1---你爸爸、妈妈好吗？= How are your mom and dad?

你爸爸=your dad.   你男朋友=your boyfriend

2---他们都很好。= they are both fine ( literally, very good).

3---你要咖啡吗？ = Do you want coffee?

" 你要......吗？ is a sentence pattern commonly used when asking what others want, whereas" 我要..." is used to express what  " I want".

4---我也要咖啡。= I want coffee, too.

5---我们都喝咖啡。 = we all drink coffee.

6---Adverbs such as "很“、” 也“， and "都“ must be placed before the adjective they modify.

7---Phonetics---Neutral tone

Pinyin is for Chinese phonetic system, is the basis of we learn mandarin pronunciation.

-----In the common speech of modern Cinese, there are a number of syllables which are unstressed and are pronounced in a "weak" tone. This is known as the neutral tone and is indicated by the absence of a tone mark. For example: 吗， 呢， 们。

8---simplified characters are used in this textbook, but traditional characters are also supplied for the convenience of the reader.

9---Grammar-----你好

                           你= subject,   好=predicate.

    他们都很好      他们=subject         都很好=predicate.

10---A declarative sentence can be changed ino a "yes-no" qestion by adding the question particle "吗“ at the end of it.

你好.=statement      你好吗？ =question

你要咖啡。=stetement                    你要咖啡吗？=question

11---Chinese Characters   汉语

12----Pronunciation Drills     发音练习

   Spelling=拼音  There are more than 400 basic syllables in the common speech of modern Chinese.

    de(1)    dou(1)  

    The four tenes=四声     di(1)    di(2)   di(3)    di(4)

   Sound discrimination = 辨音         da(4)-ta(4)       ke(3)- ge(3)      kou(3)-gou(3)

   Tone discriminaton= 辨调     dao(1) -dao(4)            tu(3) -tu(4)       you(4) -you(3)

    Practice on disyllabic words.= 双音节连读

    yinliao(3,4) =drinks             hanbao(4,3)= hamburger        yeye(2)=grandpa

13---Read the following classroom expressoins aloud  朗读下列课堂用语

    Ting(1)  wo（3）  fayin(1,1)  = Listen to my pronunciation.

    Kan(4) heiban(1,3)= Look at the blacboard