Texts for Achievement Standards Chinese NCEA Level 3 Appendix for external assessment 3.1 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Chinese texts 3.4 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written/visual Chinese texts will reflect the achievement objectives for levels 7and 8 for Learning Languages: Communicate information, ideas, and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts. Understand texts which explore the views of others, and which develop and share personal perspectives. Students will be expected to identify linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation of texts. This will involve understanding information, ideas and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts. Level 3 Level 3 texts will be based on both concrete and abstract matters and may develop a line of argument. Texts will be about reasonably familiar contexts and will reflect the relationship between language and culture and be adapted as appropriate. Note for internal assessments This appendix applies only to language used for the two end of year reading and listening external assessments. The language which students will use to communicate in internal assessment activities and associated learning opportunities throughout the year will necessarily reflect the Chinese teaching and learning that takes place within the context of each particular classroom and cannot and should not therefore be restricted to solely the language and useful expressions contained in this appendix.. NOTES TO TEACHER: Students are expected to be able to recognise: 1. Where a noun, adverb or adjective can easily be constructed from the verb or vice versa; 2. Obvious cognates and loan words; NOTE FOR LEVEL 3 ONLY: For the purpose of external Level 3 assessments the examiner will not be restricted by the list below. In addition to this and in accordance with the curriculum, students at Level 3 may be expected to make informed guesses about unfamiliar words using context and prior knowledge. (Students are able to identify the linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation and enable them to respond critically to texts.)
No Pinyin Characters English Compounds/ Examples 1 bǎ. Put the book on the table 2 bān In general / Generally Generally speaking 3 bào To report Newspaper To report / Report 4 biǎo Chart Table Watch Timetable 5 cāo To exercise To do exercise Sports field Gymnastics 6 chāo Super Extremely Supermarket Superman Extremely pretty 7 chí Late To be late 8 chú Except Except for / As well as / Apart from 9 chuán Boat Boat ticket Boat owner 10 cí Word Dictionary New words 11 cūn Village Countryside Villagers 12 dài Generation Time / Generation Decade Modern time Ancient time 13 dī Low Lowest / Minimum 14 diǎn Point Strength Weakness Similarity Difference 15 diǎn Book Dictionary Reference / Origin
16 dìng To book To make reservation Classic To book a ticket 17 diū To lose To lose something; Disgraced / Embarrassed 18 fǎ Method Way Method Way Point of view Opinion French (language) 19 Fǎ Hair Hair fā To depart Set off To send Send letters To discover 20 fēi False True and False question 21 fēn To indicate fraction 1/3 Percentage / Percent 22 fū Man (daifu) Doctor Madam 23 fú Clothes To obey Clothes School uniform Service Attendant 24 fú Good fortune Happiness Happy / Happiness Good fortune 25 fù Again To review / To revise Repeatedly 26 gài Approximate Approximately 27 gǎn To feel To beware of Be interested in Common cold (gǎnjué) To feel / Feeling 28 gāng Steel Pen Piano 29 gòu Enough Not enough money Enough 30 gǔ Ancient Ancient time Ancient people Ancient time 31 gù Of the past Story The Forbidden City 32 guǎng Broad Advertisement Vast 33 hào Enjoy to do (hàóxué) Studious
