L7 他今天遲到竟然是因為出車禍

1. English meaning:
則 is a conjunction that helps us to indicate contrast. This
grammar pattern takes two things and makes a
comparison. The second clause of the sentence (which
includes the 則) describes another thing with a contrasting
characteristic.
Structure:
Subject + Predicate, 則 + Predicate
Subject + Predicate, 則 + Predicate

2. A:妹妹跌倒了，姐姐在旁邊安慰她，弟弟則是在旁邊笑。
A: Mèimei diédǎole, jiějiě zài pángbiān ānwèi tā, dìdì zé shì zài pángbiān xiào.
A: My sister has fallen, her sister is comforting her, and her brother is laughing next to her.
B:妹妹還好嗎?
B: Mèimei hái hǎo ma?
B: Is my sister still okay?
Subject + Predicate, 則 + Predicate

3. A:晚餐我想吃麵，弟弟則是想吃飯。
A: Wǎncān wǒ xiǎng chī miàn, dìdì zé shì xiǎng chīfàn.
A: I want to have dinner at dinner, but my brother wants to eat.
B:那你們決定好再跟我說。
B: Nà nǐmen juédìng hǎo zài gēn wǒ shuō.
B: Then you decided to tell me again.
Subject + Predicate, 則 + Predicate

4. Subject Predicate, 則 Predicate
妹妹跌倒了， 姐姐在旁邊安慰她，弟弟 則 是在旁邊笑。
晚餐 我想吃麵，弟弟 則 是想吃飯
Subject + Predicate, 則 + Predicate

5. A:晚餐我想吃麵，弟弟則是想吃飯。
A: Wǎncān wǒ xiǎng chī miàn, dìdì zé shì xiǎng chīfàn.
A: I want to have dinner at dinner, but my brother wants to eat.
B:那你們決定好再跟我說。
B: Nà nǐmen juédìng hǎo zài gēn wǒ shuō.
B: Then you decided to tell me again.
A:晚餐吃飯，明天早餐吃麵可以嗎?
A: Wǎncān chīfàn, míngtiān zǎocān chī miàn kěyǐ ma?
A: Dinner cook rice, can we have nooldes for breakfast tomorrow?
B:好，那就這麼決定了!
B: Hǎo, nà jiù zhème juédìngle!
B: Ok, then that's it!

6. A:他畢業後決定去找工作，他朋友___是選擇念研究所。
B:每個人的人生規劃都不相同。
A:妹妹跌倒了，姐姐在旁邊安慰她，弟弟___是在旁邊笑。
B:妹妹還好嗎?

7. A:我的妹妹很喜歡吃甜點，姐姐則是很討厭。
B:(那妳姐姐喜歡吃什麼)?
A:(晚餐我想吃麵，弟弟則是想吃飯)。
B:那你們決定好再跟我說。