434 mid review

1. All words from the old quizzes.

2. New words from the current lesson.

3. Fill out forms: Hotel registration, custom declaration (name, gender, age, nationality, occupation, address, id type and number, birth place and date, place of work, where from, where to, signature, etc.)

4. Fill in blanks: Business cards, resumes, invitations (company/organization, division, position/title, contact info, education, work experience, references, time, place, etc.)

5. Completing dialogs: Respond appropriately to thanks, praises, greetings, respect, deference etc.

6. Make sentences: especially

the ones from the current lesson assigned in the homework and

those you got wrong before (for example on the last quiz)

7. Written vs. spoken: translate from one to the other.

Ex: 日时于由往入何席抵赴

8. Terms of respect: 光贵敬谨恭大上您

Think of all the combinations containing the above prefixes.

Which are used to glorify others?

Which are used to describe one’s own respectful attitude?

Combine those above with the right item below:

陪临请订备侯姓名座宾

9. Possible writing topics:

Self-introduction.

What are Chinese banquets like?

What are the honor seats? Who should occupy them?

10. Terms of address: general ones based on age, gender and professional ones.

Abbreviations for terms of addresses. Which ones have we had so far?

11. Tone of voice: how to soften the tone and make it more consultative. You need to leave room for disagreement; so asking for other’s opinion is always a good idea!

The most efficient way to review: Fix all old problems from the homework and quizzes.