The Virtual Picture Album -- China
The grid below is an annotated index to part of theVirtual Picture Albumcompiled and distributed by theLess Commonly Taught Languages Projectat the University of Minnesota. The pictures in this section of the VPA are of people, places and objects in the People's Republic of China. Each of the pictures is represented by a thumbnail-sized image in the grid, and is accompanied by:
- a list ofvocabulary itemscorresponding to elements in the picture
- some suggestedlesson topicsandgrammar pointsfor which the picture might be useful. (These categories aresummarizedat the bottom of the page.)
There are also suggestions for ways to use certainpairs or groupsof pictures.
Due to the number of pictures in this section, the VPA index for China is divided into three parts.
To视图或陶氏nload a full-sized picture from the VPA, click on its thumbnail representation below. You may also view the table with the list of vocabulary itemsin Chinese.
| Photo (Thumbnail) |
Vocabulary Items |
Topics |
Grammar Points |
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buses, bus station, parking lot |
travel |
directions; motion verbs |
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old women, bench, bricks |
family; history |
conjunctions; subordinate clause |
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river, river bank |
pollution; buildings |
near/far |
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soft-drinks; vendor |
food, drink, markets |
transitive/intransitive; measure words |
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rabbit, basket, kill |
food; drink; markets |
ordering of process/event |
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dried tofu |
food; drink; markets |
ordering of process/event |
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flower, intersection, tree, street |
clothes; ceremonies; celebrations |
measure words; directions; locatives/spatial relations |
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truck, field |
rural life |
comparatives; motion verbs |
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bridge, river |
geography; landscape |
locatives/spatial relations |
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river, clouds, sky, hills |
geography; landscape |
locatives/spatial relations |
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wooden house |
buildings |
prepositions; locative/spatial relations |
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main street, village |
buildings; everyday life |
directions; near/far |
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small shop, village |
buildings; everyday life |
directions; transitive/intransitive |
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cinema |
buildings; everyday life |
conditional; conjunctions |
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church |
historical/ religious elements |
conditional; comparatives |
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rice paddy |
rural life; agriculture |
locatives/spatial relations |
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wooden house |
buildings; rural life |
locatives/spatial relations |
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group, hikers, log |
pastimes, landscape |
progressive; comparatives |
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户外厕所 |
rural life |
directions; conditional |
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school children, truck |
children |
plural; progressive |
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Tibetan, glasses |
minorities; clothing |
comparative; progressive |
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cap, cane, parrot |
clothing; everyday life |
comparative; progressive |
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vendor, cherries |
food; agriculture |
locative/spatial relations; progressive |
| TOPICS |
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GRAMMAR POINTS |
| advertising |
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"ba" construction |
| animals |
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comparatives |
| buildings |
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conditional |
| celebrations/ceremonies |
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contrast |
| children |
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directions |
| clothing |
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following a map |
| colors |
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locatives/spatial relations |
| construction/economic development |
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measure words |
| culture |
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near/far |
| direction signs |
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numbers (cardinal) |
| everyday life |
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ordering of process/event |
| family |
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particles |
| food |
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progressive |
| geography |
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reflexive |
| greetings |
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subordinate clause |
| historical/religious elements |
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| housing |
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| how-many? |
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| kitchen appliances/utensils |
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| landscape |
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| materials |
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| nature |
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| numbers |
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| occupations/professions |
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| pastimes |
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| politics |
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| school |
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| school activities |
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| seasons |
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| shapes |
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| shopping |
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| store interior |
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| traffic signs |
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| transportation |
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| travel |
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| unemployment/employment |
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| urban/rural |
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| weather |
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