7. •大家好！
•我叫吴小美，我是从纽约来的,我学工程。
•Dà jiā hǎo !!
Wǒ jiào wú xiǎo měi, wǒ shì cóng
niǔyuē lái de , wǒ xué gōngchéng.
Hi, everyone!
My name is Wu Xiaomei.
I’m from New York, I study engineering.
8. 我来介绍一下我的家， 我家在纽约，
有四个人：
Wǒ lái jièshào yíxia wǒde jiā .
wǒde jiā zài niǔyuē , yǒu sì ge rén.
Let me introduce my family. My home is in
New York. There are four people in my
family.
9. 爸爸、妈妈、姐姐和我。
爸爸是英国人， 妈妈是美国人。
Bàba ,māma , jiějie hé wǒ . Bàba
shì yīngguó rén , māma shì měiguó
rén.
Father, mother, older sister and me.
My father is British, my mother is American.
10. 他们都在纽约工作。爸爸是工程师，妈妈
是老师，我和姐姐都是学生。
tāmen dōu zài niǔyuē gōngzuò.
Bàba shì gōngchéngshī , māma shì lǎo
shī , wǒ hé jiějie dōushì xuéshēng.
They both work in New York. My father is an
engineer. My mother is a teacher. My older
sister and I are both students.
13. 哪儿 Nǎr / where
•你是从哪儿来的？
•Nǐ shì cóng nǎr láide ?
•Where are you from?
•我是从中国来的。
•Wǒ shì cóng zhōngguó láide.
•I am from China.
14. 我(的)家在北京
Wǒ (de) jiā zài běijīng
•My home is in Beijing.
•的 “de” can be omitted in this sentence.
•在 (zài, “to be at” or “to be in”) is place before a
noun to indicate location.
15. 我家有一辆车
wǒ jiā yǒu yì liàng chē.
My family has one car.
辆 （liàng) is a measure word for vehicles.
两辆车 liǎngliàng chē / two cars
三辆车 sān liàng chē / three cars
四辆车 sì liàng chē / four cars
16. 我家有一只狗.
Wǒ jia yǒu yì zhī gǒu.
•My family has one dog.
•只 (zhī) is a measure word used
for certain animals.
• 两只狗 liǎng zhī gǒu / two dogs
• 三只猫 sān zhī māo / three cats
17. 我爸爸在上海工作
Wǒ bàba zài shànghǎi gōngzuò.
My father works in Shanghai.
你爸爸在哪儿工作？
Nǐ bàba zài nǎr gōngzuò?
Where does your father work?
