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Qualify  == >  you have the required  skills  to do something   /  you are eligible to be in a position or to do something  
1 -  you are not qualified for this positions  
2 -  You don't qualify for this position  


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Lesson 1 word 12  (  Qualify ) 

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Question:
1. 这个女孩子多大了？How old is this girl?
2. 她家有几口人？How many people are there in her family?
3. 她的爸爸妈妈做什么工作？What are her parernts’ job?


Transcription
Nǐ hǎo! Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? 
你好！你叫什么名字？
Wǒ jiào Wáng Jìnghé(r)*. 
我叫王静和（儿）。
Nǐ jǐ suì lā? 
你几岁啦？
Wǒ sì suì. 
我四岁。
Nǐ jiā dōu yǒu shéi? 
你家都有谁？
Yǒu bàba、māma、nǎinai、gūgu、hái yǒu wǒ. 
有爸爸、妈妈、奶奶、姑姑、还有我。
Nǐ māma zuò shénme gōngzuò? 
你妈妈做什么工作？
Wǒ māma shì lǎoshī. 
我妈妈是老师。
Nǐ bàba ne? 
你爸爸呢？
Bù zhīdào. 
不知道。
Hǎo de, xièxie. 
好的，谢谢。
Bú kèqi. 
不客气。

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它的建立，让成都平原变成了千里沃野,也使四川一跃成为“天府之国”。 Its establishment transformed the Chengdu Plain into a fertile field and made Sichuan a "land of abundance".
这是公元前276年（秦昭王后期）蜀郡守李冰组织岷江两岸人民、花了25年建成的。It was built in 276 BC by Li Bing, Governor of Shu County, who organized the people on both sides of the Minjiang River and took 25 years to build.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

万事资灌溉

There are 6 tones in Cantonese, tone 1 to 6, let's split them into 3 groups.
Group 1: tone1/ Group 2: tone2 and 5/ Group 3: tone3, 4 and 6
Group 1:
Tone 1 is the easiest tone to find, it equals to stressed syllables in English or other Western languages, for example, father has 2 syllables, one is fa, the other is ther, the first one fa is stressed, because it's higher in pitch, this sound exactly equals to tone 1 in Cantonese.For example I want to pronounce: tik1 (means tick in Cantonese), let's pronounce ticking first, ticking has 2 syllables, the first is stressed, so ti is tik1.
Group 2:
Tone 2 and 5 are both rising tones and are the same in question tones, like WHAT? WHERE? WHO? So to find these 2 tones, you just need to pronounce "WHAT?" then you got the correct tones!
However, what are the differences between tone 2 and 5? Well, you want to be very strict, tone 2 is relatively higher compared to tone 5, but actually when local people are speaking, to speak faster, they will omit details while talking in conversations, so you can just treat these 2 tones as the same tone.For example, if you want to pronounce hou2 (means good in Cantonese), we pronounce WHAT? first, then use the pitch of WHAT? you can find hou2 very easily.
Group3:
Similarly, just like tone 2 and 5, because these 3 tones are so close to each other and quite familiar too, so when talking in conversations, they sound just like the same tone. These 3 tones are just like our unstressed syllables, let's take father as the example again. The second syllable ther is not stressed, and this equals to tone 3, 4 or 6 in Cantonses.For example, if you want to pronounce daap3 (means take transportation in Cantonese), you can produce Linda first, Lin is stressed and da isn't, here da is our tone 3 for daap.
try below: 生活 saang1 wut6 Life/的士 dik1 si6 Taxi/啤酒 be1 zau2 Beer/學生 hok6 saang1 Student/老師 lou5 si1 Teacher/屋企 nguk1 kei5 Home/公司 gung1 si1 Company/酒吧 zau2 baa1 Bar/餐廳 caan1 teng1 Restaurant

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