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Lesson:40  平时 我 在 学校 食堂 吃饭。

I usually eat in the school canteen.

我 的 同屋 是 中国人,他 在 一 家 汽车 公司 工作。他 每天 都 很 忙,从 早上 八点 到 下午 五点 都 在 公司 上班,有时候 周末 也 去 上班。平时 我 在 学校 食堂 吃饭,他 也 不 在 家 吃饭。休息 的时候,我们 在 家 做饭。我 做 韩国 菜,他 做 中国 菜,我们 一起 吃饭 聊天儿。
My roommate is Chinese, he works in a car company. He is busy every day from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon to work in the company and sometimes to work at weekends. I usually eat in the school canteen, and he doesn't eat at home. When we rest, we cook at home. I do Korean food, he makes Chinese food, we eat and chat together.

Chinese Character and Word.

家 /jiā/     在 /zài/     到 /dào/     菜 /cài/     从 /cóng/     同屋 /tóng wū/     学校 /xué xiào/     工作 /gōng zuò/     时候 /shí hòu/     公司 /gōng sī/     食堂 /shí táng/     汽车 /qì chē/     上班 /shàng bān/     周末 /zhōu mò/     平时 /píng shí/     的时候 /de shí hòu/     做饭 /zuò fàn/     聊天儿 /liáo tiān r/     有时候 /yǒu shí hòu/     

Chinese Grammars.

1: Preposition 在(2)
” is a preposition. “ + 地方” is put before a verb and used as an adverbial of place.
For example:
S + P [ Adv +
+ Location + V + O ]

He doesn't eat at home.
常常 宿舍
I often surf the Internet in my dorm.
S + P [
+ Location + V ]
他们 公园 见面
They meet in the park.

2: Structure: 从 ..... 到 .....
The structure “ ..... .....” means “from ..... to .....” or “from ..... till .....” to connect words of time or place. It is before a verb or an adjective.
For example:
八点 十一点半
From eight to half past eleven, I read book.
星期一 星期五
I'm very busy from Monday to Friday.
下午 五点 六点 电视
Watch TV from five to six in the afternoon.
这儿 图书馆 一千
It's a kilometer from here to the library.

3: Structure: adverbials(time) + adverbials(place)
When there are both adverbials of time and place in the same sentence, the adverbial of time comes before the adverbial of place.
S + P [ adverbials(time) + adverbials(place) + V + O ]
昨天 上午 图书馆
I read in the library yesterday morning.
现在 朋友 晚饭
He is now having dinner at a friend's house.

Sometimes the adverbial of time is placed before the subject.
adverbials(time) + S + P [ adverbials(place) + V + O ]
今年 中国 学习 汉语
I study Chinese in China this year.
上午 学校 上课
I have a class in the school in the morning.

4: The usage of punctuation marks (2)
Colon(:):It denotes something is to be followed.
For example:
爸爸妈妈弟弟
There are four people in my family: Dad, mother, Younger brother and me.
妈妈 早点 睡觉
Mother said: go to bed early.

Slight-pause mark(、):It denotes a pause among short coordinate words in a sentence.
For example:
爸爸妈妈弟弟
There are four people in my family: Dad, mother, Younger brother and me.
我们 美国 日本 韩国
There are Americans, Japanese and Koreans in our class.

5: Classroom expressions (2)
我们 今天 学习
We learn second lessons today.
大家 打开 9
Please open the book and turn to page ninth.

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