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Question 1

We usually start Chinese class at 10:00 am, but last Monday we didn’t start class until 10:05 am.

Answer 1

我们平常上午十点钟开始上中文课，但是上个星期一我们上午十点零五分才开始上

Question 2

What time/When are we going to the library to study for the English test? If you are not available, then I can find someone else.

Answer 2

我们几点/什么时候要去图书馆准备英文考试？要是你没有空，那我可以去找别人。

Question 3

Ms. Li, what time do you usually go to bed if you have nothing to do the next day?

Answer 3

李小姐，要是你第二天没有事，你平常几点睡觉？

Question 4

He will come back home from/after tennis practice at seven o’clock tomorrow evening, so we should wait for him to eat dinner together.

Answer 4

他明天晚上七点钟练习打网球以后会回家，所以我们得等他一起吃晚饭。

Question 5

He listened to the Chinese recordings and reviewed the new text right after he got up this morning. There’s a Lesson 8 grammar test today during block 2.

Answer 5

他今天早上起床以后就听中文录音，也复习了新课文。今天第二节课他要考第八课的语法。

Question 6

Wang Peng went to bed right after he called his friend. He met this friend last March in New York.

Answer 6

王朋给他的朋友打电话以后就去睡觉了。他去年三月在纽约认识了这个朋友。

Question 7

I will go to my friend’s dormitory tonight to watch a foreign movie after I meet with my teacher.

Answer 7

我今天晚上跟我的老师见面以后就会去我朋友的宿舍看一个外国电影。

Question 8

We practiced speaking Chinese while making dinner. Mom listened to music while cooking.

Answer 8

我们一边做晚饭一边练习说中文。妈妈一边做饭一边听音乐。

Question 10

His girlfriend asked him not to read and watch TV at the same time.

Answer 10

他的女朋友叫他别一边看书一边看电视。

Question 11

Why do many people I know like singing while taking a shower?

Answer 11

为什么很多我认识的人喜欢一边洗澡一边唱歌？

Question 12

A friend of mine works while studying.

Answer 12

我的一个朋友一边上学一边工作。

Question 13

In/during class Mr. Gao told his students to take notes while listening.

Answer 13

上课的时候，高老师告诉他的学生一边听一边做笔记

Question 14

Both my younger sister and brother like listening to music while doing homework.

Answer 14

我妹妹和我弟弟都喜欢一边做功课一边听音乐。

Question 15

She often goes to eat at her daughter’s house for dinner, but sometimes doesn’t go home until 9 p.m.

Answer 15

她常常去她女儿的家吃晚饭，但是有的时候晚上九点钟才回家。

Question 16

This afternoon I will go to the library with one of my classmates to study for next Tuesday’s test, because I don’t understand Lesson 7 vocabulary and grammar.

Answer 16

今天下午我会/要跟我的同学去图书馆准备下个星期二的考试，因为我不懂第七课的生词和语法。

Question 17

I’d like to find a classmate to play ball with me tomorrow at 4:05pm, because it is convenient to meet with them.

Answer 17

我想找一个同学明天下午四点零五分跟我打球，因为跟他们见面很方便。

Question 18

Will you come and have dinner at my house tomorrow? We can also preview Lesson 8 text with my older sister.

Answer 18

你明天想不想来我家吃晚饭？我们也可以跟我姐姐预习第八课的课文。

Question 19

Yesterday the first class was Chinese. Our teacher taught us pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar, taught us how to write characters, and gave us a new text. That text was very interesting.

Answer 19

昨天第一节课是中文。老师教我们发音、生词和语法，也教我们怎么写汉宇，还给了我们一篇新课文。那篇课文很有意思。

Question 20

Beautiful schools

Answer 20

漂亮的学校

Question 21

Easy characters

Answer 21

容易的汉字

Question 22

Interesting movies

Answer 22

有意思的电影

Question 23

A new lesson text

Answer 23

一篇新课文

Question 24

New computers

Answer 24

新电脑

Question 25

Big offices

Answer 25

大办公室

Question 26

Good students

Answer 26

好学生

Question 27

famous persons

Answer 27

名人

Question 28

His son was practicing Chinese characters on a piece of paper when Dr. Gao entered the classroom.

Answer 28

高医生进教室的时候，他儿子正在（在）一张纸上练习写汉字。

Question 29

We are having a class right now. Please don’t call me during class.

Answer 29

我们现在正在上课。上课的时候，请别给我打电话。

Question 30

When I got to his dorm yesterday at 8:05 a.m, he was practicing Chinese pronunciation with one of his roommates.

Answer 30

我昨天早上八点零五分到他的宿舍的时候，他跟他的一个舍友正在练习中文发音。

Question 31

A: Hello (on phone), do you know where Teacher Wang is now?
B: Good morning! He is having a meeting right now with his student in his office.

Answer 31

A：喂，请问您知道王老师现在在哪里吗？
B：早上好，他正在他的办公室跟他的学生开会。

Question 32

Sorry, I was reading a book called “Hundred Family Surnames” when you called me this morning. It is very interesting so I didn’t hear your call.

Answer 32

不好意思，今天早上你给我打电话时候，我正在看一本(ben)叫“百家姓”的书，很有意思。没有听到你的电话。