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ID: 0280 Upper Intermediate
With more and more people (see: our John Pasden) attending uni at a Mandarin school, we’d like to cover some basics. We’ve already taught you “keg stand” and “dodging student loans”, so the only thing left is making sure you know when an exam is coming up. In this podcast, learn to discuss exams and expectations in Mandarin Chinese. (Premium subscribers get an invite to our “ChinesePod Toga Party”).
Thu Oct 05 2006 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
分值 fēnzhí the amount of points
以往 yǐwǎng in the past
心思 xīnsī thought
死板 sǐbǎn rigid
今天我们主要讲一下期末考试的内容。这次的考试分这几个部分：选择题、判断题、填空题、简答题、分析题。总分是１２０分，每个部分的分值和以往一样，大家应该很清楚了。考试的时间是两个小时。
jīntiān wǒmen zhǔyào jiǎngyīxià qīmò kǎoshì de nèiróng 。zhècì de kǎoshì fēn zhè jǐge bùfen ：xuǎnzé tí 、pànduàn tí 、tiánkòng tí 、jiǎndá tí 、fēnxī tí 。zǒngfēn shì yībǎièrshí fēn ，měige bùfen de fēnzhí hé yǐwǎng yíyàng ，dàjiā yīnggāi hěn qīngchu le 。kǎoshì de shíjiān shì liǎng ge xiǎoshí 。
Today we will mainly talk about the content of the final examination. This exam is divided up into the following sections: multiple choice questions, true/false questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, short answer questions, and an analysis question. There are a total of 120 points, and the amount of points for each section are the same as they have been for previous examinations, so everyone should be clear about that. The length of time for the test is two hours.
教授，这次考试的范围是整本书的内容吗？还是下半学期的？
jiàoshòu ，zhècì kǎoshì de fànwéi shì zhěng běn shū de nèiróng ma ？háishì xià bàn xuéqī de ？
Professor, will this exam cover the content of the entire textbook, or only the material from the second half of the semester?
这次考的是整个学期的内容，但是重点在第五到第十章。大家要多花些心思。 这次的内容不像期中考那么死板。所以，你们要真正了解学过的东西，并且灵活运用。
zhècì kǎo de shì zhěnggè xuéqī de nèiróng ，dànshì zhòngdiǎn zài dìwǔ dào dì shí zhāng 。dàjiā yào duō huā xiē xīnsi 。 zhècì de nèiróng bù xiàng qīzhōng kǎo nàme sǐbǎn 。suǒyǐ ，nǐmen yào zhēnzhèng liǎojiě xué guo de dōngxi ，bìngqiě línghuó yùnyòng 。
This exam is on the material from the entire semester, but it emphasis on Chapters 5 through 10. Everyone needs to put some extra thought into this exam. The content is not as rigid as the mid-term exam, so you all need to really understand the material that you have learned, and be able to apply it in a flexible way.
那么，是不是说我们不需要背理论知识？
nàme ，shì bu shì shuō wǒmen bù xūyào bèi lǐlùn zhīshi ？
So are you saying we don’t have to memorize all the theory?
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