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Lesson 15 你经常游泳吗?《HSK standard course》

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第15课

  1. Dialog: 你经常游泳吗?
  2. Grammar: 怎么 + Verb | 怎么 + Adj.
  3. Grammar: 因为……,所以……
  4. Grammar: 【Measure Word】 MW + MW + 都 | 每 + MW + 都
  5. Radical: zhú 竹 bamboo
  6. Formation of Hanzi: dīng 丁 
  7. Wood Root: jiàn 见 
  8. Exercise
在健身房 In the gym
Zuótiān nǐmen zěnme dōu méi qù dǎ lánqiú?
Yīnwèi zuótiān xiàyǔ, suǒyǐ wǒmen dōu méi qù. Wǒ qù yóuyǒngle.
Nǐ jīngcháng yóuyǒng ma?
Zhège yuè wǒ tiāntiān yóuyǒng, wǒ xiànzài qīshí gōngjīnle.

昨天你们怎么都没去打篮球?
因为昨天下雨,所以我们都没去。我去游泳了。
你经常游泳吗?
这个月我天天游泳,我现在七十公斤了。

Why didn't you guys go to play basketball yesterday?
Because it rained yesterday. I went swimming.
Do you often swim?
I swim every day this month. I weigh 70 kilograms now.


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语法点: 怎么 + Verb | 怎么 + Adj.
When used to ask about the reason of something, the interrogative pronoun 怎么 can express surprise or astonishment.
  1. Nǐ jīntiān zěnme zhème gāoxìng?
    你今天怎么这么高兴
    Why are you so cheerful today?
  2. Tā zěnme nàme shòu huānyíng?
    怎么那么受欢迎
    Why is he so popular?
  3. Nǐ zěnme bù zǎo gēn wǒ shuō ne?
    怎么不早跟我呢?
    Why didn't you tell me earlier?
  4. Zuótiān nǐ zěnme méi lái shàngkè?
    昨天你怎么没来上课
    Why didn't you come to class yesterday?
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语法点: 因为……,所以……
The two conjunctions, 因为 and 所以, are used to connect two clauses in a causative complex sentence. The first clause(因为……) explains the reason, and the main clause(所以……) shows the result.
  1. Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, suǒyǐ bǐsài qǔxiāole.
    因为下雨,所以比赛取消了。
    The game was canceled because of the rain.
  2. Yīnwèi shēngbìng, suǒyǐ tā méi lái shàngbān.
    因为生病,所以她没来上班。
    She didn't come to work because she was sick.
  3. Yīnwèi chídàole, suǒyǐ nǐ bìxū dàoqiàn.
    因为迟到了,所以你必须道歉。
    You must apologize for being late.
  4. Yīnwèi nàlǐ de dōngxī tài guì, suǒyǐ wǒmen shénme yě méi mǎi.
    因为那里的东西太贵,所以我们什么也没买。
    We didn't buy anything, because things there were too expensive.
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语法点: 【Measure Word】 MW + MW + 都 | 每 + MW + 都
The reduplication of Measure Word means "every", referring to all the members of a group or showing that something is repeated regularly. It is often followed by the adverb 都.
  1. Wǒ mǎile yī hé jīdàn, gè gè (měi gè) dōu shì huài de.
    我买了一盒鸡蛋,是坏的。
    I bought a box of eggs and every one of them was bad.
  2. Zhèxiē dōngxī jiàn jiàn dōu shì yìshùpǐn.
    这些东西是艺术品。
    Every one of these things is a piece of art.
  3. Tā nián nián (měinián) chūnjié dōu huí běijīng.
    )春节回北京。
    He returns to Beijing every year during the Spring Festival.
  4. Zhèyàng de jīhuì bùshì tiāntiān(měitiān) dū yǒu de.
    这样的机会不是有的。
    Such opportunities did not come every day.
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部首 Chinese Radical
zhú bamboo
【竹】俗称“竹字头”。“竹字头”的字通常与竹子或竹子制成的物品有关。
竹 is commonly known as "竹字头" (zhú zì tóu). Chinese characters with this radical are usually related to bamboo or items made of bamboo.


26 HSK Characters with the radical 竹.
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构字 Formation of Hanzi
dīng man | small cubes | population | 4th heavenly stem | a Chinese surname
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词根 Word Root
jiàn to see | to meet | to appear | opinion

18 HSK words containing 见
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5. 练习 Exercise
妈妈:“儿子怎么不太高兴?”
爸爸:“可能是( )今天的考试没考好。”

  A.虽然 B.因为 C.但 D.所以

B.因为
* The conjunction 因为 is used to explain the reason for something.
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