About This Lesson
Use Signing Up for a Walking Event to practice Chinese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
参加步行活动要多少钱？
cānjiā bùxíng huódòng yào duōshao qián? How much does it cost to join the walking event?
C
本市居民可以免费参加。
běn shì jūmín kěyǐ miǎnfèi cānjiā. It is free for city residents.
B
我们想一起报名。
wǒmen xiǎng yìqǐ bàomíng. We would like to sign up together.
C
请在这张表上写下你们的姓名、地址和电话号码。
qǐng zài zhè zhāng biǎo shàng xiě xià nǐmen de xìngmíng, dìzhǐ hé diànhuà hàomǎ. Please write your names, addresses, and phone numbers on this form.
A
我们也应该写电子邮件地址吗？
wǒmen yě yīnggāi xiě diànzǐ yóujiàn dìzhǐ ma? Should we add an email address too?
C
那一项是可选的。
nà yí xiàng shì kěxuǎn de. That part is optional.
B
如果我们填写电子邮件地址，你们会发送什么？
rúguǒ wǒmen tiánxiě diànzǐ yóujiàn dìzhǐ, nǐmen huì fāsòng shénme? What will you send if we add one?
C
我们会发送下一次活动的日程。
wǒmen huì fāsòng xià yí cì huódòng de rìchéng. We will send the schedule for the next event.Word by Word
参加
参加 means to participate in or join in 参加步行活动, referring to joining the walking event. It is used before the activity or event being joined. Use it when saying that someone joins an event or activity.
步行
步行 means walking in 步行活动, identifying the type of activity. Here it describes an activity based on walking. It can be used before an activity or event to specify that walking is involved.
活动
活动 means an event or activity in 步行活动 and 下一次活动. In this lesson, it refers to the organized walking event. Use it when referring to an organized event or another kind of activity.
要
要 in 活动要多少钱？ asks how much money the activity requires or costs. It connects the activity with the amount being asked about. Use this pattern to ask how much something costs: an item or activity + 要 + amount.
多少
多少 means how much in 多少钱？, asking for an amount of money. It appears before 钱 because the speaker is asking for the price. Use it when asking for an unknown amount.
钱
钱 means money in 多少钱？, so the question asks how much the event costs. It identifies the type of amount being requested. Use it after an amount question when asking about money.
本市
本市 means this city or the local city in 本市居民. It identifies the city whose residents receive the stated benefit. Use it before a resident-related noun when referring to the local city.
居民
居民 means residents in 本市居民, referring to people who live in this city. 本市 specifies which residents are meant. Use it after a place description when referring to the people living there.
可以
可以 means can or be allowed to in 可以免费参加, indicating that city residents are permitted to join. It comes before the action 参加. Use it before an action when describing permission or possibility.
免费
免费 means free of charge in 免费参加, explaining that joining does not require payment. It appears before 参加 to describe the cost of participating. Use it before an action or service when it is provided without a fee.
我们
我们 means we or us in 我们想一起报名 and 我们会发送. It identifies the speakers as the people who want to register and the people who will send the schedule. Use it as the subject when referring to yourself together with others.
想
想 means want or would like in 我们想一起报名, expressing the speakers’ intention to sign up together. It comes before the action being intended. Use 想 before an action when stating what someone wants to do.
一起
一起 means together in 一起报名, showing that the speakers want to register as a group. It appears before the action 报名. Use it before an action when people do something together.
报名
报名 means to sign up or register in 一起报名. Here it refers to registering for the walking event. Use it when joining an event, course, or other organized activity requires registration.
请
请 means please in 请在这张表上写下..., making the instruction polite. It comes before the requested action. Use it at the beginning of a polite request or instruction.
在
在 means at, on, or in in 在这张表上, locating the writing on the form. It introduces the place where the action takes place. Use it before a place or location phrase.
这
这 means this in 这张表, referring to the form that is being indicated or handed over. It comes before the classifier 张 and the noun 表. Use it before a noun phrase when pointing to something nearby or currently relevant.
张
张 is the classifier used in 这张表 for the flat form. It is placed between 这 and 表. Use it with a flat item such as a form or sheet.
表
表 means form in 这张表上, referring to the document on which the participants should write their information. It is used with 张 and the location marker 上 here. Use it when referring to a form that someone needs to complete.
上
上 means on in 这张表上, showing that the information should be written on the form. It follows the noun naming the surface or document. Use a location phrase ending in 上 when an action happens on a surface or document.
写
写 means write in 写下你们的姓名、地址和电话号码. It describes the action requested for the form. Use it before the information or text that someone should write.
下
下 contributes the sense of writing something down in 写下你们的姓名、地址和电话号码. It also means next in 下一次活动, so its meaning depends on the exact expression. Use 写下 when telling someone to record information in writing.
你们
你们 means you when addressing more than one person in 你们的姓名、地址和电话号码. It is the group whose information should be written on the form. Use it when speaking directly to two or more people.
