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- Dialog: 大卫回来了吗？
- Grammar: 还 + 在 + Verb
- Grammar: 已经 + Time/Duration/Age/Weight + 了
- Grammar: Subject + 要 + Verb/Adj.
- Grammar: [Monosyllable] AA + 地 + Verb
- Radical: bīng 冫 ice
- Radical: jīng 巠
- Wood Root: yāo / yào 要
- Exercise
Dà Wèi huílái le ma?
Méiyǒu, tā hái zài jiàoshì xuéxí ne.
Yǐjīng 9 diǎn duōle, tā zěnme hái zài xuéxí?
Míngtiān yǒu kǎoshì, tā shuō jīntiān yào hǎohǎo zhǔnbèi.
大卫回来了吗？
没有，他还在教室学习呢。
已经9点多了，他怎么还在学习？
明天有考试，他说今天要好好准备。
Is David back?
No. He is still studying in the classroom.
It's after 9 o'clock. Why is he still studying?
There will be a test tomorrow. He said he'll work hard in preparation for it today.
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语法点： 还 + 在 + Verb
The structure 还+在+Verb can express something is continuing to happen.
Top- Tā hái zài xiě zuòyè.
她还在写作业。
She is still doing homework. - Nǐ hái zài zhǎo gōngzuò ma?
你还在找工作吗？
Are you still looking for a job? - Wǒ hái zài děng tā huí diànhuà.
我还在等他回电话。
I'm still waiting for him to call me back. - Wǒ māma hái zài zuò fàn.
我妈妈还在做饭。
My mother is still cooking.
语法点： 已经 + Time/Duration/Age/Weight + 了
The adverb 已经 can be used before a number directly to express that the action or state reaches a certain degree.
Top- Xiànzài yǐjīng shí diǎn le.
现在已经十点了。
It is already ten o'clock. - Cóng wǒ shàng cì lǐfǎ dào xiànzài yǐjīng sān gè yuèle.
从我上次理发到现在已经三个月了。
It's been three months since my last haircut. - Wǒ dìdì yǐjīng liǎng suìle.
我弟弟已经两岁了。
My brother is already two years old. - Wǒ yǐjīng 103 gōngjīnle!
我已经103公斤了！
I am already 103 kilograms!
语法点： Subject + 要 + Verb/Adj.
The modal verb 要 can be used to talk about what is going to happen in the future, especially things that are certain or planned. 快/就 is often used before 要.
Top- Tiān jiù yào hēile.
天就要黑了。
It will be dark soon. - Tāmen kuài yào chūfāle.
他们快要出发了。
They are about to set off. - Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ yào qù yínháng.
今天下午我要去银行。
I am going to the bank this afternoon. - Cóng jīntiān kāishǐ, wǒ yào guò jiǎndān de shēnghuó.
从今天开始，我要过简单的生活。
From today on, I will start living a simple life.
语法点： [Monosyllable] AA + 地 + Verb
Some monosyllabic adverbs can be reduplicated to modify the verb, often followed by the adverbial marker 地.
Top- Xuéshēngmen dōu zǎozǎo de dàole jiàoshì.
学生们都早早地到了教室。
The students all arrived in the classroom early. - Lǎoshī dàdà de biǎoyángle tā.
老师大大地表扬了他。
The teacher praised him greatly. - Wǒ yào hǎohǎo xièxiè tā.
我要好好谢谢他。
I really have to thank him. - Bàba chángcháng tán qǐ wǒ de nǎinai.
爸爸常常谈起我的奶奶。
My father often speaks of my grandmother.
部首 Chinese Radical
bīng
冫
ice
【冫】俗称“两点水”，作部首时，可以表示和温度低或冰有关的事物。古同“冰”。
冫 is commonly known as "两点水" (Liǎng diǎn shuǐ). Chinese characters with this radical usually indicate things related to low temperatures or ice. In ancient Chinese, it is the same as "ice."
14 HSK Characters with the radical 冫.
Top【冫】俗称“两点水”，作部首时，可以表示和温度低或冰有关的事物。古同“冰”。
冫 is commonly known as "两点水" (Liǎng diǎn shuǐ). Chinese characters with this radical usually indicate things related to low temperatures or ice. In ancient Chinese, it is the same as "ice."
14 HSK Characters with the radical 冫.
构字 Formation of Hanzi
词根 Word Root
yāo / yào
要
ask | need | important | main | summary | if
21 HSK words containing 要
Top21 HSK words containing 要
5. 练习 Exercise
小张：“明天上午来我家吧，给你介绍个朋友。”
小李：“是你上次说的那个人吗？”
★ 小张要给小李介绍一个朋友。 A.对 B.错
Answer: A.对
* 要 can be used to talk about what is going to happen in the future.
Top小李：“是你上次说的那个人吗？”
★ 小张要给小李介绍一个朋友。 A.对 B.错
Answer: A.对
* 要 can be used to talk about what is going to happen in the future.