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Foundation A 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ Unit 1 Lesson C 1 Fill in the blanks with the name of the country and the nationality. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ __________ __________ __________ _______________ _______________ __________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ © EMC Publishing 真棒 Workbook Unit 1 Lesson C 57 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ 2 Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. 人 rén 朋友 péng.yǒu 不是 bú.shì 我的 wǒ.de 也 yě 大家 dàjiā 1. ___________________ 好 hăo，我是加拿大人 wǒ shì Jiā’nádàrén。 2. 他们是英国人 Tā.mén shì Yīng.guórén，___________________ 美国人 Měi.guórén。 3. 我认识印度 Wǒ rèn.shì Yìndù ___________________。 4. 王校长是西班牙 Wáng xiàozhăng shì Xībānyá ___________________。 5. Paul ___________________ 是新加坡人 shì Xīnjiāpōrén。 6. ___________________ 朋友很高兴 péng.yǒu hěn gāoxìng。 3 Change the following sentences to the plural form. 我是中国人。 Wǒ shì Zhōng.guórén. 我们是中国人。 Wǒ.mén shì Zhōng.guórén. 1. 他不是德国人。 Tā bú.shì Dé.guórén. ______________________________________________________________________ 2. 她很高兴。 Tā hěn gāoxìng. ______________________________________________________________________ 58 Unit 1 Lesson C 真棒 Workbook © EMC Publishing 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ 3. 你也是日本人。 Nǐ yě shì Rìběnrén. ______________________________________________________________________ 4. 很高兴认识你。 Hěn gāoxìng rèn.shì nǐ. ______________________________________________________________________ 4 Unscramble the words and phrases below to make complete sentences. 很 hěn / 老师 lăoshī / 好 hăo。 老师很好。 Lăoshī hěn hăo. 1. 也 yě / 我 wǒ / 加拿大 Jiā’nádà / 是 shì / 人 rén。 ______________________________________________________________________ 2. 我 wǒ / 日本人 Rìběnrén / 是 shì。 ______________________________________________________________________ 3. 哪国人 něi-guó rén / 是 shì / 你 nǐ / 请问 qǐngwèn？ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. 朋友 péng.yǒu / 我的 wǒ.de / 意大利 Yìdàlì / 是 shì / 人 rén。 ______________________________________________________________________ © EMC Publishing 真棒 Workbook Unit 1 Lesson C 59 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ 5 Choose the correct phrase from the right to complete the dialogues on the left. 1. A: 我是美国人。 Wǒ shì Měi.guórén. 不是美国人 B: 我 Wǒ ____________________________________。 bú.shì Měi.guórén 2. A: 你是 Nǐ shì ____________________________________？ 也是韩国人 B: 我是意大利人。Wǒ shì Yìdàlìrén. yě shì Hán.guórén 很高兴认识你 3. A: 我是韩国人。 Wǒ shì Hán.guórén. hěn gāoxìng rèn.shì nǐ B: 我 Wǒ ____________________________________。 哪国人 4. A: 我的名字叫董军。 Wǒ.de míng.zì jiào Dǒng Jūn. něi-guó rén B: ____________________________________。 6 Answer the following questions. 1. 你的老师是哪国人？ Nǐ.de lăoshī shì něi-guó rén? ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Michael Jackson 是英国人吗？ Michael Jackson shì Yīng.guórén .ma? ______________________________________________________________________ 3. 我是法国人，你呢？ Wǒ shì Fă.guórén, nǐ .ne? ______________________________________________________________________ 60 Unit 1 Lesson C 真棒 Workbook © EMC Publishing 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ 7 Match each sentence on the left with the correct response on the right. 1. _____ 你是哪国人？ A. 你是中国人吗? N ǐ shì něi-guó rén? Nǐ shì Zhōng.guórén .ma? 2. _____ 他们的朋友姓什么？ B. 我是法国人。 T ā.mén.de péng.yǒu xìng shén.me? Wǒ shì Fă.guórén. 3. _____ 他是西班牙人吗？ C. 不是，他是意大利人。 T ā shì Xībānyárén .ma? Bú.shì, tā shì Yìdàlìrén. 4. _____ 很高兴认识你。 D. 她姓张。 Hěn gāoxìng rèn.shì nǐ. Tā xìng Zhāng. 