Lesson 8_Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words English version

㆙：㈻校㈲很多外國㈻生，是嗎？
xué xiào yǒu hěn duō wài guó xué shēng shì ma
There are many foreign students at the school, aren’t there?
㆚：是啊，㈲很多。
shì a yǒu hěn duō
Yes, there are a lot.
㆙：比本國㈻生還多嗎？
bǐ běn guó xué shēng hái duō ma
More than local students?
㆚：不，比本國㈻生少。
bù bǐ běn guó xué shēng shǎo
No, less than local students.
㆙：㊚ 生 跟 ㊛ 生 ㆒ 樣 多 嗎 ？
nán shēng gēn nyǔ shēng yí yàng duō ma
Are there as many boys as girls?
㆚：差不多㆒樣多。
chà bù duō yí yàng duō
No, they are about the same.
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第㈧課 差不多
Lesson 8 Almost Alike

一

課文

TEXT
㆙：㊚ 生 跟 ㊛ 生 ㆒ 樣 聰 明 嗎 ？

nán shēng gēn nyǔ shēng yí yàng cōng míng ma
Are boys as intelligent as girls?
㆚：不㆒定，㈲的聰明，㈲的笨。
bù yí dìng yǒu de cōng míng yǒu de bèn
Not necessarily, some are smart, and some are stupid.
㆙：㊚ 生 用 功 還 是 ㊛ 生 用 功 ？
nán shēng yòng gōng hái shì nyǔ shēng yòng gōng
Do boys or girls work harder?
㆚：他們都很用功。
tā men dōu hěn yòng gōng
They all work very hard.
比
（ㄅㄧˇ；bǐ）
to compare with (this comparison morpheme frequently implies superiority)
老 師 比 ㈻ 生 忙 。
lǎo shī bǐ xué shēng máng
The teacher is busier than the students.
你比我聰明。
nǐ bǐ wǒ cōng míng
You are smarter than I am.
他比我用功。
tā bǐ wǒ yòng gōng
He works harder than I do.
㊚生比㊛生多。
nán shēng bǐ nyǔ shēng duō
There are more boys than girls.
㊛生比㊚生少。
nyǔ shēng bǐ nán shēng shǎo
There are fewer girls than boys.
還

（ㄏㄞˊ；hái）
still even, yet, also
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字與詞

WORDS AND PHRASES
他的書比我的還多。
tā de shū bǐ wǒ de hái duō
He has even more books than I do.
小孩比大㆟還用功。
xiǎo hái bǐ dà rén hái yòng gōng
The children work even harder than adults.
還是（ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ；hái shì）
or
你的書多，還是我的書多？
nǐ de shū duō hái shì wǒ de shū duō
Are your books greater in number, or are mine?
㊚ 生 聰 明 ， 還 是 ㊛ 生 聰 明 ？
nán shēng cōng míng hái shì nyǔ shēng cōng míng

Are boys wiser, or are girls?
你去，還是我去？
nǐ qù hái shì wǒ qù
Are you going, or am I ?
還是你去吧。
hái shì nǐ qù ba
It would be better if you go.
跟
（ㄍㄣ；gēn）
with, and
和
（ㄏㄢˋ；hàn） （ㄏㄜˊ；hé）
and, together
你跟我都是㈻生。
nǐ gēn wǒ dōu shì xué shēng
You and I are students.
他和我都很忙。
tā hàn wǒ dōu hěn máng
He and I are both very busy.

樣
（ㄧㄤˋ；yàng）
outlook, appearance
樣子
yàng zi
appearance
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一樣
（ㄧˊ ㄧㄤˋ；yí yàng）
as ... as, similar, like
他的筆跟我的㆒樣。
tā de bǐ gēn wǒ de yí yàng
His pen is like mine.
大㆟跟小孩㆒樣多。
dà rén gēn xiǎo hái yí yàng duō
There are as many adults as children.
㊛ 生 跟 ㊚ 生 ㆒ 樣 用 功 。
nyǔ shēng gēn nán shēng yí yàng yòng gōng
Girls work as hard as boys.
差
（ㄔㄚ；chā） （ㄔㄚˋ；chà）
inferior, worse
我的㆗文比你差。
wǒ de zhōng wén bǐ nǐ chā
My Chinese is inferior to yours.
我㊢的㆗文比他差。
wǒ xiě de zhōng wén bǐ tā chā
My Chinese writing is inferior to his.
差不多
（ㄔㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄛ；chà bù duō）
almost; alike
這兩本書差不多。

zhè liǎng běn shū chà bù duō
The two books are almost alike.
這兩本書差不多㆒樣。
zhè liǎng běn shū chà bù duō yí yàng
The two books are almost alike.
他們兩㆟差不多㆒樣大。
tā men liǎng rén chà bù duō yí yàng dà
They are almost the same age.
這兩枝筆差不多㆒樣長。
zhè liǎng zhī bǐ chà bù duō yí yàng cháng
These two pens are almost the same length.
聰明
（ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ；cōng míng）
wise, smart
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那個小孩子真聰明。
nà ge xiǎo hái zi zhēn cōng míng
That child is really smart.
王 先 生 很 聰 明 。
Wáng xiān shēng hěn cōng míng
Mr. Wang is very wise.
笨

（ㄅㄣˋ；bèn）
stupid
他這個㆟太笨。
tā zhè ge rén tài bèn
He is very stupid.
他真笨。
tā zhēn bèn
He is really stupid.
聰 明 ㆟ 也 會 做 笨 事 。
cōng míng rén yě hùi zuò bèn shì
Smart people can do stupid things.
用
（ㄩㄥˋ；yòng）
use, by means of
你用什麼筆㊢字？
nǐ yòng shé me bǐ xiě zì
What kind of pen do you write with?
我用鉛筆㊢字。
wǒ yòng qiān bǐ xiě zì
I write with a pencil.
用功
（ㄩㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄥ；yòng gōng）
work hard
我的㈻生很用功。
wǒ de xué shēng hěn yòng gōng
My students work very hard.
他很聰明，也很用功。
tā hěn cōng míng yě hěn yòng gōng
He is very smart and hard-working, too.
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