Operation:

Around Asia Manhunt

Wanted

For Phone theft

Reward: holiday of a lifetime

The Asian Studies teachers from CESC have fled the country with all of the phones they have confiscated this year. You need to track them down to get your phone back.

You have a limited budget, but can earn more money along the way. Each time you arrive in a new country on your journey, you will be given a new budget.

Your budget: $1000

To find flights go to:

TIP: You must buy ADULT tickets, one way (you are not returning to Australia just yet!). Look for dates in one month’s time for cheaper tickets.

To find accommodation do a Google search for accommodation in the city you’ll be visiting, for example: cheap hotel Beijing

You can use: OR

*Make sure you keep your personal passport safe in one plastic pocket. DO NOT LOOSE THIS!!! After each visit to a country, show your work to a teacher so you can get your passport stamped (It’s in Student Public).

You guess that Ms Zhang has gone back to China so you* book flights and 2 night’s accommodation in the capital.

*WHAT’S THEEXHANGE RATEOF1 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (AU$) AGAINST CHINESE YUAN (RMB/CNY)?

1 AU$ = ______RMB/CNY

Flights
Carrier (airline)
Departure Date
Cost
Your new budget after buying plane ticket
Accommodation
Name of your hostel/hotel
Address
Total cost of 2 nights’ accommodation
Budget remaining

You find Ms Zhang in the famous square of Beijing and she tries to run but you manage to catch her. She tells you that she will only give you information if you do two things for her.

“You must do two things for me. Were you paying attention in Asian Studies? Then you should know what this square is called and how to write it in Mandarin. Then you have to make me my favourite meal from Beijing: Peking Duck.”

*Name of square (write in English & Mandarin):

PEKING DUCK RECIPE (findinfo online write down; use the blank back of page 6 if needed)

Ingredients:

Cooking instructions:

MS. ZHANG: “That was the worst duck in Beijing, you should pay more attention in Food Tech! Can you at least take me to a proper teahouse?”

You are taking a taxi to the teahouse. On the way, the taxi driver decides to give you a free tour. Find the name of the following tourist attractions.

Eg.Name: Forbidden City

What is it? It was the imperial palace, now it’s a national museum.

Name / What is it?
/ ______Park
/ _____ Cube

Now you’ve arrived in the tea house, finally!

*Do the Tea Culture worksheet on student public.

*EVERYBODY: Learn how to order in Chinese by doing Lesson 8 in KuaileHanyu since you need to treat Ms Zhang to some nice tea.

New Words (write down Chinese characters and pinyin pronunciation):

English meaning / Chinese character / Pinyin pronunciation
fruit
apple
Juice
Soft drink
Tea
To want; to need
A modal particle, indicating a tag question

Sentence Patterns (Translate the following sentences into Mandarin with both Chinese characters and pinyin pronunciation):

  1. What do you want?
  1. Do you want some fruit?
  1. I want apple. How about you?
  1. I don’t want apple.

*LANGUAGE STUDENTS: Also do Lesson 7 in KuaileHanyu.

New words:

English / Chinese characters / Pinyin
bread
Egg
Milk
Coffee
To eat
To drink
morning

Sentence patterns:

Good morning!

What do you want to drink?

I want to drink milk.

I don’t drink coffee.

**Now have a short conversation in Mandarin Chinese (using the phrases you’ve learnt) with your AST teacher**

MS. ZHANG: “I only have one phone from one of the Year 9s, you can have it. I can’t figure out the passcode. I think Ms Wang has the rest of them. She recently sent me this postcard it says that she was going to this country’s capital:”

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