After foreigners learning some words or expressions when they learn Chinese in China, they need some reading comprehension to use and consolidate what they have learned. The text “你去哪儿” will be learned in the following parts to consolidate what they learned.
The whole contents of this text provided for students to learn Mandarin are as follows:
A: 今天星期几？（jīn tiān xīnɡ qī jǐ ？）
B: 今天星期一（二、三、四、五、六、天）（jīn tiān xīnɡ qī yī（èr、sān、sì、wǔ、liù、tiān））
A: 你去哪儿？（nǐ qù nǎr ？）
B: 我去天安门，你去不去？(wǒ qù tiān’ān mén, nǐ qù bu qù?)
A: 不去，我回学校。(bú qù，wǒ huí xué xiào)
B: 再见！(zài jiàn !)
A: 再见！(zài jiàn !)
From the above conversation, learners who study Chinese can review the expressions about asking and answering the day and the expressions for each day in a week. What’s more, students can continue conversation by asking “where are you going”.
Some daily expressions are the first thing foreigners should know when they study in China. How to express and respond the apology is a common expression to learn. It often simply goes like this:
A: 对不起！（duì bù qǐ ！）
B: 没关系！(méi ɡuān xi ！)
For the beginners of Chinese language learning, they may find it is difficult to understand some parts of these two texts. Several new and difficult words with English meanings are provided for beginners as a help to learn to speak Chinese.
今天 jīn tiān today
星期 xīnɡ qī week
学校 xué xiào school
再见 zài jiàn goodbye
对不起 duì bù qǐ sorry, I’m sorry
没关系 méi ɡuān xi that’s all right, doesn’t matter
When foreigners attend to Chinese school in China to learn Chinese language, they should read andlearn Chinese characters and words with the help of Pinyin. Here is a rule of writing Pinyin they should know. In a certain syllable, if “u” is at the beginning, it should be written as “w”.
Most teachers in qualified Mandarin program will help Chinese language learners remember this rule by summarizing some often seen syllables of this type. They are “uɑ — wɑ, uo — wo, uɑi — wɑi, uei — wei, uɑn — wɑn, uen — wen, uɑng — wɑng”.
During the process of reading, the Pinyin “tiān’ān mén“ of “天安门” may attracts your attention. Learners wholearn Chinese language in China would be told that “’” is a syllable-dividing mark. When the syllables begin with “ɑ”, “o” or “e” follow other syllables and cause confusion, it is used to clarify the boundary between syllables.
Relevant exercises often set to consolidate what you have learned after reading if you learn Mandarin in China. There are three exercises about this lesson for students to do by following the Pinyin.
(1) A: nǐ qù nǎr ？
B:（ ）, nǐ qù bu qù?
A: bú qù，wǒ huí xué xiào.
B: （ ）.
A: zài jiàn !
(2) A: nǐ（ ）?
B: qù tiān’ān mén, nǐ qù bu qù?
A: （ ）, （ ）.
B: zài jiàn !
A: （ ）!
(3) A: duì bù qǐ !
B: （ ）!
Learners can fill the above blanks after reading the texts provided. However, there is no need to follow the same as the text says. It is important for them to be flexible when they learning Mandarin Chinese. The possible answers can be respectively like: wǒ qù tú shū ɡuǎn; hǎo de，zài jiàn; yào qù nǎ ér; bú qù，wǒ huí jiā; mínɡ tiān jiàn; méi ɡuān xi.
Reading is an effective method to practice oral Chinese because it brings the useful expressions to the real context. Therefore, foreigners should open their mouth to practice more.