Scorpio – Sept 6, 2006

生词

喜欢 – xǐhuān – like (~ something; ~ to do)
美丽 – měilì – beautiful
漂亮 – piàoliang – pretty
帅 – shuài – handsome (informal. used on men only)
可爱 – kě’ài – cute, lovely
好看 – hǎokàn – good-looking
好听 – hǎotīng – sounds good (music, voice, etc)
好吃 – hǎochī – tasty
蛋糕 – dǎngāo – cake
巧克力 – qiǎokelì – chocolate
苹果 – píngguǒ – apple
南瓜 – nǎnguā – pumpkin
烤 – kǎo – to bake
网球 – wǎngqiú – tennis
篮球 – lánqiú – basketball
打 – dǎ – to play (examples: 打网球 – to play tennis; 打篮球 – to play basketball)
音乐 – yīnyuè – music
不错 – búcuò – not bad, quite good
还可以 – hái kěyǐ – all right (as in “the movie is all right)
马马虎虎 – mǎmǎhūhū – so so
工作 – gōngzuò – job, to work
做 – zuò – to do; to make
搞 – gǎo – to deal with

Language Points

喜欢 xǐhuān

1) 喜欢 used with a noun:

  • 我(wǒ)喜欢蛋糕 – I like cakes.
  • 喜欢 Andre Agassi – I like Andre Agassi.
  • 喜欢古典(gǔdiǎn)音乐 – I like classical music.
  • 不(bù)喜欢苹果派 – I don’t like apple pies.

2) 喜欢 used with a verb:

  • 喜欢吃(chī)蛋糕 – I like to eat cakes.
  • 喜欢看(kàn) Andre Agassi 打网球 – I like to watch Andre Agassi play tennis.
  • 喜欢听古典音乐 – I like to listen to classical music.
  • 不喜欢烤苹果派 – I don’t like to bake apple pies.

Talking about profession

Q: 你(nǐ)是做什么的? – What do you do?
A: 我是搞 IT 的.- I am in IT.
Q: 你在(zài)哪儿工作? – Where do you work?
A: 我在 Bank of America 工作. – I work at Bank of America.

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