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ID: 2802 Intermediate
Bridge Lesson In today's lesson you'll learn lots of useful ways to talk about choosing school subjects. While some of the vocabulary is a bit more specialised, there are lots of high frequency sentence patterns useful for both elementary and intermediate learners alike. Photo Credit: Leland Francisco
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
开学 kāixué to study; to start school; the start of school
选课 xuǎnkè to pick classes
早就 zǎo jiù early on already
还没 háiméi to still have not
下礼拜就要开学了你选课了吗
xià 下lǐbài 礼拜jiùyào 就要kāixué 开学le 了nǐ 你xuǎnkè 选课le 了ma 吗
Term starts next week already, have you chosen your classes?
早就选了你还没选吗
zǎo jiù 早就xuǎn 选le 了nǐ 你háiméi 还没xuǎn 选ma 吗
I chose them ages ago, haven't you?
我选了必修课还选了两门文学课
wǒ 我xuǎn 选le 了bìxiūkè 必修课hái 还xuǎn 选le 了liǎng 两mén 门wénxué kè 文学课
I chose the compulsory classes as well as two literature classes.
哦你选的是什么文学课
ò 哦nǐ 你xuǎn 选de 的shì 是shénme 什么wénxué kè 文学课
Huh? What literature class did you choose?
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