Lesson:78 我 打算 去 商店 买 东西。
I'm going to the shop to buy something.
Text 1
大卫: 你好,李军。你 去 哪儿?
Hello, Li Jun. Where are you going?
李军: 我 去 图书馆 借 书,你呢?
I go to the library to borrow books. How about you?
大卫: 我 先 去 银行 换 钱,然后 去 商店 买 东西。
I go to the bank first to change money, then to the shop.
李军: 我 也 要 去 银行,咱们 一起 去 吧!
I'm going to the bank, too. Let's go together!
大卫: 你 不去 图书馆 吗?
Don't you go to the library?
李军: 没关系,图书馆 不 关门。
It doesn't matter. The library isn't closed.
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玛丽: 中村,明天 是 星期天,你 打算 干 什么?
Nakamura, tomorrow is Sunday. What are you going to do?
中村: 我 打算 去 商店 买 东西。
I'm going to the shop to buy something.
玛丽: 是 学校 的 商店 吗?
Is it the school store?
中村: 不,是 购物中心。
No, it's a shopping mall.
玛丽: 那儿 的 东西 贵 不 贵?
Are the things there expensive?
中村: 还 可以。那儿 的 东西 很 多,质量 也 不错。
Just so so. There are many things there, and the quality is good.
玛丽: 我 正 打算 买 衣服 呢,明天 和 你 一起 去,好不好?
I'm going to buy clothes. I'll go with you tomorrow, OK?
中村: 好 啊!
Good!
玛丽: 咱们 几点 去?
What time shall we go?
中村: 购物中心 九点 开门,咱们 十点 去 吧。
The shopping center opens at nine. Let's go at ten.
Text 2
A: 今天 的 羊肉 很 好吃,你 怎么 不 吃 了?
The mutton day is excellent, Why don't you eat more?
B: 这个 星期 天天 都 吃 羊肉,不 想 吃 了。
I eat mutton every every day this week. I don't want to eat it any more.
A: 那 你 还 想 吃 什么?
What would you like then?
B: 来 一点儿 面条 吧。
Some noodles please.
Chinese Character and Word.
关 /guān/ 贵 /guì/ 先 /xiān/ 开 /kāi/ 正 /zhèng/ 借 /jiè/ 换 /huàn/ 一起 /yì qǐ/ 商店 /shāng diàn/ 银行 /yín háng/ 星期天 /xīng qī tiān/ 东西 /dōng xi/ 咱们 /zán men/ 不错 /bú cuò/ 然后 /rán hòu/ 开门 /kāi mén/ 关门 /guān mén/ 衣服 /yī fu/ 打算 /dǎ suàn/ 购物中心 /gòu wù zhōng xīn/ 购物 /gòu wù/ 中心 /zhōng xīn/ 还可以 /hái kě yǐ/ 质量 /zhì liàng/
Chinese Grammars.
1: “还可以”: Not bad
“还可以” is used to indicate that something is neither very good or very bad. It is often used to replay to questions of “怎么样”.
For example:
A: 今天 的 天气 怎么样?
B: 还可以。
A: What's the weather like today?
B: Not bad.
A: 我 喜欢 中国 音乐。这 张 光盘 怎么样?
B: 还可以。
A: I like Chinese music. How about this CD?
B: Not bad.
2: The sentence with serial-verb construction:S + VP1 + VP2
In the “ S + VP1(verbal predicate) + VP2(verbal predicate) ” construction, the verb in phrase 2 is usually the objective or motive of the verb in phrase 1.
For example:
我 去 商店 买 东西。
I go to the shop to buy something.
大卫 去 银行 换 钱。
David went to the bank to change money.
玛丽 去 图书馆 做 作业。
Mary goes to the library to do her homework.
学生 们 去 教学楼 上 课。
The students go to the teaching building for class.
3: Reduplication of Measure words.
When a measure word is reduplicated, it means “ every/each”, emphasizing that a specific feature is shared by every member in a certain group, usually followed by “都” .
For example:
同学 们 个个 都 很 高兴。
The students are all very happy.
这个 商店 的 衣服 件件 都 很 漂亮。
The clothes in this shop are very beautiful.
这个 星期 天天 都 吃 羊肉,不 想 吃 了。
I eat mutton every every day this week. I don't want to eat it any more.
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