Lesson 22

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Talk about different forms of indoor and outdoor sports and exercise.
Compare two entities in terms of their similarities and differences.
Decline an invitation by presenting an earlier commitment.

Sentence Pyramids

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	不同的地方	differences
	也有不同的地方	also has differences
	有xiāng同的地方，也有不同的地方	has similarities and also has differences
	在duànliàn 身体上有xiāng同的地方，也有不同的地方	when it comes to exercise, there are similarities and also differences
	美国人和中国人在duànliàn 身体上有xiāng同的地方，也有不同的地方。	When it comes to exercise, Americans and Chinese have similarities and differences.

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	yùndòng	physical exercise
	喜欢yùndòng	like physical exercise
	年qīng人都喜欢yùndòng	young people all like exercise
	Xiāng同的是年qīng人都喜欢yùndòng。	The similarity is that young people all like exercise.

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	美shì zú球	American football
	玩美shì zú球	play American football
	喜欢玩美shì zú球	like to play American football
	而美国大学生喜欢玩美shì zú球	and American students like to play American football
	中国的学生喜欢tī zú球，而美国大学生喜欢玩美shì zú球	Chinese student like to play soccer, and American students like to play American football
	不同的是中国的学生喜欢tī zú球，而美国大学生喜欢玩美shì zú球。	The difference is that Chinese students like to play soccer, and American students like to play American football.

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	校队	school team
	参加校队	participate in school teams
	美国的大学生参加校队	American college students participate in school teams
	很多美国的大学生参加校队	a lot of American students participate in school teams
	Lìng外，很多美国的大学生参加校队。	____________________________-

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	jiànkāng	healthy
	gèng jiànkāng	healthier
	身体gèng jiànkāng	the body is healthier
	让身体gèng jiànkāng	makes the body healthier
	Yùndòng是为了让身体gèng jiànkāng。	The purpose of exercise is to make the body healthier.

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	几次	several times
	duànliàn几次	exercise several times
	都要duànliàn几次	all want to exercise several times
	每周都要duànliàn几次	every week want to exercise several times
	喜欢yùndòng的人每周都要duànliàn几次。	People who like to exercise all want to work out several times a week.

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	看见Màikè了	saw Mike
	我走进来的时候，看见Màikè了。	When I walked in I saw Mike.

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	出来	exit
	shēn出来	extend out
	shēn不出来	unable to extend out
	lián手都shēn不出来	can’t even extend my hand out
	这么冷的天，lián手都shēn不出来。	It’s such a cold day that I can’t even extend my hand out.

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	冷	cold
	那么冷	so cold
	没有前两天那么冷	not as cold as the previous two days
	可是没有前两天那么冷	but it isn’t as cold as the previous two days
	今天冷是冷，可是没有前两天那么冷。	It’s cold today all right, but it isn’t as cold as the previous two days.

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	怕冷	afraid of the cold
	你太怕冷了。	________________________

11.
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	yùndòng	movement/exercise
	生mìng在yú yùndòng。	Movement/exercise is the essence of life.

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	重要	important
	对你的jiànkāng很重要	important for your health
	Yùndòng 对你的jiànkāng很重要。	___________________________________

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	gòu	enough
	duànliàn得不gòu	don’t exercise enough
	你duànliàn得不gòu。	____________________________-

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	电tī	elevator
	坐电tī	take the elevator
	不坐电tī	not take the elevator
	我都走上去，走下来，不坐电tī	I walk up and walk down and don’t take the elevator
	我在宿舍lóu都走上去，走下来，不坐电tī。	______________________

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	意思	meaning
	什么意思	what does it mean
	Jiéyuē 能yuán是什么意思?	What does “Jiéyuē能yuán” mean?

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	等等	etcetera
	水、shíyóu等等	water, petroleum, etcetera
	比方说水、shíyóu等等	for example, water petroleum, etc.
	能yuán来自大自然里的东西，比方说水、shíyóu等等。	Energy comes from things that exist in nature, for example, water, petroleum, etc.

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	少用	use less
	Jiéyuē就是少用。	To conserve is to use less.

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	环bao	environmental protection
	就是环bao	is environmental protection
	少用能yuán就是环bao。	Using less energy is environmental protection.

19.
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	去不去打球？	going to play ball or not?
	你到dǐ去不去打球？	Are you going to play ball after all or not?

20.
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	nuǎn和多了	much warmer
	比外边nuǎn和多了	much warmer than outside
	Jiàn身房比外边nuǎn和多了。	The gym is much warmer than outside.