HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Lesson 14 of 15
你做什么工作
工作情况 · 职业
24 minute lesson · task-based course
你做什么工作
Ask about jobs and workplaces
By the end of this lesson
- Ask what job someone does.
- Talk about workplace and working hours.
- Introduce a family member’s work.
Step 2 · Listening
Listen before reading
First listen for the situation and repeated words. Do not try to translate every sentence.
First play
Identify who is speaking and the main purpose of the exchange.
Second play
Listen for names, times, places, quantities or other task information.
Step 3 · Vocabulary
Lesson vocabulary
Learn the word, then read it again in a sentence or mini-scene from this lesson. A vocabulary card by itself does not count as taught course language.
work
company
go to work
finish work
teacher
doctor
school
hospital
busy
like
time
morning
afternoon
family member
do; make
(coll.) father; dad
younger brother
son
older brother
older sister
mama; mommy; mother
younger sister; young woman
boyfriend
daughter
girlfriend
lady; madam; Miss
four; 4
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Vocabulary in context
These short sentences and mini-scenes make the lesson's additional words usable instead of leaving them as isolated cards.
Step 4 · Sentence patterns
Build usable sentences
Study the pattern, then replace the example information with details from your own situation.
Basic predicate sentences
subject + predicateUse a verb, adjective or noun phrase as the predicate.
Workplace with 在
subject + 在 + place + 工作Use 在 before a place to state the workplace.
Step 5 · Dialogue
Read and replay the exchange
Follow each line with pinyin above the Chinese text. Use the sentence button to isolate one line.
Step 6 · Guided practice
Submit the quiz to unlock lesson completion.
Step 7 · Communication task
Talk about work and family jobs
You meet someone new. Ask about their job and work hours, then introduce the job and workplace of one person in your family.
Your task
- Ask or answer 你做什么工作？
- Use 在 + place + 工作 to give a workplace.
- Give one 上班 or 下班 time.
- Introduce one 家人 with a job or workplace.
View a lesson model
你做什么工作？ 我是老师，在学校工作。 你几点上班，几点下班？ 上午八点上班，下午五点下班。 你的家人也在学校工作吗？ 不是。我爸爸是医生，在医院工作。
This is a model built from the lesson dialogue. Adapt the information instead of copying it.
Self-check rubric
- At least three lesson words are used accurately.
- At least one lesson pattern is complete.
- The response completes the communication target.
- The Chinese can be read aloud without relying on English.
Step 8 · Review
Complete the mastery check
A lesson is complete only after the quiz, communication task and self-review requirements are met.
Reach at least 70%.
Write at least 22 non-space characters.
Complete all three self-checks.
Learning goals
What this lesson helps you do
This lesson focuses on 交流工作信息 and gives you a clear communication goal before you move into extra practice.
- Ask what job someone does.
- Talk about workplace and working hours.
- Introduce a family member’s work.