Have You Been to the Great Wall?

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 过
  guo

  (experienced action marker)

• 以前
  yǐqián

  before; formerly; previous

• 以后
  yǐhòu

  after; later; afterwards

• 那时候
  nà shíhou

  at that time

• 次
  cì

  classifier for enumerated events: time; next in sequence

• 长城
  Chángchéng

  the Great Wall

• 烤鸭
  kǎoyā

  roast duck

• 爬
  pá

  to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up

• 拍
  pāi

  to pat; to clap; to slap

• 照片
  zhàopiàn

  photograph

• 父母
  fùmǔ

  father and mother; parents

• 出国
  chūguó

  to go abroad; to leave the country

• 国家
  guójiā

  country; nation

• 从来
  cónglái

  always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)

• 去年
  qùnián

  last year

• 小时候
  xiǎoshíhou

  in one's childhood

• 记得
  jìde

  to remember

• 忘
  wàng

  to forget; to overlook; to neglect

• 旅游
  lǚyóu

  to travel; trip; journey

• 公共汽车
  gōnggòng qìchē

  bus

• 带
  dài

  to wear; to carry; to take along

• 玩儿
  wánr

  to play; to have fun; to hang out

• 句
  jù

  classifier for phrases or lines of verse; sentence; clause

• 累
  lèi

  tired; weary; to strain

• 年
  nián

  year

The lesson’s grammar

• 过: have done before (experience)

  Subject + Verb + 过 + (Object) / 没 + Verb + 过

• 是…的: stressing details of a past event

  Subject + (是) + when / where / how / with whom + Verb + 的

• Completion 了: V + 了 + amount + object

  Subject + Verb + 了 + quantity + Noun / 没 + Verb

• …以前 / …以后: before, after

  Time / Clause + 以前 / 以后，Main clause

• 一…也/都 + 不/没: not a single, not at all

  一 + 量 (+ Noun) + 也 / 都 + 不 / 没 + Verb / 一点儿也不 + Adj