Written Assignment 4: Due 3/12/09 (Thursday) 

Be sure to proof-read and eliminate homophones mistakes.  To reduce homophone errors, try to use multisyllabic words and not single characters as the units of input and do not put spaces between the characters in a word.  To type a character with the vowel ü, use ‘uu’ in Njstar and ‘v’ in Word.

Character Analysis:

a. Find at least one character having the following sound clues in the current lesson (do not include irrelevant characters):

告

北

京

馬

少

兩

己

半

官

令

包

b. Find all the characters having the following radicals in the current lesson (whether or not they are obvious meaning clues):

female:

hand:

gold:

mouth:

word:

2. Complete sentences：
甲﹕他日文說得真好。乙﹕他是_________嘛！

我不是小孩子了﹐請您別再____________。

我不管了﹐反正這件事跟我____________。

我沒想到他居然不知道_____________。

他的功課太多了﹐不是______就是_______。

在張天明的姑媽家﹐_____關係和_____關係都很緊張。

張天明的父親說過日子靠的是______﹐而不是_______。

我的興趣____________。

他工作很忙﹐抽不出時間來_________。

本來他__________﹐後來________。

要不是怕_____________﹐他們早就離婚了。

_____________是因為______________的關係。

你應該學工程技術，要不然你____________。

我覺得選課/專業的時候______________最重要。

3. Describe in as much detail as possible your extended family and each person’s relationship to you.  Use the Kinship diagrams/handouts online for help.  You can also include a family tree to clarify the relationship. Be sure to include:

how many people there are

how they relate to each other

how each relates to you

This question needs to be hand-written in addition to being typed.

4. Describe the (state of) relationship between the following members of Zhang Tianming’s aunt’s family.  Include:

1) how they relate to Zhang Tianming and each other using sentences like “A 是 B 的 C” (Ex. 他是我爸爸的弟弟。Try to define kinship with the most basic terms of parenthood/siblings).

2) whether they are on good terms with each other and why, using sentences like “AB 關係 (不)好，因为。。。”:

Aunt and cousin’s wife

Cousin and his wife

Cousin’s wife and her daughter

Aunt and cousin’s daughter  

This question needs to be hand-written in addition to being typed.

How to submit your file:

Important: Do not forget to rename the file with your full name; otherwise, your file may wipe out other files or be wiped out by others’ files!

Be sure to use Internet Explorer, not Firefox!

1. Go to:

http://sisyphus.sdsu.edu/larclab/Links.html

2. Click on: Submit your class materials

3. Username: zhang_CHIN202-01 (for 10AM class)
3. Username: zhang_CHIN202-02 (for 11AM class)
4. Password: larc_zhang

5. You will see the following:

FTP root at larcmaterials.sdsu.edu

To view this FTP site in Windows Explorer, click Page, and then click Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer.

6. Follow the instruction and put in the username/password combination again.

7. Drag your file onto the blank space on the server.