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B-7: Directions

How to ask for and give directions.

谢谢!不客气! polite phrases.

到 describes destinations

第 indicates order

New Vocab

Must memorize all the Pinyin and Characters listed here!

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​Phrases

  • destination + 怎么走?        (zoo, park, school, your home)

  • 往+direction + 转                (turn right, turn towards east)

  • 第  dì  prefix before a number (first, second, number five, etc.)
    第一个人 ,第二只猫,第三个飞机,第四个出租车,第五个篮球,
    第六个公园,第七个路口,第八个学生,第九个老师,第十个生日

  • 往东一直走;我一直很喜欢中文。

  • 到了第二个路口,向右转。

Sentences

Excuse me, how do you get to Dahua Middle School?

请问,去 大华中学  怎么走?

 

How do we get to the park/zoo/your home?

我们去公园怎么走?

我们去动物园怎么走?

我们去你家怎么走?

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Go straight towards the east/west.

往东一直走。

往西一直走。

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Turn left/right when you get to the second crossroad.

到第二个路口 左转。

到第二个路口 右转。

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Walk straight towards the west, turn right when you get to the fourth crossroad, then you’ll be there.

一直往西走,到第四个路口右转,就到了。

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怎么 (zěn me)pro. how, why

Lyrics:你要我怎么做 怎么说 你才能爱我

9277你只属于我 要我怎么做 你才能爱我

9277你只属于我 要我怎么做 你才会爱上我

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Map Search Activity

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https://map.baidu.com/

Students go to 百度地图 (bǎi dù dì tú);

Type in: 美国加州橙县 (měi guó jiā zhōu chéng xiàn)
Find the following places in this area:
学校,公园,动物园,中餐馆

Choose two places as the starting point and destination.

Write down in Chinese how to get from Point A to Point B.

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*Chinese Experiment (Extra Credit)

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Change the setting of your phone into Chinese and download 百度地图app onto your phone (or set your google map to Chinese). 

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Use your phone GPS to guide yourself around for a week, pay special attention to the instructions in Chinese.

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​前方两百米左转。qián fāng liǎng bǎi mǐ zuǒ zhuǎn

map中文地图.jpg

Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. 

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