something (hàōchī) Glutton 34 hé River The Yellow River 35 hóu Monkey Monkey 36 hòu Thick Thick clothes 37 hǔ Tiger Tiger Careless 38 hù Window 39 hù To protect Passport To care for Nurse 40 huá China China / Chinese Chinese people Overseas Chinese people 41 huà To plan (jìhuà) To plan, a plan (huáchuán) To row a boat huá To row 42 jī Chicken Chicken eggs Chicken meat 43 jí To reach To pass (an exam) 44 jí To worry To hurry Be worried Hastily 45 jì To calculate To calculate To plan 46 jiàn To construct To advise / To suggest To build / Building 47 jiāng Big river The Yangtse River 48 jiāng Will In the future Shall 49 jiǎo Unit of currency 10 cents 50 jiào Dumplings Dumplings 51 jiē To pick up To receive Pick me up and take me home To receive / To accept To answer the phone 52 jiè To interfere To introduce To interfere 53 jiè To borrow To lend To borrow money To lend it to him 54 jīng Via By way of To pass Return home via Beijing Experience Experience To go through / To undergo 55 jìng Clean Clean 56 jiù Either or
56 jiù Either or New Zealanders either play rugby, or play cricket. 57 jiù Used Worn clothes second hand 58 kǎo Roast Roast duck Roast meat / Barbecue 59 ké Cough To cough 60 kě Thirsty To desire 61 kòng kōng Free time Empty Have free time (tiānkōng)sky (kōngjiān)space 62 kuài Chopsticks Chopsticks 63 là Hot (spicy)! It s too hot! 64 lí Leave, from To part from To separate 65 lì Maori language To make use of 66 lì To stand up Water cube 67 lín To pour Ice cream To have a shower To be in the rain 68 líng Zero Below zero Small change 69 liú To flow Fluent (piāóliú) To float 70 lóng Dragon Dragon boat 71 lù Green reen 72 mǎn Full Satisfied To satisfy 73 mào Have a cold/flu 74 mào Hat Hat / Cap 75 mí Be lost A fan Lost one s way; Ball game fan Addicted to internet Charming 76 mín People People s daily People s university 77 mìng Life Life 78 mò End Weekend End of the term End of the year 79 mù Eyes Aim / Purpose Currently
80 nán Difficult Hard One in a thousand Could it be that 81 nǎo Brain Brain Computer 82 nào Noisy Lively / Busy (place) 83 niǎo Bird Bird s nest 84 nóng Agricultural Farmer / Peasant Countryside 85 nuǎn Warm (nuǎnhuo)warm Warm 86 pà Be afraid Fear Not afraid Scary 87 pái To line up To arrange / Arrangement Volleyball To line up 88 píng Even Smooth Safe and sound Equal Peace 89 piāo To float (piāo) Float on the water 90 qī Period of time Cycle Expect / Expectation 91 qì Steam Vehicle / Car / Bus Petrol 92 qiǎn Light(in colour), shallow Light colour Shallow water 93 qīn Dear Mother s Day Dear Affection for family members 94 qín A music Piano instrument 95 qīng Light (in weight) Young 96 qíng Feelings Love Feeling Mood 97 98 qù Interesting Interest To be interested in Very interesting 99 quán Whole Complete 100 rèn To know To identify 101 rù To enter Income Complete Global All Blacks To recognise / To know To think / To feel
101 rù To enter Income Entrance 102 sài Competition Competition/Match Contest 103 sǎn Umbrella Umbrella 104 sàn To separate To take a walk To be separated To split up 105 shàng To get on To get on the bus To get on internet To get addicted 106 shào To introduce 107 shé Snake 108 shēn Dark (in colour) deep Dark blue Depth of water 109 shǐ Beginning/origin To begin 110 shǐ To use To use 111 shì To try To try the clothes on examination 112 shì To know Knowledge To know Knowledge 113 shōu To receive Received a letter 114 shòu Thin (people) Thin and small 115 shū Lost (the game) They lost 116 shú Uncle Uncle 117 shǔ Be born in the year of (one of the 12 zodiacs) 118 shǔ Rat Mouse I was born in the year of the dragon Rat 119 shù Tree Forest 120 sī To think To miss To think Thoughts / Theory Embarrassed 121 sòu To cough 122 suān Sour Yoghurt 123 táng Sugar Sweets Please have some lollies Wedding lollies 124 tǐ Body Physical ability Experience 125 tián Sweet (taste) Dessert Sweet Heart 126 tú To stick out Suddenly 127 tǔ Earth Land 128 tù Rabbit Rabbit
129 wán End Be over To complete 130 wǎng The Net Internet 131 wàng To see To hope To complete Perfect Tennis Webpage Website A regular user of internet Internet friends Wish / Hope To visit 132 wēi Dangerous Dangerous / Danger 133 wén Written language Literature Civilisation 134 xí To practise Habit 135 xià Down To download 136 xián Salty 137 xiān Previous Ancestors Ancestors 138 xiǎn Dangerous Dangerous 139 xiāng Fragrant Perfume 140 xiàng Elephant Impression Elephant 141 xiàng Towards Look ahead To borrow money from him 142 xīn Heart Heartache Lover Mood 143 xìn Letter To trust Write a letter Correspondence To believe / To trust Confidence Self confidence 144 xìng Gender Gender 145 xìng Good fortune Good luck Happy / Happiness Lucky 146 xiōng Older brother Brothers Siblings 147 xuǎn To choose To select Choose me To select a subject 148 yā Duck Roast duck 149 yě Wild Picnic Outdoor / Wilderness 150 yán Colour Colour 151 yè Night Midnight
