curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/zh-a1-learn-understanding-greetings-and-introductions/68f4a1d24458555d6ed8819d.md
The speaker is introducing his name and nationality. He uses a common and useful structure.
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What is the speaker's name and nationality?
His name is 刘明 (liú míng), and he is Singaporean.
His name is 王华 (wáng huá), and he is Chinese.
These are not mentioned in the audio.
His name is 刘明 (liú míng), and he is American.
American in Chinese is 美国人 (měi guó rén), which is not mentioned in the audio.
His name is 明刘 (míng liú), and he is Singaporean.
The correct order in Chinese names is family name first, so this is in the wrong order.
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He is introducing himself using two common structures in Chinese:
我是 (wǒ shì) + name
我是 (wǒ shì) + nationality
The key words following 我是 (wǒ shì) are 刘明 (liú míng) and 新加坡人 (xīn jiā pō rén), which means "Singaporean". These are his name and nationality respectively.
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"background": "company2-center.png",
"characters": [
{
"character": "Liu Ming",
"position": {
"x": 50,
"y": 17,
"z": 1.4
},
"opacity": 0
}
],
"audio": {
"filename": "ZH_A1_greetings_and_introductions_liuming.mp3",
"startTime": 1,
"startTimestamp": 0.1,
"finishTimestamp": 3.75
}
},
"commands": [
{
"character": "Liu Ming",
"opacity": 1,
"startTime": 0
},
{
"character": "Liu Ming",
"startTime": 1,
"finishTime": 3.01,
"dialogue": {
"text": "您好 (nín hǎo)，我是刘明 (wǒ shì liú míng)。",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Liu Ming",
"startTime": 3.3,
"finishTime": 4.65,
"dialogue": {
"text": "我是新加坡人 (wǒ shì xīn jiā pō rén)。",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Liu Ming",
"opacity": 0,
"startTime": 5.15
}
]
}