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Shopping at the Supermarket — 超市购物

超市购物

Where's the milk, how much a jin, what's on offer, when it expires — then scan to pay and skip the bag.

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The dialogue — Anna is shopping at the supermarket

Tap any word for its pinyin and meaning. The dotted ones are the teacher's — those cards carry her example sentences too.

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All the words

After the dialogue读完回答

No pressure — just making it stick.

Answer from the whole passage, heard or read

Anna买了几斤苹果?

Anna mǎi le jǐ jīn píng guǒ

How many jin of apples did Anna buy?

Answer from the whole passage, heard or read

Anna想怎么付钱?

Anna xiǎng zěn me fù qián

How does Anna want to pay?

Word check 1/2生词复习(一)

No pressure — just making it stick.

我家楼下有一个____,买东西很方便。

wǒ jiā lóu xià yǒu yí gè ____,mǎi dōng xi hěn fāng biàn。

There is a supermarket downstairs from my home. Shopping is easy.

东西太多了,我去拿一个____。

dōng xi tài duō le,wǒ qù ná yí gè ____。

I have too many things. I'll go and get a shopping cart.

还要两瓶牛奶。____到什么时候?

hái yào liǎng píng niú nǎi。____ dào shén me shí hou?

Two bottles of milk too. When is the best-before date?

收银台前面____的人太多了。

shōu yín tái qián miàn ____ de rén tài duō le。

Too many people are lining up at the checkout.

前面的____都可以结账。

qián miàn de ____ dōu kě yǐ jié zhàng。

You can pay at any checkout up ahead.

可以用手机____付钱吗?

kě yǐ yòng shǒu jī ____ fù qián ma?

Can I scan a QR code with my phone to pay?

Word check 2/2生词复习(二)

No pressure — just making it stick.

不用,我自己带了____,谢谢!

bú yòng,wǒ zì jǐ dài le ____,xiè xie!

No thanks, I brought my own shopping bag!

苹果今天____,五块钱一斤。

píng guǒ jīn tiān ____,wǔ kuài qián yì jīn。

Apples are on sale today: five kuai a jin.

鸡蛋有____活动吗?

jī dàn yǒu ____ huó dòng ma?

Is there a special offer on eggs?

我是这家超市的____,买东西可以打折。

wǒ shì zhè jiā chāo shì de ____,mǎi dōng xi kě yǐ dǎ zhé。

I'm a member of this supermarket, so I get discounts.

你用过超市的____结账吗?

nǐ yòng guò chāo shì de ____ jié zhàng ma?

Have you used the self-service checkout at a supermarket?

就这些。在哪儿____?

jiù zhè xiē。zài nǎr ____?

That's all. Where do I pay?

Picture check看图配词

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看图配词:课件里的插画

Tap a picture, then choose its word. Picked wrong? Tap that picture and choose again. Match all the cards to finish.

看图配词:常用食材

Tap a picture, then choose its word. Picked wrong? Tap that picture and choose again. Match all the cards to finish.

Pick the word from the bank练习:选词填空

No pressure — just making it stick.

从词库里选词填空

Tap a word to fill the next gap; tap a filled sentence to clear it. Every word is used once.

Word bank

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Grammar

数词 + 量词 + 名词

The patterns, in use语言点练习

No pressure — just making it stick.

我要一____苹果。

wǒ yào yì ____ píng guǒ。

I'd like one jin of apples.

鸡蛋买一____送五个。

jī dàn mǎi yì ____ sòng wǔ gè。

Buy one box of eggs, get five free.

Anna bought a box of eggs and two bottles of milk.

Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.

Your sentence

I'd like three jin of apples.

Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.

Your sentence

Common Food Ingredient 1/2

Tap a line to hear it. These are the words you will meet in the same place.

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Common Food Ingredient 2/2

Tap a line to hear it. These are the words you will meet in the same place.

🔊 Tap any line to hear it

Discussion

Talk it over

Draw a question and answer it out loud — in class, or alone with the recorder.

29 topics are too many — you answer the ones you draw. Two questions per lot.

Tap “Draw”: the tube shakes and two questions come out. Say them or type them, save, and send the file to your teacher.

All 29 topics (for the teacher in class)
  1. 1

    你一般多久去一次超市?

    nǐ yì bān duō jiǔ qù yí cì chāo shì?

