Daily- Nature

1. Daily- Nature Text New words Sentence pattern Exercise Level: Beginner

2. You will learn: In this lesson you will learn how to describe natural scenery.

3. Text Wǒ yǐqián zhù Běijīng de jiāoqū. 我以前住北京的郊区。 Wǒ jiāxiāng de fángzi shì yīge sìhéyuàn. 我家乡的房子是一个四合院。 Fángzi hòumian yǒu hěnduō shān, wǒ xǐhuan páshān. 房子后面有很多山，我喜欢爬山。 Yuànzi lǐbiān yǒu yīkē dàshù, 院子里边有一棵大树， dàshù de xiàbiān yǒu hěnduō huā hé hěnduō cǎo. 大树的下边有很多花和很多草。

4. Text Wǒ bàba shífēn xǐhuan yǎnghuā, tèbié shì mǔdān. 我爸爸十分喜欢养花，特别是牡丹。 Yuànzi de qiánbiān yǒu yītiáo xiǎohé, xiǎode shíhou wǒ chángcháng 院子的前边有一条小河，小的时候我常常 qù nà tiáo hélǐ yóuyǒng. 去那条河里游泳。

5. English Text I once lived in suburb of Beijing. The house in my hometown is in a courtyard. There were many hills behind my house. I liked climbing the hills very much. In the yard there was a high tree with a lot of flowers and grass around. My father liked planting flowers very much, especially peony. There was a river in front of our yard. I often swam in it when I was a child.

6. 家乡 四合院 jiāxiāng sìhéyuàn hometown 郊区 jiāoqū suburb courtyard

7. 棵 山 kē shān measure word for tree 树 shù tree hill, mountain

8. 花 十分 huā shífēn flower 草 cǎo grass very

9. 养 河 yǎng hé to plant 特别是 tèbiéshì escpecially river

10. 湖 hú lake 海 hǎi sea, ocean

11. 玫瑰 牡丹 méiguī mǔdān rose 康乃馨 kāngnǎixīn carnation peony

12. shífēnxǐhuan1.十分喜欢 Wǒbàbashífēnxǐhuanyǎnghuā. 我爸爸十分喜欢养花。 My father likes planting flowers very much. Wǒshífēnxǐhuanpáshān. 我十分喜欢爬山。 I like climbing mountains very much.

13. tèbiéshì2.特别是+N Wǒxǐhuanshuǐguǒ, tèbiéshìpíngguǒ. 我喜欢水果，特别是苹果。 I like fruits, especially apples. Wǒxǐhuanyùndòng, tèbiéshìdǎlánqiú. 我喜欢运动，特别是打篮球。 I like playing sports, especially basketball. lí 梨 xiāngjiāo 香蕉 zúqiú 足球 wǎngqiú 网球

14. 写一写： Writing Write an article about “Wǒjiāxiāng de fángzi”. The end