151 yè Night Midnight At night 152 yǐ Chair A chair 152 yì Art Art class 154 yín Silver (yinhang) Bank 155 yíng Win We won. 156 yuē About Around / Approximately Approximate 157 zāng Dirty Dirty things 158 zǎo Bath Have a bath/shower 159 zháo To worry / be worried 160 zhèng To earn To earn money 161 zhī... Uesd in fratctions; One thrid 162 zhī To support To support 163 zhū Pig Pork 164 zū To rent Taxi Level 3 Idioms and Useful Expressions The following expressions are formed mostly by characters in the list. These examples demonstrate how new vocabulary items and idioms can be taught and learned without necessarily acquiring more characters. 1 Safe journey! 2 Have a safe and peaceful year! (Happy New Year!) 3 Study properly and make progress every day. 4 Every moment in time is priceless. All the money in the world cannot buy you any time. 5 6 Being indecisive. 7 Being nervous. 8 A large crowd. 9 One must make plans for the new year in Spring time. One must make plans for the day in the morning. (One must have a goal / purpose in life.) Up in the sky there s Heaven. Down on earth there s Suzhou and Hangzhou. (Suzhou and Hangzhou are as beautiful as Heaven.) All for one, one for all. (From the Three Musketeers.) 10 11 Going to bed early and waking up early will make one healthy..
12 Helping others is an enjoyable thing. 13 To be in love. / To court. 14 Being ungenerous. / Penny-pinching. 15 Not being able to see someone for a day makes one feels like being away for 3 years. (How much you miss that person.) Expressions Asking other What do you think of this jersey? people s opinions What do you think about going on a winter hoiday? Expressing your point of view with reasons I think working part time is very important, because... As far as I m concerned / In my opinion, learning to drive is difficult, because... Giving examples I think being able to speak Chinese and supporting for is quite useful. For example, I can your statements watch Chinese films, and in future and ideas I can also work in China. Giving suggestions I think you can... and I think you ought to... recommendations In my view, you had better... Giving instructions Don t cry! and making Make sure you are not late suggestions to tomorrow! someone not to do It may snow today. You had better something not ride the bike. Asking someone to Dad asked me to cook tonight. do something Wang Xiaoming wanted you to go to his house immediately. To forbid or tell someone not to do something or to say that something is not allowed My dad wouldn t let me drive his car. Eating food is not allowed on the bus. Expressing as well as / in addition to... Expressing exeption As well as playing soccer, he also plays cricket. We have got everything. As well as a TV and a telephone, we also have a computer. He doesn t like any sports except for soccer. I m free every day except Wednesday.
Expressing in order to... Expressing to, in, for Describing a repetitive action Expressing intentions to have more,...then, to do something again In order to cook breakfast for the children, Mum gets up at 6am every day. New Zealanders are very friendly to foreigners. Students are interested in computers. For me, learning foreign languages is not hard at all. It s raining agian! He had watched this film before, but he wathced it again. I already had an ice-cream, but i want to eat another one. We plan to go to Shanghai first, then go to Nanjing. Wang Lan was late yesterday. Today she doesn t want to be late again. Double verbs My I listen to your CD? Mr Li is going to take us to have a look around the school. Please wait here for a minute. He ll be with you soon. My grandpa asked me to do more practice of writing Chinese characters.