Chinese ClassDay 3: Aug. 29, 2011

Mr. Graham Salzer格拉汉姆先生

News Report

Student gives news report for the day – Kendall.

Comment on news.

Chinese Pods now online for this week.3 files – finish listening by Friday, please.

Review homework.

Review the four tones

Example video

Review pages 1-3 of textbook.

Page 4: Radicals偏旁部首

Piānpáng bù shǒu

Radicals are the small pieces of a character.

Radicals are combined to make a single character.

Some radicals have independent meanings.

Website containing list of all radicals. Not important now, but interesting. Click here.

Character stroke order.

IN GENERAL, CHARACTERS ARE WRITTEN TOP-LEFT TO BOTTOM-RIGHT!!!

Lesson 2, pages 5 and 6

Key vocabulary, listen to the CD.Write the words on the board.

Students pay close attention to the stroke orders.

Exercises 1 and 2 on page 6.

Geography

3rd or 4th largest country in the world (depending on whether Taiwan and other regions are included). Behind Russia, Canada, USA.

About 1.35 billion people. Most of population is on the eastern half.

Very diverse climate some mountain areas, deserts, forests, tropical, subarctic

Major rivers: Pearl River, Yangtze River, Yellow River, Songhua River

Mountains: Himalayas in Tibet and Xinjiang. Mount Everest

Geography continued…Major cities:

TIER 1: Beijing (capital), Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen.

TIER 2: Tianjin, Chengdu, Qingdao, Suzhou, Dalian, Ningbo, Xi’An, Shenyang, Nanjing, Xiamen, Haerbin, Hangzhou.

TIER 3: Wuhan, Kunming, Chongqing, Nanchang, Changsha, Urumqi.

22 Provinces, 2 special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Hong Kong was a British colony. Macau was a Portuguese colony. Both located on the southern coast of China. Almost like separate countries. Have different governments, economic systems, money, culture. Hong Kong and Macau are both very wealthy places.

Hong Kong is famous for trade, finance, banking, tourism.

Macau is famous for casinos, tourism, entertainment, some trade and finance. It’s like the “Las Vegas of Asia.”

The Five Great Mountains of China

East Great Mountain (Dōngyuè): Tài Shān泰山 ; ; "Tranquil Mountain” Shāndōng Province, 1,545 m

West Great Mountain (Xīyuè): Huà Shān华山 ; "Splendid Mountain", Shănxī Province, 1,997 m

South Great Mountain (Nányuè): Héng Shān (Hunan)

衡山 ; ; "Balancing Mountain", Húnán Province, 1,290 m

North Great Mountain (Běiyuè): Héng Shān恒山 ; "Permanent Mountain", Shānxī Province, 2,017 m

Center Great Mountain (Zhōngyuè): Sōng Shān

嵩山 ; ; "Lofty Mountain", Hénán Province, 1,494 m

China’s major cities…

China’s Provinces

The Four Rivers

Homework

Study pages 4, 5 and 6.