Words & phrases
Model sentences
开学前，我和妈妈去买文具。
kāi xué qián， wǒ hé mā ma qù mǎi wén jù。
Before school starts, Mum and I go to buy stationery.
我挑了两支适合写字的铅笔。
wǒ tiāo le liǎng zhī shì hé xiě zì de qiān bǐ。
I choose two pencils that are suitable for writing.
这块橡皮能把铅笔字擦干净。
zhè kuài xiàng pí néng bǎ qiān bǐ zì cā gān jìng。
This eraser can rub out pencil marks cleanly.
我先看清价钱，再决定买什么。
wǒ xiān kàn qīng jià qián， zài jué dìng mǎi shén me。
I check the price before deciding what to buy.
两支铅笔和一块橡皮一共七元。
liǎng zhī qiān bǐ hé yí kuài xiàng pí yí gòng qī yuán。
Two pencils and one eraser cost seven yuan altogether.
我付了十元，店员找钱三元。
wǒ fù le shí yuán， diàn yuán zhǎo qián sān yuán。
I pay ten yuan, and the shop assistant gives me three yuan in change.
买文具
中文学校要办手工活动，小安带着一张清单，和妈妈去买文具。
zhōng wén xué xiào yào bàn shǒu gōng huó dòng， xiǎo ān dài zhe yì zhāng qīng dān， hé mā ma qù mǎi wén jù。
The Chinese school is holding a craft activity, so Xiao An takes a list and goes stationery shopping with Mum.
清单上写着两支铅笔、一块橡皮和一本小本子，她先看看自己书包里有什么。
qīng dān shàng xiě zhe liǎng zhī qiān bǐ、 yí kuài xiàng pí hé yì běn xiǎo běn zi， tā xiān kàn kan zì jǐ shū bāo lǐ yǒu shén me。
Her list has two pencils, an eraser and a small notebook; she first checks what is already in her schoolbag.
她发现本子还有许多空白页，所以决定不用再买一本。
tā fā xiàn běn zi hái yǒu xǔ duō kòng bái yè， suǒ yǐ jué dìng bù yòng zài mǎi yì běn。
Finding many blank pages in her notebook, she decides not to buy another.
商店里，每支铅笔两元，橡皮三元，她算出要付七元。
shāng diàn lǐ， měi zhī qiān bǐ liǎng yuán， xiàng pí sān yuán， tā suàn chū yào fù qī yuán。
At the shop pencils are two yuan each and an eraser three yuan, making a total of seven yuan.
旁边还有漂亮的贴纸，可是她只有十元，而且贴纸不在清单上。
páng biān hái yǒu piào liàng de tiē zhǐ， kě shì tā zhǐ yǒu shí yuán， ér qiě tiē zhǐ bù zài qīng dān shàng。
There are attractive stickers nearby, but she has only ten yuan and stickers are not on the list.
她把十元交给店员，收到三元找钱，又检查了一次买到的东西。
tā bǎ shí yuán jiāo gěi diàn yuán， shōu dào sān yuán zhǎo qián， yòu jiǎn chá le yí cì mǎi dào de dōng xi。
She hands the assistant ten yuan, receives three yuan in change and checks her purchases.
回家的路上，妈妈问她为什么没有买贴纸，她说先买真正需要的，剩下的钱可以留着。
huí jiā de lù shàng， mā ma wèn tā wèi shén me méi yǒu mǎi tiē zhǐ， tā shuō xiān mǎi zhēn zhèng xū yào de， shèng xia de qián kě yǐ liú zhe。
On the way home Mum asks why she did not buy stickers; she says she bought what she needed first and can save the rest.
小安把清单和价钱写进本子，想下次自己核对总数。
xiǎo ān bǎ qīng dān hé jià qián xiě jìn běn zi， xiǎng xià cì zì jǐ hé duì zǒng shù。
Xiao An writes the list and prices in her notebook so that she can check the total herself next time.
Conversation
A 请问，这种铅笔多少钱一支？
qǐng wèn， zhè zhǒng qiān bǐ duō shǎo qián yì zhī？
How much is each pencil of this kind?
B 每支两元，你要几支？
měi zhī liǎng yuán， nǐ yào jǐ zhī？
Two yuan each. How many would you like?
A 两支，再要一块三元的橡皮。
liǎng zhī， zài yào yí kuài sān yuán de xiàng pí。
Two, and an eraser that costs three yuan.
B 一共七元，还需要本子吗？
yí gòng qī yuán， hái xū yào běn zi ma？
Seven yuan altogether. Do you also need a notebook?
A 不用，我的本子还有空白页。
bù yòng， wǒ de běn zi hái yǒu kòng bái yè。
No, my notebook still has blank pages.
B 好的，这是你选的文具。
hǎo de， zhè shì nǐ xuǎn de wén jù。
All right. Here is the stationery you chose.
