f f today yesterday the day before yesterday

fù習 / fù习 today yesterday the day before yesterday tomorrow the day after tomorrow 天 今天 昨天 前天 明天 後天/后天 this year last year the year before last year next year the year after next year 年 今年 去年 前年 明年 後年/后年 2

課文 / 课文 �school begins �開學 / 开学 �Today is Sunday. What will you say if school will begin next Tuesday? �學校後天會開學。 �学校后天會开学。 3

課文 / 课文 �These days the students are all very busy. �這幾天學生們都很忙。 �这几天学生们都很忙。 �Some of them are busy selecting classes, and some of them are busy buying textbooks. �有的忙 zhe 選課，有的忙 zhe 買課本。 �有的忙 zhe 选课，有的忙 zhe 买课本。 4

How to describe a situation? �It follows a temporal progression. �It moves from general to specific. �It provides the most detail about the main point of the narrative. �It uses adverbs and other connecting words to make the structure of the main part of the narrative clear. 13