Fall 2008 Written assignment 4 10/20/08 (Monday)

Class Time: Name:

I. Character analysis:

a. Find all the characters in Lesson 4 that have the following meaning clue. Where is it located?

shell:

clothes:

heart:

water:

wood/tree:

person:

silk:

b. Find at least one character that shares the same sound clue as the one given:

膏

粉

標

貨

該

呀

花

附

II. Fill in blanks:

非，無，圖，從，給，更，跟，這，比，是

___家來的時候﹐媽媽___他買了幾件衣服。

別那麽挑剔，___買名牌的不可。

我的___你的便宜﹐他的比我的___便宜。

___論是樣子還___顏色都不太好。

別只___便宜 ，不管（guǎn heed)別的。

我不___你們爭論了。

哎呀﹐這件毛衣怎麼___麼大。

III. Complete sentences:

他需要買衣服， 另外還____________。

他要買___________________等等/什麼的。

我想起來得___________________。

____________，於是就請朋友帶她去。

___________________， 但是太貴了。

無論是樣子還是顏色都很合適，而且________。

純棉的好是好, 不過_____________。

我買衣服的標準，第一是______，第二是______，第三是______。

他只在打折的時候買東西，要不然______________。

他好像___________________。

難道你______________________﹖

這是您的________，請您在這兒________。

IV.  Summery of the text.  Be sure to address the following questions: Why did Zhang Tianming want to go shopping?  How did he get there?  With whom did he go there?  What did he want to buy?  What did Kelin’s girlfriend want to buy?  How was the 40 bucks sports outfit? Why didn’t Zhang Tianming like it?   What criteria for shopping does he use? How about Kelin? What’s Lin Xuemei’s view?

V. Write a dialog for buying a piece of clothing. Include color, style, size, brand, quality, justification about choice, price, discount tax rate, total amount and payment type.