New words and language points

New words

身体 shēn tǐ body

你身体怎么样？How are you？Nǐ shēntǐ zěnme yàng？

爱 ài to like, to love （negative：不爱 bú ài ）

爱看书 ài kàn shū

些 xiē some，a few

一些 yī xiē some； 这些 zhè xiē these；那些nà xiē those；哪些 nǎ xiē which+pl.

水果 shuǐ guǒ fruit

吃水果chī shuǐ guǒ to eat fruit

水 shuǐ water

喝水hē shuǐ to drink water

Language points

We can use the structure 多duō +v.p. to give advice like to drink more water, to eat more fruits, to have more rest

For example 多喝水 means to drink more water. Here 多 means many, much.

多 we have learnt this character in the sentence which is asking others age. 你多大？How old are you?

If you want to give the opposite advice, do something less, you can use 少 shǎo +v.p.

Like 少喝咖啡 to drink less coffee