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Stage 4 · Lesson 16

Three places in a new room

Describe a home, a room and where things are upstairs or downstairs.

15 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/36 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

安安
你nǐ住zhù哪nǎ一yī间jiān房fáng?

Which room do you live in?

小禾
我wǒ住zhù这zhè间jiān。房fáng子zi不bù大dà,房间fáng jiān很好hěn hǎo。

I live in this room. The house is small, but the room is nice.

安安
床chuáng和hé桌子zhuō zi放fàng在zài哪里nǎ lǐ?

Where are the bed and table?

小禾
床chuáng在zài门mén旁páng边biān,桌子zhuō zi在zài床chuáng前边qián biān。

The bed is beside the door, and the table is in front of it.

安安
楼lóu上shàng和hé楼lóu下xià都dōu有yǒu房间fáng jiān吗ma?

Are there rooms upstairs and downstairs?

小禾
有yǒu。这zhè楼lóu有yǒu三sān间jiān房fáng,我wǒ家jiā里lǐ人rén都dōu住zhù在zài这儿zhè ér。

Yes. There are three rooms in this building, and my family lives here.

Extension reading

今天jīn tiān小xiǎo禾hé在zài家jiā,安ān安ān来lái到dào他tā家jiā门mén口kǒu。

Xiao He is home today, and An An comes to his front door.

小xiǎo禾hé把bǎ书shū放fàng在zài桌子zhuō zi上shàng,不bù放fàng在zài地dì上shàng。

Xiao He puts the book on the table, not on the floor.

家jiā里lǐ的de楼lóu下xià有yǒu桌子zhuō zi,楼lóu上shàng有yǒu床chuáng。

There is a table downstairs and a bed upstairs.

Names and helper expressions

小禾 · Xiao He; 安安 · An An; 林老师 · Teacher Lin; 阿文 · A Wen. These helper expressions support comprehension and are not counted in the 499 target entries.

把 bǎ
marker placing an affected object before its action
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