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2.6 Reading for Fluency

Mandarin Chinese · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Food items in a restaurant; crossword; quantifiers (份、碗、杯、瓶、双、个); cutlery words (菜单、酒杯、杯子、盘子、碗、刀、叉子、勺子、筷子、服务员、老板)
  • Action words (点菜、打包/带走、买单); polite expressions; restaurant etiquette; 我想要 + number + quantifier + dish; asking for recommendations

What you will be able to do

  • identify keywords and phrases in restaurant texts
  • read short texts with correct intonation

Key questions

“How can we read short texts in a given context fluently?”

Lessons

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  1. Food words and quantifiers in reading
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Solve a food crossword, read food words aloud and underline quantifiers in ordering sentences.
  2. Reading about restaurant etiquette
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read a text on Chinese restaurant etiquette with correct intonation, answer questions and role-play orders.