Chinese in Focus

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

   1. 你叫什么名字？

   2. 今天星期几？

   3. 现在几点？

   4. 你现在在做什么？

   5. 你明天做什么？

   6. 今天你怎么回家？

   7. 你几月几日生日？

   8. 你昨天吃什么？

   9. 你今天早上喝什么？

  10. 你什么时候来中国？

Hi there!

I really like this video about one of my best friends in China.

Watch it and then answer the following questions with complete sentences.

If you cannot access youtube, open this link in another window:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjE1NTA0NjUy.html

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Hey!

Look at this great picture!

Can you answer the questions?

The colors indicate what the questions refer to.

     1. 他叫什么名字？

   2. 他是哪国人？

   3. 他多高？

   4. 他喜欢什么？

   5. 他喜欢做什么？

   6. 他有没有小孩儿？

   7. 他有几个小孩儿？

   8. 他有没有电影？

   9. 他有多少电影？

  10. 他在哪里？

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大家好！

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Then look at the picture here and do the following:

1. Rememb...