Voyages in Chinese is designed for middle school students in English speaking countries. The series consists of nine books covering three levels. Each level includes a student's book, a workbook, a teacher's book, Chinese character flash cards, wall charts, and multimedia support through CD-ROMs and PowerPoint courseware. Each level corresponds to one academic year (90-100 class hours) and the whole series can be used consecutively over three grades. The framework of Voyages in Chinese has been based on everyday topics that students are familiar with, and integrates basic language as its core, while utilizing the cultural content as its key element. Language is the basis of all communication. In accordance with several overseas curriculum standards, the series has taken 455 basic Chinese characters, 700 core new words and 279 commonly used sentence patterns as its basic language points. Volume 1: 145 Chinese characters, 237 new words, 91 sentence patterns. Volume 2: 150 Chinese characters, 233 new words, 93 sentence patterns. Volume 3: 160 Chinese characters, 230 new words, 95 sentence patterns
1. Read the sentences and then match them with their English equivalents
1）我不想去医院。
2）他头疼，他不能去学校。
3）你也感冒了？你咳嗽吗？
4）我能请假吗？
5）英镑跟人民币不一样。
6）对不起，他不能去，他病了。
（ ）A. Sorry, he can't go, He's sick.
（ ）B.The pound is different from the RMB.
（ ）C.I don't want to go to the hospital.
（ ）D. You've caught a cold, too? Do you have a cough?
（ ）E. He's got a headache. He can't go to school.
（ ）F.Can I ask for leave?
7. Read the following paragraph and then translate it into English
David：
你好！
今天你没上学，你怎么了？小海今天也没上学，我帮他请假了。他给老师也写了电子邮件，他说他头疼、咳嗽，感冒了。
你知道吗？今天我们班有一个新学生，他跟我们一样，今年也是15岁，他的家也在市中心，他也喜欢打网球。明天我们想请他一起去体育馆打网球，你能去吗？
给我写电子邮件，或者给我打电话。
Sam
8. Speak in Chinese
Say something about one of your experiences of being sick. You can start with the following questions.
1） When was it?
2） How did you feel?
3） Did you go to the hospital?
4） What did the doctor say?
5） Were you able to go to school that day?
6） If not, did you ask for leave? How did you do it?
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