chapter14dialogue1-my.cheng.ppt

Lesson 10 Dialogue 1 Grammar University of Michigan Flint Zhong, Yan Topic-Comment Sentences When a noun or noun phrase has become established as a known element in a conversation, it can occur at the beginning of the sentence as the “topic,” with the rest of the sentence functioning as a “comment” on it. This forms what is known as a “topic-comment sentence.” In such a sentence the object of the verb can be brought forward to serve as the topic of the sentence. A: 我昨天买了一枝笔。 Wǒ zuótiān mǎi le yì zhī bǐ. I bought a pen yesterday. B:那枝笔你用了吗？ Nà zhī bǐ nǐ yòng le ma? Have you used that pen? A: 你知道我的衬衫在哪儿吗? Nǐ zhīdao wǒ de chènshān zài nǎr ma? Do you know where my shirt is? B: 你的衬衫我给你妈妈了。 Nǐ de chènshān wǒ gěi nǐ māma le. I gave your shirt to your mother. A: 你有朋友吗? Nǐ yǒu péngyou ma? Do you have friends? B: 朋友我有很多，可是都不在这儿。 Péngyou wǒ yǒu hěn duō, kěshì dōu bú zài zhèr. I have many friends, but none of them are here. 她不想去纽约，可是飞机票她妈妈已经 帮她买了。 Tā bù xiǎng qù Niǔyuē, kěshì fēijī piào tā māma yǐjīng bāng tā mǎi le. She does not want to go to New York, but her mother has already bought the airplane ticket for her. 或者 (huòzhě, or) and 还是 (háishi, or) While both 或者 (huòzhě, or) and 还是 (háishi, or) link up two words or phrases that indicate different alternatives 或者 (huòzhě, or) usually appears in statements 还是 (háishi, or) in questions. A: 你今天晚上做什么？ Nǐ jīntiān wǎnshang zuò shénme? What are you going to do tonight? B: 听音乐或者看电影。 Tīng yīnyuè huòzhě kàn diànyǐng. Listen to music or watch a movie. A: 你周末想看电影还是跳舞？ Nǐ zhōumò xiǎng kàn diànyǐng háishi tiào wǔ? Would you like to see a movie or go dancing this weekend? B: 看电影或者跳舞都行。 Kàn diànyǐng huòzhě tiào wǔ dōu xíng. Either seeing a movie or going dancing would be fine with me. A: 你喜欢什么颜色的鞋？黑色的还是 咖啡色的？ Nǐ xǐhuan shénme yánsè de xié? Hēisè de háishi kāfēisè de? What color shoes do you like? Black or brown ones? B: 黑色的或者咖啡色的我都不喜欢，我喜欢白的。 Hēisè de huòzhě kāfēisè de wǒ dōu bù xǐhuan, wǒ xǐhuan bái de. I don’