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New Ways to Socialise — 新型社交方式
新型社交方式
搭子, the one-activity friend: fourteen words for how socialising works now, plus 仅限于 and 死活 — and a stranger who became a friend.
Related video — watch this stretch before class
Ears first, or eyes first?
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Jane 想去哈尔滨，遇到什么问题？
Jane xiǎng qù hā ěr bīn yù dào shén me wèn tí
What is stopping Jane going to Harbin?
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大家找旅游搭子，一般看重什么？
dà jiā zhǎo lǚ yóu dā zi yì bān kàn zhòng shén me
What do people look for in a travel buddy?
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Lamia 在云南找的那个搭子后来怎么样？
Lamia zài yún nán zhǎo de nà ge dā zi hòu lái zěn me yàng
How did Lamia's Yunnan buddy work out?
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Jane 说找陌生人当搭子有什么风险？
Jane shuō zhǎo mò shēng rén dāng dā zi yǒu shén me fēng xiǎn
What risk does Jane point out?
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那家新开的意大利餐厅有什么优惠？
nà jiā xīn kāi de yì dà lì cān tīng yǒu shén me yōu huì
What deal does the new Italian place offer?
Word check — the new words, back at you生词复习
No pressure — just making it stick.
我和她只是健身____，除了一起撸铁，平时不联系。
wǒ hé tā zhǐ shì jiàn shēn ____，chú le yì qǐ lū tiě，píng shí bù lián xì。
She's just my gym buddy — apart from lifting together, we don't talk.
礼物有点贵，我们几个人一起____钱买吧。
lǐ wù yǒu diǎn guì，wǒ men jǐ gè rén yì qǐ ____ qián mǎi ba。
The gift's a bit pricey — let's pool money and buy it together.
这张优惠机票要三个人才能买，有人想一起____吗？
zhè zhāng yōu huì jī piào yào sān gè rén cái néng mǎi，yǒu rén xiǎng yì qǐ ____ ma？
This deal needs three people — anyone want to go in on it?
他性格太____了，什么都要听他的。
tā xìng gé tài ____ liǎo，shén me dōu yào tīng tā de。
He's too domineering — everything has to go his way.
我们聊了一晚上，真是____，怎么现在才认识！
wǒ men liáo le yì wǎn shàng，zhēn shì ____，zěn me xiàn zài cái rèn shi！
We talked all night — why didn't we meet sooner!
Memory hook
仅限于 — strictly limited to
Memory hook
死活 — no matter what
仅限于 and 死活 — fill, build, say语言点练习
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这个免费字体____个人使用，不能商用。
zhè ge miǎn fèi zì tǐ ____ gè rén shǐ yòng，bù néng shāng yòng。
This free font is for personal use only — no commercial use.
The Christmas special is weekends only.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Your turn — say it
我们仅限于朋友关系。
We're just friends — nothing more.
我想养一只狗，但是妈妈____不愿意。
wǒ xiǎng yǎng yì zhī gǒu，dàn shì mā ma ____ bú yuàn yì。
I want a dog, but Mom flat-out refuses.
旅行搭子的故事——用词语库填空
Tap a word to fill the next gap; tap a filled sentence to clear it. Every word is used once.
Word bank
0/5有的人很自私，只管自己的____，完全不顾别人的感受。
yǒu de rén hěn zì sī，zhǐ guǎn zì jǐ de ____，wán quán bú gù bié rén de gǎn shòu。
Some people are selfish — they care only about their own skin.
When you need the scissors, you can't find them for the life of you.
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Your sentence
Your turn — say it
她不听，死活要去。
She wouldn't listen — dead set on going.
See it, say it看图配词
No pressure — just making it stick.
看图配词：搭子、拼车、蹭饭、组局
Tap a picture, then choose its word. Match all the cards to finish.
I found a travel buddy online.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Ears only听力反应
No pressure — just making it stick.
What's her problem?
Your turn — say it
他是哪里人呀？
Where's he from?
What happened in Chengdu?
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我们好久没有聚了，等我旅游回来我在家组个饭局，大家一起聚聚吧！
We haven't got together in ages — once I'm back I'll set up a dinner at mine!
Before you go课后回顾
- Role-play ①: you want to travel but your friends are busy, and you're torn about finding a 搭子 online. Talk it through with a friend — risks, conditions, dealbreakers.
- Role-play ②: a friend keeps coming over to mooch dinner (蹭饭), but you need personal space and can't bring yourself to refuse. Ask another friend for advice.
- Describe your ideal 旅游搭子 in five sentences, using at least 凑、拼、蹭、组局、合得来 among today's words.
- One true sentence about your life with 死活, one with 仅限于.