5. _____ 我叫林书芳。 E. 我也很高兴认识你。 Wǒ jiào Lín Shūfāng. Wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng rèn.shì nǐ. 8 Complete the following sentences using 也 yě and the provided information. 1. Paul 是西班牙人。 Paul shì Xībānyárén. (Freda) ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Larry 姓 Brown。 Larry xìng Brown. (Kevin) ______________________________________________________________________ 3. 她叫白华。 Tā jiào Bái Huá. (他 tā) ______________________________________________________________________ © EMC Publishing 真棒 Workbook Unit 1 Lesson C 61 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ 4. 我认识新加坡人。 Wǒ rèn.shì Xīnjiāpōrén. (张先生 Zhāng xiān.shēng) ______________________________________________________________________ 5. 小林是日本人。 Xiăolín shì Rìběnrén. (大国 Dàguó) ______________________________________________________________________ 6. 王校长是美国人。 Wáng xiàozhăng shì Měi.guórén. (董老师 Dǒng lăoshī) ______________________________________________________________________ 9 Change the following sentences into questions. Make sure that the underlined part of the sentence given is the answer to the question. Follow the model. 我是中文老师。 Wǒ shì Zhōngwén lăoshī. 你是什么老师？ Nǐ shì shén.me lăoshī? 1. 他是法国人。 Tā shì Fă.guórén. ______________________________________________________________________ 2. 我姓高。 Wǒ xìng Gāo. ______________________________________________________________________ 3. 她的名字叫林书芳。 Tā.de míng.zì jiào Lín Shūfāng. ______________________________________________________________________ 62 Unit 1 Lesson C 真棒 Workbook © EMC Publishing 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ 4. 他们认识新加坡朋友。 Tā.mén rèn.shì Xīnjiāpō péng.yǒu. ______________________________________________________________________ 5. 林先生也认识张老师。 Lín xiān.shēng yě rèn.shì Zhāng lăoshī. ______________________________________________________________________ 10 Correct the following sentences. Follow the model. 我是美国。 Wǒ shì Měi.guó. 我是美国人。 Wǒ shì Měi.guórén. 1. 我是德国人，你是德国人也吗？ Wǒ shì Dé.guórén, nǐ shì Dé.guórén yě .ma? ______________________________________________________________________ 2. 我们是马来西亚人，你吗？ Wǒ.mén shì Măláixīyàrén, nǐ .ma? ______________________________________________________________________ 3. 他们是什么国人？ Tā.mén shì shén.me guó rén? ______________________________________________________________________ 4. 他认识法国人朋友。 Tā rèn.shì Fă.guórén péng.yǒu. ______________________________________________________________________ © EMC Publishing 真棒 Workbook Unit 1 Lesson C 63 名字：______________________________ 日期：______________ 11 Decide if the following statements are true or false. Correct any false ones. 1. _____ Chinese titles may affect a person’s age, social standing, and gender. ________________________________________________________________ 2. _____ The literal meaning of China is “big country.” ________________________________________________________________ 3. _____ During the Tang Dynasty, China influenced the Mideast’s economic and social systems. ________________________________________________________________ 12 You want to friend a Chinese person on Facebook, so you write a brief introduction in Pinyin about yourself as you send the request. Make sure you greet them and then write your name and nationality. 13 The person to whom you wrote accepted your request and wrote you back. Write how this person might respond to you. For example, he or she greets you, states his or her nationality and says “Nice to meet you.” 64 Unit 1 Lesson C 真棒 Workbook © EMC Publishing .
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