1. Note how 习惯 varies in meaning throughout the lesson between “habit”, “custom” and “to be used to.”

2. Since there is no specific word for “Yes” in the Chinese language you can see alternate expressions used to indicate agreement. In this lesson we saw: 没错, 是的 and 对啊.

3. Note the usage of 几句, which is short for 几个句子.

4. Note the usage of 那么多 to indicate “more than expected.”

5. 逛街 can mean both “to shop” and / or “to window shop.”

6. 要看你住在什么地方 is another way to say “It depends on where you live.”

7. The sentence 你们从城市坐公车或火车到别的小镇去 uses the sentence pattern 从 A 到 B to indicate “from A to B.”

8. The sentence 在大城市说英文的人比小镇多 uses the sentence pattern A 比 B comparison verb. So in this example that’s A 比 B 多 meaning there are more A than B.