  2. 2

    你喜欢在超市买东西还是在网上买东西?为什么?

    nǐ xǐ huān zài chāo shì mǎi dōng xi hái shì zài wǎng shàng mǎi dōng xi? wèi shén me?

  3. 3

    你们国家的超市和中国的超市一样吗?

    nǐ men guó jiā de chāo shì hé zhōng guó de chāo shì yí yàng ma?

  4. 4

    在超市里,快到保质期的商品一般放在哪里?

    zài chāo shì lǐ, kuài dào bǎo zhì qī de shāng pǐn yì bān fàng zài nǎ lǐ?

  5. 5

    你觉得自助结账方便吗?为什么?

    nǐ jué de zì zhù jié zhàng fāng biàn ma? wèi shén me?

  6. 6

    你家附近有超市吗?

    nǐ jiā fù jìn yǒu chāo shì ma?

  7. 7

    你多久去一次超市?

    nǐ duō jiǔ qù yí cì chāo shì?

  8. 8

    你买东西时用购物车还是购物篮?

    nǐ mǎi dōng xi shí yòng gòu wù chē hái shì gòu wù lán?

  9. 9

    小孩子能坐在购物车里吗?

    xiǎo hái zi néng zuò zài gòu wù chē lǐ ma?

  10. 10

    你买牛奶时会看保质期吗?

    nǐ mǎi niú nǎi shí huì kàn bǎo zhì qī ma?

  11. 11

    你会买快到保质期的打折食品吗?

    nǐ huì mǎi kuài dào bǎo zhì qī de dǎ zhé shí pǐn ma?

  12. 12

    你排队时会玩手机吗?

    nǐ pái duì shí huì wán shǒu jī ma?

  13. 13

    你排过最长的队是多久?

    nǐ pái guò zuì cháng de duì shì duō jiǔ?

  14. 14

    你喜欢人工收银台还是自助收银台?

    nǐ xǐ huān rén gōng shōu yín tái hái shì zì zhù shōu yín tái?

  15. 15

    自助收银台方便吗?

    zì zhù shōu yín tái fāng biàn ma?

  16. 16

    你买东西时会用手机扫码支付吗?

    nǐ mǎi dōng xi shí huì yòng shǒu jī sǎo mǎ zhī fù ma?

  17. 17

    你的国家流行扫码点餐吗?

    nǐ de guó jiā liú xíng sǎo mǎ diǎn cān ma?

  18. 18

    你去超市会自己带购物袋吗?

    nǐ qù chāo shì huì zì jǐ dài gòu wù dài ma?

  19. 19

    你们国家的购物袋要钱吗?

    nǐ men guó jiā de gòu wù dài yào qián ma?

  20. 20

    超市的商品一般什么时候会打折?

    chāo shì de shāng pǐn yì bān shén me shí hou huì dǎ zhé?

  21. 21

    原价500元的衣服打9折以后多少钱?

    yuán jià 500 yuán de yī fu dǎ 9 zhé yǐ hòu duō shǎo qián?

  22. 22

    超市的促销活动有哪些?

    chāo shì de cù xiāo huó dòng yǒu nǎ xiē?

  23. 23

    商场一般会在什么时候搞促销?

    shāng chǎng yì bān huì zài shén me shí hou gǎo cù xiāo?

  24. 24

    你是超市会员吗?

    nǐ shì chāo shì huì yuán ma?

  25. 25

    开会员有什么好处?

    kāi huì yuán yǒu shén me hǎo chù?

  26. 26

    你喜欢吃自助餐吗?

    nǐ xǐ huān chī zì zhù cān ma?

  27. 27

    你用过超市的自助结账吗?

    nǐ yòng guò chāo shì de zì zhù jié zhàng ma?

  28. 28

    和家人一起逛超市,一般谁结账?

    hé jiā rén yì qǐ guàng chāo shì, yì bān shéi jié zhàng?

  29. 29

    你一般用什么方式结账?

    nǐ yì bān yòng shén me fāng shì jié zhàng?

Class notes

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Before you go课后回顾

  1. 1Role-play: You are shopping at a supermarket in China. You want to buy some fruit and milk. Ask the staff where things are, ask about the price and today's discount, and pay with your phone.