III. Expressing Cause and effect in Chinese with 因为。。。所以
因为 + cause+ 所以 + effect
1. Conversation
A:昨天你们怎么都没去打篮球?
[zuó tiān nǐ men zěn me dōu méi qù dǎ lán qiú ?]Why didn’t you guys go to play basketball yesterday?
B:因为昨天下雨,所以我们都没去。我去游泳了。
[yīn wèi zuó tiān xià yǔ , suǒ yǐ wǒ men dōu méi qù 。 wǒ qù yóu yǒng le。]Because it rained yesterday. I went swimming.
A:你经常游泳吗?
[nǐ jīng cháng yóu yǒng ma ?]Do you often swim?
B:这个月我天天游泳,我现在七十公斤了。
[zhè gè yuè wǒ tiān tiān yóu yǒng , wǒ xiàn zài qī shí gōng jīn le 。]I swim every day this month. I weigh 70 kilograms now.
2. New Words
7. 打篮球 dǎlánqiú to play basketball
8. 因为 yīnwèi conj. because, since
9. 所以 suǒyǐ conj. so, therefore
10. 游泳 yóuyǒng v.to swim
11. 经常 jīngcháng adv. often, frequently
12. 公斤 gōngjīn m. kilogram
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