L1 U8 L3

Question 1

I remember when I was in middle school, the girls were usually pretty serious

Answer 1

Wǒ jì de shàng zhōngxué de shíhou, nǚshēng tōngcháng bǐjiào rènzhēn

Question 2

They thought that doing morning exercises seriously was not cool

Answer 2

Tāmen juéde rènzhēn zuò zǎocāo hěn bú kù

Question 3

No matter what the weather was like

Answer 3

Bùguǎn tiānqì zěnmeyàng

Question 4

Just like dancing

Answer 4

Jiù xiàng tiàowǔ yíyàng

Question 5

Exactly like before

Exactly the same as before

Answer 5

Hé yǐqián yìmóyíyàng

Question 6

In the movies, Americans all seem very open

Answer 6

Zài diànyǐng lǐ，měiguórén hǎoxiàng dōu hěn kāifàng

Hǎoxiàng must go directly after subject if there is one

Question 7

It seems like it’s going to rain

Answer 7

Hǎoxiàng yào xiàyǔ

Question 8

Hasn’t really changed much

Answer 8

Méi(yǒu) zěnme biàn

Question 9

The students are still studying that hard

Answer 9

Xuéshēng háishì nàme nǔlì (de) xuéxí

Question 10

To live simply

Answer 10

Jiǎndān (de 地) shēnghuó

Question 11

A simple life

Answer 11

Jiǎndān de 的 shēnghuó

(2 syllable adjectives always need to be joined to the noun they are modifying with “de 的”）

Question 12

It seems tomorrow’s exam will be very difficult

Answer 12

Míngtiān de kǎoshì hǎoxiàng huì hěn nán

Question 13

Last year it didn’t really snow much

Answer 13

Qù nián méiyǒu zěnme xiàxuě

Question 14

You’re so lazy

Answer 14

Nǐ nàme lǎn

Question 15

A very hardworking student

Answer 15

Hěn nǔlì de xuéshēng

Question 16

Besides eating, all of (the rest of my) time I was studying seriously

Answer 16

Chú le chīfàn zhīwài, wǒ suǒyǒ de shíjiān dōu zài rènzhēn xuéxí

Question 17

I thought that brushing my teeth wasted too much time

Answer 17

Wǒ juéde shuāyá tài làngfèi shíjiān le

Question 18

Gosh / oh my gosh

Answer 18

Tiān na / wǒ de tiān na

Question 19

I don’t really know

Use yě to soften the tone/sound more polite/friendly

Answer 19

Wǒ yě bù zhīdào

Question 20

Now let’s talk about the places that have changed

Answer 20

Xiànzài shuō shuo biàn le de dìfang ba