eChinese Unit 6 Lesson 1 Sun lao shi 11

sub + 把 + obj + v + other elements

i gave money to my friend

emphasizes subject's impact on object

我把钱给朋友

in order to (wei le): in order to improve my chinese understanding, i listen to chinese news every morning for an hour

为了

为了提高我的中文水平，我每天早上一个小时听力中文广播报道。

los angeles (luo shan ji)

洛杉矶

send (song dao): parents send their children to america

送到

父母把孩子送到美国

recieve (jie shou): chinese foreign exchange students in america receive a western style education

接受

美国的中国小留学生接受西式教育

**between (zhi jian):

之间

*be called (cheng wei)

称为

strange (mo sheng): strange place, stranger

陌生

陌生地方，陌生人

facing challenges (mian lin tiao zhan): international students face three challenges after arriving in china

面临挑战

留学生来到中国后面临三个方面的挑战

**increase contact (zeng jia jie chu)

增加接触

become, change into (bian de): last year i became more independent and confident

变得

**我去年变得（了）更加独立和自信

measure word for people (yi wei) & expand field of vision (shi ye bian da le)

one forgien exchange student said: my field of vision has been expanded

一位&视野变大了

一位留学生说：“我的视野变大了！”

**mature (cheng shu)

成熟

however, but (bu guo)

不过