City & Country Life (Units 13–14)
In the city, you visit a "Department Store". What is this in Chinese?
百货公司
Name the instrument that is shaped like a triangle.
A Triangle
Possessive Adjectives: Change "I" to "My". Now change "They" to ______?
their
In the story "City Mouse and Country Mouse", why did City Mouse think the country food was bad?
It was too plain (平淡) for him.
Translate: "We practice an instrument."
我们练习乐器
Unscramble this sentence about the country: boring / think / Some / country / people / the / is.
Some people think the country is boring.
Which verb do we use for drums: Shake or Strike?
Strike.
Change the verb "Dance" to the Present Continuous (-ing) form.
Dancing (Drop the 'e' and add 'ing').
In Unit 16 "Let's Make Music", what was the class's problem at the beginning?
They wanted music lessons, but they didn't have instruments (or money to buy them).
Translate: "There are too many cars here."
这里有太多的车了。
What is an "Orchard"? (Explain in English or Chinese).
果园
What are the sticks called that you use to hit a big drum or xylophone?
Mallets.
Possessive 's: If a room belongs to both Tom and Ben (they share it), how do you write it?
Tom and Ben's room. (Only one 's' at the end).
In Unit 16, how did the students get money to buy new instruments?
They gave a concert and sold tickets.
Translate: "People live in all kinds of places."
人们生活在各种各样的地方。
We use an address to find a friend's house. Where do we write the address?
On a letter (or envelope).
In Unit 16, the students make instruments. What materials do they use to make "shakers"?
Jars and candy (or paper rolls and beads).
Turn this sentence into a Present Continuous question: "They are buying tickets."
Are they buying tickets? (or "What are they doing?")
In Unit 15, when the boy plays the drum fast and the girl plays cymbals slow, does the listener think it sounds "Lovely" or "Awful"?
awful
Translate: "We can't buy instruments because we don't have any money."
我们不能买乐器，因为我们没有钱。
Contrast Question: Name three adjectives used to describe the City in Unit 13 and 14 (e.g., noisy).
Noisy, Dangerous, Interesting (also acceptable: Safe, though usually used for specific neighborhoods).
Describe a "Percussion Instrument" definition based on the text. (How do you play them?)
Instruments that you strike (hit) or shake to make sound/keep the beat.
Hard Plural Possessive: How do you write "The house of the teachers"? (Teachers is plural).
The teachers' house. (Add the apostrophe after the s).
In "City Mouse and Country Mouse", why did Country Mouse want to leave the city? (Name one specific danger).
It was too dangerous / There were cats / Too many cars and buses.
Translate: "The boy is striking the big white drum with two mallets."
这个男孩正在用两个木槌敲那只白色的大鼓。