A short report: 所…的
HSK 5 Unit 3: Written Chinese · Lesson 5 of 5 · About 28 minutes
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Your mission: By the end of this lesson, you can read and write a short formal report, using 所 + verb + 的 for what someone does, and the written words of this unit.
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Warm-up: do you remember?
Two quick questions from earlier lessons. Recalling before you learn makes the new material stick.
Meaning
What does 或 mean?
That is 请勿 (qǐngwù).
That is 竟然 (jìngrán).
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Answer: A, or (written).
或 (huò) means or (written).
Characters
Which word means “on the whole”?
竟然 (jìngrán) means unexpectedly (more written).
意外 (yìwài) means unexpected, accident.
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Answer: B, 总的来说.
“on the whole” is 总的来说 (zǒng de lái shuō).
Listening
From an earlier unit. Listen. What does the word mean?
Cannot listen? Read it instead
误会 wùhuì
That would be 腰 (yāo).
That would be 坚持不懈 (jiānchí búxiè).
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Answer: A, misunderstanding, to misunderstand.
You heard 误会 (wùhuì): misunderstanding, to misunderstand.
New words
所 + verb + 的
所 (suǒ) before a verb in writing makes a phrase meaning what (someone) does: 我们所做的, what we do; 大家所说的, what everyone says. The verb is usually followed by 的 and a noun.
这就是我所知道的。
Zhè jiù shì wǒ suǒ zhīdào de.
That's what I know.
调查所得的数据显示，…
Diàochá suǒdé de shùjù xiǎnshì,…
The data obtained from the survey show that ...
他所说的并不是事实。
Tā suǒ shuō de bìng bú shì shìshí.
What he said is not true at all.
Characters
Open a character to see how it is written, stroke by stroke, with its meanings and words.
Survey report
Chen Jing writes up a survey about how employees get to work.
Listen first
Play the whole text and answer the questions before you open it.
Helpful words: 报告 bàogào report; 员工 yuángōng employee; 方式 fāngshì way; 本次 běncì this (time); 全体 quántǐ all; 对象 duìxiàng target, subject; 共 gòng in total; 占 zhàn to account for; 百分之五十五 bǎifēnzhīwǔshíwǔ 55%; 骑 qí to ride; 停车 tíngchē parking; 应 yīng should; 考虑 kǎolǜ to consider; 提供 tígōng to provide; 班车 bānchē shuttle bus; 一定的 yídìngde a certain; 费用 fèiyòng cost; 增加 zēngjiā to increase
Listening
Listen first. How many employees took part?
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Answer: A, two hundred.
共有两百人参加.
Listening
What is the most common way to get to work?
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Answer: C, the subway.
坐地铁的员工比例最高.
Listening
What is the conclusion?
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Answer: A, consider a shuttle bus.
公司应考虑为员工提供班车.
Show the text
调查报告：员工上班方式
Survey report: how employees get to work
本次调查以公司全体员工为对象，共有两百人参加。
This survey covered all company employees; two hundred took part.
调查所得的数据显示，坐地铁的员工比例最高，占百分之五十五。
The data show that the proportion of employees taking the subway is highest, at fifty-five per cent.
其次是开车，占百分之二十；此外，骑自行车的占百分之十五。
Next is driving, at twenty per cent; in addition, cycling accounts for fifteen per cent.
由于公司附近停车不方便，开车的员工往往迟到。
Because parking near the company is inconvenient, employees who drive are often late.
结论：公司应考虑为员工提供班车，然而这需要一定的费用。
Conclusion: the company should consider providing a shuttle bus; however, this would involve some cost.
Speak: listen, record, compare
Listen to each model, record yourself, then play both and compare: the rhythm, the tones, the vowels. No automatic score: your ear is the judge.
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调查所得的数据显示，坐地铁的员工比例最高，占百分之五十五。
Diàochá suǒdé de shùjù xiǎnshì, zuò dìtiě de yuángōng bǐlì zuì gāo, zhàn bǎifēnzhīwǔshíwǔ.
The data show that the proportion of employees taking the subway is highest, at fifty-five per cent.
本次调查以公司全体员工为对象，共有两百人参加。
Běncì diàochá yǐ gōngsī quántǐ yuángōng wéi duìxiàng, gòng yǒu liǎng bǎi rén cānjiā.
This survey covered all company employees; two hundred took part.
调查报告：员工上班方式
Diàochá bàogào: yuángōng shàngbān fāngshì
Survey report: how employees get to work
Practice
Meaning
What does 参加 mean?
That is 熬夜 (áoyè).
That is 高 (gāo).
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Answer: C, to take part.
参加 (cānjiā) means to take part.
Characters
Which word means “(written: what someone does, before a verb)”?
为 (wéi) means as, to be (written).
之 (zhī) means (written form of 的).
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Answer: C, 所.
“(written: what someone does, before a verb)” is 所 (suǒ).
Pinyin
How do you read 调查 (to investigate, survey)?
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Answer: C, diàochá.
调查 is read diàochá. Check the tone mark on every syllable.
Listening
Listen. What does the word mean?
Cannot listen? Read it instead
显示 xiǎnshì
That would be 不客气 (búkèqi).
That would be 差不多 (chàbuduō).
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Answer: B, to show.
You heard 显示 (xiǎnshì): to show.
Your turn
Recall: type the Chinese for “conclusion” (characters or pinyin).
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Answer: 结论
“conclusion” is 结论 (jiélùn).
Listening
Listen. Which sentence did you hear?
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其次是开车，占百分之二十；此外，骑自行车的占百分之十五。 Qícì shì kāi chē, zhàn bǎi fēn zhī èrshí; cǐwài, qí zìxíngchē de zhàn bǎi fēn zhī shíwǔ.
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Answer: A, Next is driving, at twenty per cent; in addition, cycling accounts for fifteen per cent..
You heard 其次是开车，占百分之二十；此外，骑自行车的占百分之十五。 (Qícì shì kāi chē, zhàn bǎi fēn zhī èrshí; cǐwài, qí zìxíngchē de zhàn bǎi fēn zhī shíwǔ.): Next is driving, at twenty per cent; in addition, cycling accounts for fifteen per cent.
Reading
Read: 调查显示，百分之七十的学生每天用手机学习。由于手机方便，这个比例还在增加。 What is the trend?
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Answer: B, increasing.
这个比例还在增加: increasing.
Grammar
Which phrase means what everyone says?
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Answer: A, 大家所说的.
大家所说的: 所 + verb + 的: what … say.
In context
What do you call the final judgement at the end of a report?
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Answer: B, 结论.
结论: conclusion.
Your turn
Type the Chinese for the data show
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Answer: 数据显示
数据显示: the data show.
Your survey
Imagine a survey of your friends (how they learn languages, or how they exercise) and present it out loud as a short report of six sentences. Record it.
- Who was surveyed and how many, with 以…为对象.
- The main results with percentages and 比例.
- A cause with 由于 and a contrast with 然而.
- A conclusion.
Sentence frames
调查所得的数据显示，＿＿。
Diàochá suǒdé de shùjù xiǎnshì, ＿＿.
The data from the survey show that ...
结论：＿＿。
Jiélùn: ＿＿.
Conclusion: ...
Record your attempt (three and a half minutes at most) and listen back:
Review and finish
Can you do this? If a line feels shaky, go back to that part before you move on.
- I can read and write a short report in formal Chinese.
- I can use 所 + verb + 的.
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Next: HSK 5 Unit 4: Luck and necessity, where you talk about luck, the unavoidable and what is worth doing.