II. Express short action in Chinese with “一下”
1. Conversation
A:这是今天早上的报纸吗?
[zhè shì jīn tiān zǎo shang de bào zhǐ ma ?]
Is it this morning’s newspaper?
B:不是,是昨天的。
[bù shì , shì zuó tiān de 。]
No, it isn’t. It’s yesterday’s.
A:你听,是不是送报纸的来了?
[ nǐ tīng , shì bù shì sòng bào zhǐ de lái le ?]
Listen. Is that the man who delivers newspaper?
B:我看一下。不是,是送牛奶的。
[wǒ kàn yíxià 。 bù shì , shì sòng niú nǎi de 。]
Let me see. No, it’s the milkman.
2.New Words
3. 报纸 bàozhǐ n. newspaper
4. 送 sòng v. to send, to deliver
5.一下 yíxià num.-m.used after a verb, indicating an act or an attempt
6. 牛奶 niúnăi n. milk