Sport and Me

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 运动
  yùndòng

  to move; to exercise; sports

• 跑步
  pǎobù

  to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double

• 游泳
  yóuyǒng

  swimming; to swim

• 篮球
  lánqiú

  basketball

• 足球
  zúqiú

  soccer; football; a soccer ball

• 踢
  tī

  to kick; to play (e.g. soccer)

• 乒乓球
  pīngpāngqiú

  table tennis; ping-pong; table tennis ball

• 比赛
  bǐsài

  to compete; competition (sports etc); match

• 公里
  gōnglǐ

  kilometer

• 快
  kuài

  rapid; quick; speed

• 慢
  màn

  slow

• 经常
  jīngcháng

  frequently; constantly; day-to-day

• 常常
  chángcháng

  frequently; often

• 有时候
  yǒushíhou

  sometimes

• 总是
  zǒngshì

  always

• 平时
  píngshí

  ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime

• 每
  měi

  each; every

• 会
  huì

  can; to know how to; to be likely to

• 能
  néng

  to be able to; can; might possibly

• 可以
  kěyǐ

  can; may; possible

• 教
  jiāo

  to teach; to instruct

• 身体
  shēntǐ

  the body; one's health

• 健康
  jiànkāng

  health; healthy

• 累
  lèi

  tired; weary; to strain

• 厉害
  lìhai

  intense; severe; (of a person) stern

• 爬山
  pá shān

  to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)

• 周末
  zhōumò

  weekend

The lesson’s grammar

• Degree complement: V + 得 + Adj

  Subject + Verb + 得 + (很) + Adj

• Degree with an object: (V) + O + V + 得 + Adj

  Subject + (V) + O + V + 得 + Adj / Subject + O + V + 得 + Adj

• 会, 能, 可以: can

  Subject + 会 / 能 / 可以 + Verb

• 每…都…: every…

  每 + (数) + 量 + Noun + 都 + Verb

• Frequency: 常常, 经常, 有时候, 总是, 一直

  Subject + 常常 / 经常 / 有时候 / 总是 + Verb