Chinese 301 Homework 8

Due 11/24 (Monday). The homework should be typed except #1.

1. List characters in Lesson 3 that have both the simplified and traditional versions (by hand).

2. Make sentences:

由…verb:

反对 (noun):

反对 (verb):

幸福(noun):

幸福(adjective):

受:

____地 verb:

要 (not ‘want):

发生:

不管:

3. Translate the following 15 phrases into Chinese. Pay attention to the different parts of speech of the same word and the word order (can be different from English!):

to be married to a man

in the feudal society

people with high social status

in the middle part of the present century

along with reform and opening up

suffer many restrictions all along

to be decided by children themselves

getting divorced right after getting married

to look down upon people who are divorced

people’s thinking was liberated to a great extent

never again have to sacrifice personal feelings

this kind of stability suppresses people’s feeling

encounter opposition from people around

both parties are not happy

changes occur in people’s concept about marriage

4. Answer the following two questions:

在封建社会里,中国人的恋爱和婚姻受到什么限制?

中国人的婚姻观念近年来有了一些什么变化?