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Click the audio below and try to answer the following questions. (Preview vocabularies in Part 4 if necessary)

Part 1: Comprehension Questions

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大卫今年多大?
Dàwèi jīnnián duōdà?
How old is David this year?
二十多岁。
Èrshí duō suì.
He is over twenty years old.
大卫有多高?
Dàwèi yǒu duō gāo?
How tall is David?
他一米八几。
Tā yì mǐ bā jǐ.
He is one meter eighty-something.
为什么B知道大卫的情况?
Wèishénme B zhīdào Dàwèi de qíngkuàng?
Why does B know about David's situation?
因为大卫是B的同学。
Yīnwèi Dàwèi shì B de tóngxué.
Because David is B's classmate.

Part 2: Full Text

在操场
A:大卫今年多大?
B:二十多岁。
A:他多高?
B:一米八几。
A:你怎么知道这么多呀?
B:他是我同学。

Part 3: Sentence Analysis

在操场
zài cāochǎng
在(at), 操场(playground)
On the playground
大卫今年多大?
Dàwèi jīnnián duōdà?
大卫(David), 今年(this year), 多大(how old)
How old is David this year?
二十多岁。
èrshí duō suì
二十(twenty), 多(over/more than), 岁(years old)
Over twenty years old.
他多
tā duō gāo
偏(he), 多高(how tall)
How tall is he?
八几。
yì mǐ bā jǐ
一(one), 米(meter), 八(eight), 几(some/odd/more than)
One meter eighty-something.
你怎么知道这么多呀?
nǐ zěnme zhīdào zhème duō ya
你(you), 怎么(how), 知道(know), 这么多(so much), 呀(particle)
How do you know so much?
他是我同学。
tā shì wǒ tóngxué
他(he), 是(is), 我(my), 同学(classmate)
He is my classmate.

Part 4: Vocabulary

Adjective
Chinese Pinyin English
gāo tall; high
Measure Word
Chinese Pinyin English
meter
Verb
Chinese Pinyin English
知道
zhīdào to know; to be aware of

Part 5: Practice

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知道
1. 你( )他几点来吗?
(Nǐ ( ) tā jǐ diǎn lái ma?)
你知道他几点来吗?
Nǐ zhīdào tā jǐ diǎn lái ma?
Do you know what time he is coming?
2. 姚明非常( )。
(Yáo Míng fēicháng ( ).)
姚明非常高。
Yáo Míng fēicháng gāo.
Yao Ming is very tall.
3. 那个人有一( )九。
(Nàge rén yǒu yì ( ) jiǔ.)
那个人有一米九。
Nàge rén yǒu yì mǐ jiǔ.
That person is 1.9 meters tall.

Dive deeper into the grammar structure with the lesson below!

Asking “Why” with “怎么” vs “为什么”