Chris’LessonSpecial session---Transitional Device

shì …A…hái shì …B…A or B?

nǐ shì xué shēng ，hái shì lǎo shī ？

Are you a student or a teacher?

nǐ shì bù zhī dào ，hái shì bù xiǎng shuō ？

You don’t know or you don’t want to say?

tā shì yīng guó rén ，hái shì měi guó rén ？

Is he British or American?

zhī yǒu …A…cái …B…A is the precondition of B

zhī yǒu nǔ lì ，cái néng chéng gōng 。

You can succeed only if you work hard.

zhī yǒu tā tóng yì le ，wǒ cái néng lù qǔ nǐ 。

I can admit you only if he agrees.

You will be able to work only if you have breakfast.

yǒu shí ……yǒu shí ……sometimes…A…,sometimes …B…

tā yǒu shí shàng kè ，yǒu shí shàng bān 。

He sometimes goes to school, sometimes goes to work.

Kas yǒu shí zài měi guó ，yǒu shí zài yīng guó 。

Kas sometimes is in US, sometimes in the UK.

practice

He sometimes likes her, sometimes hates her.

I sometimes play tennis, sometimes play football.

jí shǐ …A…yě …B…Even if…A…, Still…B…

jí shǐ tā cuò le ，wǒ yě zhī chí tā 。

Even if she is wrong, I still support her.

jí shǐ nǐ lǎo le ，wǒ yě huì péi zhe nǐ 。

Even if you are old, I will still accompany you.

Even if you did not pass the exam, we still will be considered.

wéi shén me ……（ne ）？Why……?

wéi shén me tiān kōng shì lán sè de ？

Why the sky is blue?

wéi shén me dì qiú shì yuán de ？

Why the earth is round?

wéi shén me bù ……（ne ）？Why not …? (suggestion)

wéi shén me bú qù shàng bān ne ？

Why not go to work?

wéi shén me bù mǎi xià zhè méi jiè zhǐ ne ？

Why not buy the ring?

wéi shén me bù ne ？

Why not?

……zěn me yàng ？How/what about……?

tā zěn me yàng ？

How about him?

yī qǐ qù kǎ lā OK zěn me yàng ？

How about going to Karaoke?

How about going there together?

How about eating out?

chú le ……hái ……apart from…,…

tā chú le huì shuō fǎ yǔ ，hái huì shuō rì yǔ 。

He can speak Japanese apart from French.

Practice:

We have another color, apart from purple.

Apart from Miss Li, there are another two ladies who also graduated from Wharton Business School.

bù guǎn /wú lùn duō+ adj……dōu /hái shì …B…

No matter A(adj), still…B… bù guǎn nǐ duō chǒu ，wǒ dōu xǐ huān nǐ 。

No matter how ugly you are, I still like you.

bú guǎn zhàng fū huí jiā duō me wǎn ，qī zǐ hái shìhuì děng tā 。

No matter how late the husband returns home, his wife still waits for him.

No matter how beautiful she is, he still does not like her.

No matter how poor we are, we are still confident.

rú guǒ …A…，jiù …B…If A， then B

rú guǒ nǐ qù ，wǒ jiù qù 。

if you go there, I will go there.

rú guǒ nǐ è le ，jiù chī fàn ba 。

If you are hungry, then eat.

“If you are tired, then go to sleep.”

“If I am free, then I will go there with you.”