的
的 links 你们 with the information belonging to them in 你们的姓名、地址和电话号码. It marks the relationship between the people and their names, addresses, and phone numbers. Use it between a person or group and the thing associated with them.
姓名
姓名 means name in 你们的姓名, referring to the names requested on the registration form. It is one of the pieces of personal information to be written down. Use it when a form or official situation asks for someone’s name.
地址
地址 means address in 你们的姓名、地址和电话号码, referring to the participants’ address. It is listed with other personal information on the form. Use it when giving or requesting a mailing or residential address.
和
和 means and in 姓名、地址和电话号码, connecting the last item to the preceding items in the list. It joins pieces of information requested together. Use it to connect items in a list.
电话
电话 refers to a telephone or phone in 电话号码. Here it helps form the expression for a phone number. Use it together with 号码 when referring to a telephone number.
号码
号码 means number in 电话号码, identifying the numerical part of the phone information requested. 电话 specifies that the number is for a phone. Use it after a type of number when identifying a particular number.
也
也 means also or too in 我们也应该写电子邮件地址吗？, adding an email address to the information already mentioned. It appears before the action or modal phrase. Use it when adding another person, item, or action to what has already been discussed.
应该
应该 means should in 我们也应该写电子邮件地址吗？, asking whether adding the email address is the proper thing to do. It comes before the action 写. Use it before an action when asking about advice, obligation, or the appropriate choice.
电子邮件
电子邮件 means email in 电子邮件地址, identifying the type of address being discussed. It combines with 地址 to specify an email address. Use it before 地址 when referring to an email address.
吗
吗 is a question particle at the end of 我们也应该写电子邮件地址吗？. It turns the preceding statement into a yes-or-no question. Use it at the end of a question when asking whether something is the case.
那
那 means that in 那一项, referring to the email-address item just discussed. It comes before the classifier 项 and the noun-like item reference. Use it to point back to a specific thing that has already been mentioned.
项
项 means an item or category in 那一项, referring to one entry or section on the form. 那 identifies which item is meant. Use it when referring to a particular item in a form, list, or set of requirements.
是
是 links 那一项 with 可选 in 那一项是可选的, stating that the item has the status of being optional. It connects the thing being described with its description. Use it between a subject and a clear identification or description.
可选
可选 means optional in 那一项是可选的, explaining that the email-address item does not have to be completed. It describes the status of the item on the form. Use it when an item may be included but is not required.
如果
如果 means if in 如果我们填写电子邮件地址, introducing the condition that the participants fill in an email address. It comes before the conditional action. Use it at the beginning of a condition when explaining what happens under a certain circumstance.
填写
填写 means fill in in 如果我们填写电子邮件地址, referring to entering an email address on the form. It takes the information being entered as its object. Use it when completing a form field with requested information.
会
会 means will in 你们会发送什么 and 我们会发送, indicating what someone is expected to send. It appears before the action 发送. Use it before an action when talking about a future result or planned action.
发送
发送 means send in 你们会发送什么 and 我们会发送下一次活动的日程. The object is what will be sent, either asked about with 什么 or identified as the schedule. Use it before the thing being sent.
什么
什么 means what in 你们会发送什么？, asking which thing will be sent. It appears after the action 发送 as the unknown object. Use it after a verb when asking what the action affects.
次
次 identifies an occurrence in 下一次活动, referring to the next event occurrence. It follows 下 and comes before 活动. Use it when distinguishing one occurrence of an event or activity from another.
日程
日程 means schedule in 下一次活动的日程, referring to the schedule for the next event. It is the information that will be sent. Use it after an event or activity description when referring to that event’s schedule.
Grammar Points
请 + 动词
请填写这张表。
qǐng tiánxiě zhè zhāng biǎo.Please fill in this form.
“请”放在动词前，用来礼貌地提出请求。
如果 + 条件，结果
如果报名，免费。
rúguǒ bàomíng, miǎnfèi.If you sign up, it’s free.
“如果”引导条件，后面用逗号连接结果。
Chinese Vocabulary
报名
verb
bàomíng
to sign up; to register
我们想一起报名。
本市
det
běn shì
this city; local
本市居民可以免费参加。
步行活动
noun
bùxíng huódòng
walking event
参加步行活动要多少钱?
参加
verb
cānjiā
to participate; to join
参加步行活动要多少钱?
多少钱
phrase
duōshao qián
how much money
参加步行活动要多少钱?
居民
noun
jūmín
resident
本市居民可以免费参加。
免费
adv
miǎnfèi
free of charge
本市居民可以免费参加。
请
verb
qǐng
please
请在这张表上写下你们的姓名、地址和电话号码。
写下
verb
xiě xià
to write down
请在这张表上写下你们的姓名、地址和电话号码。
姓名
noun
xìngmíng
name
请在这张表上写下你们的姓名、地址和电话号码。
一起
adv
yìqǐ
together
我们想一起报名。
这张表
noun
zhè zhāng biǎo
this form
请在这张表上写下你们的姓名、地址和电话号码。
Quiz
Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
walking event
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步行活动to write down
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写下how much money
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多少钱this city; local