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Free tasteBeginner Speaking 3 — Out and About

At the Hair Salon — 去理发店

去理发店

Say how much to cut, trim the bangs, ask for a lighter color, try for a better price — then decide on the card.

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The article

The dialogue — Lamia is at the hair salon

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

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Answer from the whole passage, heard or read

Lamia想剪多短?

Lamia xiǎng jiǎn duō duǎn

How much does Lamia want cut off?

Answer from the whole passage, heard or read

Lamia最后办卡了吗?

Lamia zuì hòu bàn kǎ le ma

Did Lamia get the membership card in the end?

Word check 1/2生词复习(一)

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我头发太长了,明天去____。

wǒ tóu fa tài cháng le,míng tiān qù ____。

My hair is too long. I'm getting a haircut tomorrow.

只____短一点,大概两厘米。

zhī ____ duǎn yì diǎn,dà gài liǎng lí mǐ。

Just cut it a little shorter, about two centimeters.

刘海____一下就好。

liú hǎi ____ yí xià jiù hǎo。

Just trim the bangs a little.

我还想____个颜色。

wǒ hái xiǎng ____ gè yán sè。

I'd also like to dye my hair a color.

我想把直发____成卷发。

wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhí fā ____ chéng juǎn fà。

I want to perm my straight hair curly.

我每天早上都用热水____头发。

wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu yòng rè shuǐ ____ tóu fa。

I wash my hair with hot water every morning.

洗完头,我会用吹风机把头发____干。

xǐ wán tóu,wǒ huì yòng chuī fēng jī bǎ tóu fa ____ gān。

After washing, I dry my hair with a hair dryer.

Word check 2/2生词复习(二)

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你想换一个新____吗?

nǐ xiǎng huàn yí gè xīn ____ ma?

Do you want a new hairstyle?

你的____有点长了,要修一下吗?

nǐ de ____ yǒu diǎn cháng le,yào xiū yí xià ma?

Your bangs are a bit long. Shall I trim them?

我的头发太多了,能不能剪出一点____?

wǒ de tóu fa tài duō le,néng bu néng jiǎn chū yì diǎn ____?

I have so much hair. Can you cut in some layers?

我每次都找同一个____。

wǒ měi cì dōu zhǎo tóng yí gè ____。

I always go to the same hairdresser.

你好,请问您有____吗?

nǐ hǎo,qǐng wèn nín yǒu ____ ma?

Hello, do you have an appointment?

您要不要____?办了可以打八五折。

nín yào bu yào ____?bàn le kě yǐ dǎ bā wǔ zhé。

Would you like a membership card? With it you get 15% off.

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:更多词汇和表达

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

再 + 形容词 + 一点/一些

Grammar

(时间词)+ 才 + 动词

The patterns, in use语言点练习

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颜色有点深,有再____一点的吗?

yán sè yǒu diǎn shēn,yǒu zài ____ yì diǎn de ma?

The color is a bit dark. Do you have one a bit lighter?

请再剪____。

qǐng zài jiǎn ____。

Please cut it a little shorter.

How about a slightly lighter color?

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

Your sentence

Could it be a bit cheaper?

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

Your sentence

理发店人太多了,我等了一个小时____轮到我。

lǐ fà diàn rén tài duō le,wǒ děng le yí gè xiǎo shí ____ lún dào wǒ。

The salon was packed. I waited a whole hour before I got my haircut.

你怎么现在____来?我们等了你一个小时!

nǐ zěn me xiàn zài ____ lái?wǒ men děng le nǐ yí gè xiǎo shí!

Why are you only coming now? We waited an hour for you!

I only got a haircut two weeks ago.

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

Your sentence

He didn't get home until two in the morning.

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

Your sentence

More Words and Expressions

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Discussion

Talk it over

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

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

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All 33 topics (for the teacher in class)
  1. 1

    你多久剪一次头发?

    nǐ duō jiǔ jiǎn yí cì tóu fa?

  2. 2

    你染过或者烫过头发吗?感觉怎么样?

    nǐ rǎn guò huò zhě tàng guò tóu fa ma? gǎn jué zěn me yàng?

  3. 3

    在你的国家,染发和烫发一般多少钱?

    zài nǐ de guó jiā, rǎn fà hé tàng fà yì bān duō shǎo qián?

