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Part 1: Comprehension Questions

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昨天他们为什么没去打篮球?
Zuótiān tāmen wèishéme méi qù dǎ lánqiú?
Why didn't they go play basketball yesterday?
因为昨天下雨了。
Yīnwèi zuótiān xià yǔ le.
Because it rained yesterday.
B昨天做了什么?
B zuótiān zuòle shénme?
What did B do yesterday?
B昨天去游泳了。
B zuótiān qù yóuyǒng le.
B went swimming yesterday.
B现在的体重是多少?
B xiànzài de tǐzhòng shì duōshǎo?
What is B's weight now?
B现在七十公斤。
B xiànzài qīshí gōngjīn.
B is seventy kilograms now.

Part 2: Full Text

在健身房
A:昨天你们怎么都没去打篮球?
B:因为昨天下雨,所以我们都没去。我去游泳了。
A: 你经常游泳吗?
B:这个月我天天游泳,我现在七十公斤了。

Part 3: Sentence Analysis

在健身房
zài jiànshēnfáng
在(at), 健身房(gym)
At the gym
昨天你们怎么都没去打篮球
zuótiān nǐmen zěnme dōu méi qù dǎ lánqiú?
昨天(yesterday) 你们(you all) 怎么(why/how) 都(all) 没(not) 去(go) 打篮球(play basketball)?
Why didn't you guys go play basketball yesterday?
因为昨天下雨,所以我们都没去。我去游泳了。
yīnwèi zuótiān xiàyǔ, suǒyǐ wǒmen dōu méi qù. wǒ qù yóuyǒng le.
因为(because) 昨天(yesterday) 下雨(rain), 所以(so) 我们(we) 都(all) 没(not) 去(go). 我(I) 去(go) 游泳(swim) 了(particle).
Because it rained yesterday, so none of us went. I went swimming.
经常游泳吗?
nǐ jīngcháng yóuyǒng ma?
你(you) 经常(often) 游泳(swim) 吗(particle)?
Do you swim often?
这个月我天天游泳,我现在七十公斤了。
zhège yuè wǒ tiāntiān yóuyǒng, wǒ xiànzài qīshí gōngjīn le.
这个月(this month) 我(I) 天天(every day) 游泳(swim), 我(I) 现在(now) 七十(seventy) 公斤(kg) 了(particle).
I swim every day this month; I am 70kg now.

Part 4: Vocabulary

Verb / Verb Phrase
Chinese Pinyin English
打篮球
dǎ lánqiú to play basketball
游泳
yóuyǒng to swim
Conjunction
Chinese Pinyin English
因为
yīnwèi because
所以
suǒyǐ so
Adverb
Chinese Pinyin English
经常
jīngcháng often
Measure Word
Chinese Pinyin English
公斤
gōngjīn kilogram

Part 5: Practice

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经常因为打篮球公斤所以游泳
1. 他( )去北京看朋友。
(Tā ( ) qù Běijīng kàn péngyǒu.)
他经常去北京看朋友。
Tā jīngcháng qù Běijīng kàn péngyǒu.
He often goes to Beijing to see friends.
2. 这些苹果有三( )。
(Zhèxiē píngguǒ yǒu sān ( ).)
这些苹果有三公斤。
Zhèxiē píngguǒ yǒu sān gōngjīn.
These apples are three kilograms.
3. 这里的学生都很喜欢( )。
(Zhèlǐ de xuéshēng dōu hěn xǐhuān ( ).)
这里的学生都很喜欢游泳。
Zhèlǐ de xuéshēng dōu hěn xǐhuān yóuyǒng.
The students here all like swimming.
4. 昨天没下雨,( )我们去外面了。
(Zuótiān méi xiàyǔ, ( ) wǒmen qù wàimiàn le.)
昨天没下雨,所以我们去外面了。
Zuótiān méi xiàyǔ, suǒyǐ wǒmen qù wàimiàn le.
It didn't rain yesterday, so we went outside.
5. 今天天气很好,我们去( )吧。
(Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo, wǒmen qù ( ) ba.)
今天天气很好,我们去打篮球吧。
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo, wǒmen qù dǎ lánqiú ba.
The weather is great today, let's go play basketball.
6. 他不认识你,( )他是新来的老师。
(Tā bù rènshí nǐ, ( ) tā shì xīn lái de lǎoshī.)
他不认识你,因为他是新来的老师。
Tā bù rènshí nǐ, yīnwèi tā shì xīn lái de lǎoshī.
He doesn't know you because he is a new teacher.

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