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Part One: Reading

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I. Reading

How much does this book cost? Forty-five dollars.
How about that one? One hundred and eight dollars ninety-seven cents.
This book is too expensive. I won't buy it.
One brush pen costs thirty dollars.
Those two brush pen are very good and not expensive.
Which one do you want?
I want them both.

Part Two: Vocabulary

: SP : that
: SP : this
: M : a measure-word for books
: QW : how much
: SV : many; much
: SV : little
: N : money
: N : 1) dollar; 2) piece; 3) lump
: M : dime
: M : cent
:N : brush-pen
: N : pen
:IE : be good-looking
: SV : expensive
: QW : which, what
: M : a measure-word for pen
: A : all, both
: PN : he
: PN : they
: 1) M : a cup of (a measure for cup) ; 2) N : a cup
: NU : zero
: NU : hundred
: NU : thousand
: NU : ten-thousand
: NU : one hundred million

Part Three: Sentences Patterns and Comprehension

1.

SP	M	N
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		?

2.

SP	NU	M	N
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			?

3. The chinese characters for numbers :

(100);
(1,000);
(10,000);
(100,000);
(1,000,000);
(10,000,000);
(100,000,000).

4." " and " "

a) Employed separately , we generally use " ". For example : ; ; ...., but we never say ( is the correct way for "twenty" ).

b) At the beginning of a series of digits, we can use " " or " ". For example : 257 : or

c) In the middle and at the end of a series of digits, we always use " ". For examples : 22,222 : (the employed in the beginning may be replaced by )

Part Four: Fluency Drill

1.

?	How many books do you buy?
.	I (will) buy one book.
?	How many cups of tea do you drink?
.	I (will) drink two cups of tea.
?	How many newspapers do you read?
.	I read three newspapers.
?	How many pens do (or did) you sell?
.	I sold (or sell) four pens.

2.

?	Which ones do you like?
.	I like this one and that one.
?	Which one do (will) you drink?
.	I (will) drink both of them.
?	Which book are you reading?
.	This one.

3.

?	How much does it cost for each one?
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?	How much does it cost for one pen?
?	How much does this newspaper cost?
?	How much does that book cost?
.	Five dollars and sixty-seven cents each one.
.	Eight dollars and seven cents each one.

4.

.	You like to drink tea.
.	We all like to drink good tea.
.	These three books are all (very) expensive.
, .	Books and newspapers are both good to read.