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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 1

计划一次旅行 Planning a trip

Jìhuà yí cì lǚxíng

Plan a trip. Introduces 林雪 and 王明; teaches 计划 + V and 决定 + V.

我有一个旅行计划 — I have a travel plan

  1. 林雪 wángmíng, yǒuxínghuà! Wang Ming, I have a travel plan!
  2. 王明 shìma? huàfāng? Really? Planning to go where?
  3. 林雪 nánfāng. zhǔnbèixiàyuèchū. South. I'm preparing to leave next month.
  4. 王明 shíjiānduōcháng? How long for?
  5. 林雪 xīng. xiǎngma? A week. Want to come along?
  6. 王明 juéde. zhōuchū? I think so. Which weekend do we leave?
  7. 林雪 xiàyuèdezuìhòuzhōu. The last weekend of next month.

决定坐火车去 — Decided to take the train

  1. 王明 线xiànānpáihǎolema? Have you arranged the route?
  2. 林雪 háiméi. zàixiǎngzuòfēiháishìzuòhuǒchē. Not yet. I'm deciding plane or train.
  3. 王明 zuòfēikuài, zuòhuǒchēkàngèngduōfāng. Plane is faster, but on the train you can see more places.
  4. 林雪 juédìngzuòhuǒchē, zuòfēihuílái. I've decided — train down, plane back.
  5. 王明 hǎoānpái. háiyàozhǔnbèishénme? Good plan. What else to prepare?
  6. 林雪 zhègezhōumenmǎipiào. This weekend, let’s go buy tickets together.
  7. 王明 hǎo. wèilezhèxíng, menzǎodiǎnzhǔnbèiba. OK. For this trip, let's prepare early.
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
旅行 lǚxíng n./v. travel; trip
旅游 lǚyóu n./v. tourism; sightseeing
计划 jìhuà n./v. plan; arrangement
准备 zhǔnbèi v. prepare; get ready (recall Bk1)
决定 juédìng v. decide; decision
出发 chūfā v. set off; depart
安排 ānpái n./v. arrange; arrangement
路线 lùxiàn n. route; itinerary
地方 dìfang n. place (recall Bk1)
时间 shíjiān n. time (recall Bk1)
周末 zhōumò n. weekend (recall Bk2)
南方 nánfāng n. the south (recall Bk2)
一起 yìqǐ adv. together (recall Bk1)
觉得 juéde v. think; feel (recall Bk2)
火车 huǒchē n. train (recall Bk1)
林雪 Lín Xuě pn. Lin Xue (persona — 26, travel blogger)
王明 Wáng Míng pn. Wang Ming (persona — 28, software engineer)
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
线 xiàn (in 路线 = route; itinerary) 路线 lùxiàn — route; itinerary
Lín (in 林雪 = Lin Xue (persona — 26, travel blogger)) 林雪 Lín Xuě — Lin Xue (persona — 26, travel blogger)
hope (in 希望) 希望 xīwàng — hope
wàng look toward; hope (in 希望) 希望 xīwàng — hope
měi (in 每周 = every week) 每周 měi zhōu — every week

travel (in 旅行) เขียน

10 strokes left-right

plan; calculate (in 计划) เขียน

4 strokes left-right

huà mark; plan (in 计划) จดจำ

6 strokes left-right

pái arrange (in 安排) จดจำ

11 strokes left-right

jué decide (in 决定) จดจำ

6 strokes left-right

xuě snow (in 林雪) จดจำ

11 strokes top-bottom

动词短语 / 主谓短语作宾语 (三44) Verb-phrase / clause as object (三44)

有些动词后面跟的不是名词, 而是一个动作 (动词短语) 或一件事 (主谓短语). 打算 / 计划 / 决定 / 想 / 希望 / 喜欢 都这样. 我打算去南方 (去南方 = 动词短语作宾语). 我希望大家都来 (大家都来 = 主谓短语作宾语). 这是 HSK 三级的句法点 — 宾语不再只是简单的名词.

Some verbs take an action (verb phrase) or a whole situation (subject-predicate clause) as their object, not just a noun. 打算 / 计划 / 决定 / 想 / 希望 / 喜欢 all do this. 我打算去南方 (去南方 = verb-phrase object). 我希望大家都来 (大家都来 = clause object). A Band 3 syntax point — objects are no longer just simple nouns.

  • 我打算去南方旅行. Wǒ dǎsuàn qù nánfāng lǚxíng. I plan to travel south.
  • 他决定坐火车去. Tā juédìng zuò huǒchē qù. He decided to go by train.
  • 我希望这次旅行很有意思. Wǒ xīwàng zhè cì lǚxíng hěn yǒu yìsi. I hope this trip is interesting.
  • 我们计划下个月出发. Wǒmen jìhuà xià ge yuè chūfā. We plan to set off next month.

为了 + 目的 (三26) 为了 + purpose (三26)

上一课 (grammar-01) 学了动作可以作宾语. 本课的 为了 + 目的 引出"做一件事的目的". 为了 后面是目的 (名词或动作), 再跟一个分句说明为此做了什么. 为了这次旅行, 我准备了很久. 注意区别: 为了 引出"目的"; 为 (三23) 引出"对象 / 受益者" (为大家服务).

Grammar-01 showed actions can be objects. `为了 + purpose` introduces the GOAL of doing something — 为了 takes the purpose (a noun or action), then a clause states what was done for it. 为了这次旅行, 我准备了很久 (For this trip, I prepared a long time). Distinguish 为了 (purpose) from 为 (三23, beneficiary: 为大家服务).

  • 为了这次旅行, 我准备了很久. Wèile zhè cì lǚxíng, wǒ zhǔnbèi le hěn jiǔ. For this trip, I prepared a long time.
  • 为了去南方, 我们计划了一个月. Wèile qù nánfāng, wǒmen jìhuà le yí ge yuè. To go south, we planned for a month.
  • 为了早点出发, 我们五点就起床了. Wèile zǎo diǎn chūfā, wǒmen wǔ diǎn jiù qǐchuáng le. To leave early, we got up at five.
  • 为了买便宜的票, 他每天看手机. Wèile mǎi piányi de piào, tā měi tiān kàn shǒujī. To buy cheap tickets, he checks his phone every day.

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