Lesson 13

Question 1

着

Answer 1

zhe
used to indicate a state

Question 2

手

Answer 2

shǒu
hand

Question 3

拿

Answer 3

ná
take

Question 4

铅笔

Answer 4

qiān bǐ
pencil

Question 5

班

Answer 5

bān
class

Question 6

长

Answer 6

1. cháng
   long
2. zhǎng
   to grow, to develop

Question 7

笑

Answer 7

xiào
laught

Question 8

宾馆

Answer 8

bīn guǎn
Hotel

Question 9

一直

Answer 9

yī zhí
Always

Question 10

往

Answer 10

wǎng
towards

Question 11

路口

Answer 11

lù kǒu
intersection

Question 12

她穿着一件蓝色的衣服。

Answer 12

tā chuān zhuó yī jiàn lán sè de yī fú 。
She is wearing a blue shirt.

Question 13

从这儿往前走，到了前面的路口再往右走。

Answer 13

cóng zhè r wǎng qián zǒu ， dào le qián miàn de lù kǒu zài wǎng yòu zǒu 。
Go forward from here and turn right at the intersection ahead.

Question 14

班上那位非常爱笑的女孩是谁？你认识吗？

Answer 14

bān shàng nà wèi fēi cháng ài xiào de nǚ hái shì shéi ？ nǐ rèn shi ma ？
Who is the girl who loves to laugh? do you know?

Question 15

下个星期开始我会给你考试。

Answer 15

xià gè xīng qī kāi shǐ wǒ huì gěi nǐ kǎo shì 。
I will give you the exam next week.

Question 16

每天早上，我一边吃早餐，一边看报纸。这个时候，是我的个人时间。

Answer 16

měi tiān zǎo shang ， wǒ yī biān chī zǎo cān ， yī biān kàn bào zhǐ 。 zhè ge shí hou ， shì wǒ de gè rén shí jiān 。
Every morning, I read the newspaper while eating breakfast. This hour is my personal time.

Question 17

奶奶唱着歌的时候，不喜欢别人拍照。

Answer 17

nǎi nai chàng zhe gē de shí hou ， bù xǐ huan bié ren pāi zhào 。
When grandma is singing, she doesn’t like other people taking pictures.

Question 18

这首歌很好听，但是我不懂得歌词里的意思。

Answer 18

zhè shǒu gē hěn hǎo tīng ， dàn shì wǒ bù dǒng de gē cí lǐ de yì si 。
This song is very nice, but I don’t understand the meaning of the lyrics.

Question 19

爸爸从日本打电话来，妹妹接电话，妹妹说妈妈不方便听电话，她现在煮着饭。

Answer 19

bà ba cóng rì běn dǎ diàn huà lái ， mèi mei jiē diàn huà ， mèi mei shuō mā ma bù fāng biàn tīng diàn huà ， tā xiàn zài zhǔ zhe fàn 。
Dad called from Japan, younger sister answered the phone. She said mom is unable to take the phone call as she is cooking now.

Question 20

张学友有一首歌叫《我等到花儿也谢了》，这首歌是很多人的最爱。

Answer 20

zhāng xué yǒu yǒu yī shǒu gē jiào 《 wǒ děng dào huā r yě xiè le 》 ， zhè shǒu gē shì hěn duō rén de zuì ài 。
Jackie Cheung has a song called “I Wait until the flower withered”. This song is the favorite of many people.

Question 21

我准备出去时，宾馆的服务员送早餐过来，我只能吃几口就出去了。

Answer 21

wǒ zhǔn bèi chū qù shí ， bīn guǎn de fú wù yuán sòng zǎo cān guò lái ， wǒ zhǐ néng chī jǐ kǒu jiù chū qù le 。
When I was about to go out, the hotel’s waiter sent breakfast, and I had only a few mouthful before I left.

Question 22

你有什么事情可以找班长，他很乐意帮助你。

Answer 22

nǐ yǒu shén me shì qing kě yǐ zhǎo bān zhǎng ， tā hěn lè yì bāng zhù nǐ 。
If there’s anything, you can find the class monitor. He will be happy to help.

Question 23

妹妹做着功课的时候，铅笔用完了，我给她买了一打。

Answer 23

mèi mei zuò zhe gōng kè de shí hou ， qiān bǐ yòng wán le ， wǒ gěi tā mǎi le yī dá 。
When my sister was doing her homework, she ran out of pencils, so I bought her a dozen.

Question 24

黄太太生病了，一直医不好，她丈夫很不快乐，很长时间没看到他笑了。

Answer 24

huáng tài tai shēng bìng le ， yī zhí yī bù hǎo ， tā zhàng fu hěn bù kuài lè ， hěn cháng shí jiān méi kàn dào tā xiào le 。
Mrs. Huang is sick and has been unable to get well. Her husband is very unhappy and hasn’t seen him smile for a long time.

Question 25

时间一到，他没有说一句话就离开了。

Answer 25

shí jiān yī dào ， tā méi yǒu shuō yī jù huà jiù lí kāi le 。
When the time was up, he left without saying a word.