Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin (汉语基础教材)

Part III: Units 8-10 / Character Lesson 7

Each section and recording in Part III is available as an individual file, as well as a single download.

Complete Part III text and audio (ZIP)

CONTENTS	FILES
Characters 7 7.0 Review 7.1 Set 1, with notes 7.2 Set 2, with notes 7.3 Máo Zédōng’s youth, with glossary 7.4 Set 3, with notes 7.5 Set 4: Weather terms, with notes 7.6 On the street #7 Coda	Lesson (PDF) Stroke Order (PDF)
Unit 8 8.1 Temporal and logical sequence 8.2 Sports 8.3 Comparison 8.4 Cities, population 8.5 Bargaining 8.6 Dialogue: In the store 8.7 Regional languages: dialogue and narrative 8.8 A narrative about Lin Mei 8.9 Jobs 8.10 V + le revisited 8.11 Dialogue: What did you do yesterday? 8.12 Verb combinations (2) 8.13 Measure words revisited 8.14 Aspirations 8.15 Highlights 8.16 Rhymes and rhythms Appendix: Additional measure words	Chapter (PDF - 1.1MB) 8.1 Temporal and logical sequence (MP3) 8.2 Sports (MP3) 8.3.2 Comparing population (MP3) 8.3.3 Comparison ’not as…’ (MP3) 8.4.4 Talking about size of cities, population (MP3) 8.5.1 At the fruit stand (MP3) 8.6 In the store (MP3) 8.6.1 Shìqing ’things’ (MP3) 8.7.1 Chinese regional languages (MP3) 8.8 A narrative about Lin Mei (MP3) 8.9 Jobs (MP3) 8.11 What did you do yesterday? (MP3) 8.12.1 Directional complements (MP3)
Unit 9 9.1 More modification 9.2 Clothes 9.3 Bargaining, the way the Chinese might do it 9.4 Setting the stage: Verb + zhe 9.5 Colors 9.6 Dialogue: Buying a seal 9.7 The bǎ (把) construction 9.8 Verb combinations (3) 9.9 Peking Duck 9.10 ‘Stand a little closer’ 9.11 Destination and goal: Verb + dào, zài, or gěi 9.12 Wáng Xuéyīng: the story 9.13 Patterns with duì 9.14 Interjections 9.15 On apologies 9.16 Highlights 9.17 Rhymes and rhythms	Chapter (PDF - 1.1MB) 9.1.2 Who’s in the photo? (MP3) 9.3 Bargaining, the Chinese way (MP3) 9.4.1 Standing and sitting in class (MP3) 9.4.3 Current actions vs. persisting states (MP3) 9.4.5 At the temple (MP3) 9.6 Buying a seal (MP3) 9.7 The bǎ (把) construction (MP3) 9.9 Peking Duck (MP3) 9.10 ‘Stand a little closer’ (MP3) 9.10.1 Getting home (MP3) 9.11 Destination and goal: Verb + dào, zài, or gěi (MP3) 9.12 Wáng Xuéyīng: the story (MP3)
Unit 10 10.1 Feeling ill 10.2 More on indefinites 10.3 Verb reduplication 10.4 An interview with your teacher 10.5 Minor constructions 10.6 Xiēhòuyǔ, a form of word play 10.7 Religion 10.8 Verb combinations (4) 10.9 Transformations (with chéng) 10.10 Bèi ‘by’ 10.11 Dialogue: Seeking opinions 10.12 Chōuyān ‘smoking’ 10.13 Driving 10.14 Vivid stative verbs (of the form SVxx) 10.15 Tōngxùn gōngjù ‘communication tools’ 10.16 Waiting and rushing 10.17 Telephoning 10.18 Chinese etiquette 10.19 Highlights 10.20 Rhymes and rhythms Appendix: Body parts	Chapter (PDF - 1.2MB) 10.4 An interview with your teacher (MP3) 10.8.1 -xiàlai (MP3) 10.8.3 Moving out (MP3) 10.9 Transformations (with chéng) (MP3) 10.10 Bèi ‘by’ (MP3) 10.10.3 Dialogue (MP3) 10.11 Seeking opinions (MP3) 10.12 Chōuyān ‘smoking’ (MP3) 10.12.1 Smoking (MP3) 10.13 Driving (MP3) 10.15 Tōngxùn gōngjù ‘communication tools’ (MP3) 10.17.1 Leaving a message (MP3) 10.18 Chinese etiquette (MP3)