This is the teaching materials I created for Multilingual Chicago's Mandarin Bilingual Boot Camp in July 2010.

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3. Guess the meaning… 男 力 nán man 田 + lì power 思 心 sī : to think about, to be concerned xīn heart

5. xiè xiè 谢谢。

6. You are welcome.

7. bú kè qì 不客气。

8. Sorry.

9. duì bù qǐ 对不起。

10. Not a problem/ No worries/ That’s alright.

11. méi guān xi 没关系。

12. Goodbye.

14. One Day In Shanghai

15. Scenario I - Greetings - Hello, My name is XXX. Nice to Meet you. What’s your name? Nǐhǎo, wǒjiào XX. hěngāoxìngrènshínǐ. Nǐjiàoshén me míngzì ? - My name is XXX. I’m from Chicago. Where are you from? Wǒjiào XX. Wǒláizìměiguó. Nǐcóngnǎlǐlái ? - Really? I’m from Chicago too! Do you speak Mandarin? Zhēn de mā? Wǒyěláizìzhījiāgē! nǐhuìshuōzhōngwénmā? - Yes, I speak a little bit. I’m very interested in Chinese culture. shì de, wǒhuìshuōyìdiǎnzhōngwén. wǒduìzhōngguówénhuàhěngǎnxìngqù - Me too. wǒyěshì.

16. Scenario I - Greetings Continued… - Are you going to Shanghai this time? nǐzhècìshìqùshànghǎilǚyóumā ? - No. I’m going there for business. But I’d like to travel around the city. bù ,wǒshìqùchūchāi . dànwǒhěnxiǎngliúlǎnzhèzuòchéngshì - Me too. I’m free tomorrow. Shall we go around together? wǒyěshì . míngtiānwǒyǒukòng . wǒ men yìqǐguàngguangba - Ok, sounds great. See you tomorrow! hǎo a! míngtiānjiàn!

17. Scenario II – Going Around The City - Hello, XX. How are you today? zǎoshànghǎo ,XX. nǐjīntiānhǎomā?- I’m good, thank you. And you? wǒhěnhǎo . xièxie. nǐ ne? - I’m very good as well. Where are we going first? wǒyěhénhǎo . wǒ men xiānqùnǎlǐ ne? - I heard the bund is the very pretty. How about going there first? wǒtīngshuōwàitānhěnpiàoliàng . wǒ men xiānqùnàlǐzěn me yàng? - Ok,let’s go. hǎo de. wǒ men zǒuba

18. Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund 外滩 the bund wàitān

19. Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund 外滩 the bund wàitān

20. Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund 外滩 the bund wàitān

23. Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden 豫园 Yu Garden yùyuán

24. Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden

25. Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden 小笼包 Steamed Stuffed Bun xiǎolóngbāo

26. Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden 小吃 snacks/ “dimsum” xiǎochī

28. Scenario IV – Going Around The City @ Pearl Tower 东方明珠 Oriental Pearl Tower dōngfāngmíngzhū

31. Scenario V – Going Around The City @ Cloud 9 Bar 九重天酒廊 Cloud 9 jiǔchóngtiānjiǔláng

34. Hope You Enjoyed the mini “Tour” of Shanghai!

35. Writing Chinese Characters Pick 5 Words that You’d love to write today. Then…let’s learn how to write/draw them 

36. Writing Chinese Characters Stroke Order Two basic rules are followed: Top  bottom Left  right Additional rules then these 2 rules conflicts: Horizontal strokes intersecting vertical strokes 十 Left vertical stroke (usually) before top horizontal stroke 四 Left-falling strokes  right-falling strokes 九 Bottom horizontal stroke at last 四 Center stroke  wings 小 A final rule can contradict the others: Minor strokes (often) last 我

37. Writing Chinese Characters Component Order Most Chinese characters are combinations of simpler, component characters. 思， 男， 你， 好 Top bottom or left right. When one component is at the bottom-left, and the other at the top-right, the top-right component is sometimes written first. 运 http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/characters