Homework assignment 2

 

(Final version due on Thursday 10/8/09, you can bring questions on 10/1/09)

 

1. Use the information from any one of the pages 34-36 in the reading packet and write a weather forecast.

 

2. List (hand-write) all the characters from the supplementary readings on pages 27 and 28 that have two different versions side by side (both have e-texts, as well as annotations online.)

 

3. Translate the supplementary reading passages on page 27 and 29 into English (both have e-texts, as well as annotations online).

 

4. List all the written style expressions from the text on page 26 (has e-text, as well as annotations online) and translate them into the corresponding spoken style.

 

5.  Find a map of China (online will be easy) and label it with the place names given in the reading on page 28.

 

Please type the homework by using Njstar or Word, with the exception of #2, which should be handwritten.

 

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