜, 茶 and 水, without renaming ugali as 米饭.
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我喜欢吃米饭。你呢?: likes and table turns
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizSay 我喜欢吃 / 喝, hand back with 你呢?, and use 请 and 谢谢 at the table.