  4. 4

    你们国家剪头发贵吗?大概多少钱?

    nǐ men guó jiā jiǎn tóu fa guì ma? dà gài duō shǎo qián?

  5. 5

    你会经常换发型吗,还是一直一个发型?

    nǐ huì jīng cháng huàn fà xíng ma, hái shì yì zhí yí gè fà xíng?

  6. 6

    你会拿着照片去找理发师剪头发吗?

    nǐ huì ná zhe zhào piàn qù zhǎo lǐ fà shī jiǎn tóu fa ma?

  7. 7

    你多久理一次发?

    nǐ duō jiǔ lǐ yí cì fā?

  8. 8

    你们国家理发贵吗?

    nǐ men guó jiā lǐ fà guì ma?

  9. 9

    你在中国理过发吗?感觉怎么样?

    nǐ zài zhōng guó lǐ guò fā ma? gǎn jué zěn me yàng?

  10. 10

    你喜欢剪短发吗?

    nǐ xǐ huān jiǎn duǎn fà ma?

  11. 11

    你自己剪过头发吗?

    nǐ zì jǐ jiǎn guò tóu fa ma?

  12. 12

    刘海长了,你会自己修吗?

    liú hǎi cháng le, nǐ huì zì jǐ xiū ma?

  13. 13

    你会让理发师帮你修眉毛吗?

    nǐ huì ràng lǐ fà shī bāng nǐ xiū méi máo ma?

  14. 14

    你染过头发吗?

    nǐ rǎn guò tóu fa ma?

  15. 15

    如果染头发,你想染什么颜色?

    rú guǒ rǎn tóu fa, nǐ xiǎng rǎn shén me yán sè?

  16. 16

    你烫过头发吗?

    nǐ tàng guò tóu fa ma?

  17. 17

    你觉得烫头发伤头发吗?

    nǐ jué de tàng tóu fa shāng tóu fa ma?

  18. 18

    你每天都洗头发吗?

    nǐ měi tiān dōu xǐ tóu fa ma?

  19. 19

    你用热水还是冷水洗头发?

    nǐ yòng rè shuǐ hái shì lěng shuǐ xǐ tóu fa?

  20. 20

    你洗完头会吹头发吗?

    nǐ xǐ wán tóu huì chuī tóu fa ma?

  21. 21

    你会让理发师帮你吹造型吗?

    nǐ huì ràng lǐ fà shī bāng nǐ chuī zào xíng ma?

  22. 22

    你现在是什么发型?

    nǐ xiàn zài shì shén me fà xíng?

  23. 23

    你想换一个新发型吗?

    nǐ xiǎng huàn yí gè xīn fà xíng ma?

  24. 24

    你一般多久换一次发型?

    nǐ yì bān duō jiǔ huàn yí cì fà xíng?

  25. 25

    你有刘海吗?

    nǐ yǒu liú hǎi ma?

  26. 26

    你觉得你适合什么刘海?

    nǐ jué de nǐ shì hé shén me liú hǎi?

  27. 27

    头发的层次为什么很重要?

    tóu fa de céng cì wèi shén me hěn zhòng yào?

  28. 28

    你每次都找同一个理发师吗?

    nǐ měi cì dōu zhǎo tóng yí gè lǐ fà shī ma?

  29. 29

    你的理发师是男的还是女的?

    nǐ de lǐ fà shī shì nán de hái shì nǚ de?

  30. 30

    你去理发店会提前预约吗?

    nǐ qù lǐ fà diàn huì tí qián yù yuē ma?

  31. 31

    你们国家剪头发要预约吗?

    nǐ men guó jiā jiǎn tóu fa yào yù yuē ma?

  32. 32

    你在理发店办过卡吗?

    nǐ zài lǐ fà diàn bàn guò kǎ ma?

  33. 33

    办卡可以打折,你会办吗?

    bàn kǎ kě yǐ dǎ zhé, nǐ huì bàn ma?

Class notes

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Before you go课后回顾

  1. 1Role-play: You are at a hair salon in China. You want a trim — just a little shorter — and your bangs trimmed. You would also like to dye your hair a lighter brown. Ask about the price, try to get a discount, and decide whether to get a membership card.