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MAGIC CHINESE
TEXTBOOK (First Draft)
Lesson 1: Numbers
The story
The Magic Chinese journey starts when Melissa and her family go to a flea market and buy what they think is a compass.It is old and rusty, with many dials and buttons that seem more like decorations than anything else.Beautiful designs are carved into the lid. Even though the compass doesnt seem to work very well, Melissa still loves it. What she doesnt realize is that the compass is going to change her life and that of her friends.
On the day after she buys the compass, Melissa, as always, gets together with her four good friends in Peters garage. Excitedly, Melissa shows everyone the compass. Peter immediately declares that he knows how to make it work,but Tom barges his way in, snatching the compass and wildly pressing all of the buttons and turning all of the dials.Suddenly, strange, glowing words appear as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.
They ask Peter at once what these words mean. Peter explains that they are times and dates in Chinese, but he doesnt know why they are there or how they have appeared. Melissa exclaims that it doesnt matter. She thinks that everything that has occurred so far is extremely exciting and just like what is told in fantasy stories. Maybe the compass will take them to a magical world! However, something strange happens.When Reggie pushes the upper left key, the compass screen promptly displays English on what looks like a computer screen. It seems to have turned into a translator.
I. (Narration)
Melissa is showing this curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it. Tom barges in immediately and begins to press all the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange, glowing words appears as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.
II. (Dialogue)
Tom
Look! Whats this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is.
Peter
I know. I know. Thats Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. ,,,,,,,,.
Linda
What? (mimicking).yi, er, san, si, wu, ..
Wow! Thats really cool. I want to learn it.
Peter
Look! Heres todays date. .
Melissa
(Looking at the time machine) What about this?
Peter
Thats the time. .
Tom
Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen!
Time Machine (pronouncing :)
,,,,,,,,.
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III. Vocabulary
zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
year
month/moon
date/sun
minute
morning, AM
afternoon, PM
hundred
sky, day(s)
to be, am, are, is
to have, there is, there are
oclock
minute
Four-word phrases
SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT
IV. Grammar Points, Sentence Patterns
1. To state a telephone number in Chinese just say each digit in order. Remember numbers are keys words in a sentence; you need to pronounce each number clearly and correctly.
415-833-9706 --
Now, ask some of your classmate to state their home phone numbers in Chinese, and write them down below:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
2. How do you say year, month and date in Chinese?
In Chinese, the character (yue4) The moon stands for month; while (ri4) The sun stands for the day or date. For example, the eighteenth day of September is written . In speaking, however, the word (hao4=number) replaces . Thus, is how you say September 18th.
From January to December, you can just go by the order of the numbers from the first month to the twelfth:
January ,
February , March,
April ,
May ,
June ,
July ,
August ,
September , October , November , December
Now, what are these dates? Give the English translation for each of the following:
For the year, you will say the four digit number just like you say the telephone numbers, and end the phrase with (nian2, the word for year). For example:
1990,
1865,
2002,
2008,
2012,
Now, to give information on year, month and date, simply use this order: from large to small (year+month+date):
For example; September 30th, 2008-
Please give the English translation for each of the following dates:
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
Now give the date of birth of some your family members or your friends:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
3. What is todays date? ? is a question word, which literally means how many or how much. Whenever a question regarding a number is asked, is used.
() ?
?
?
4. Note the difference betweenand . The word is a generic measure word. So while means one month,means January. For example;
as opposed to
5. To state the time of the day:
Now, write down the following times in Chinese:
6:00 AM ___________________
8:30 PM ______________________
11:15 AM __________________
6:35 PM ______________________
2:36 PM ___________________
7:50 AM ______________________
6.Please note when counting the number of years, , does not take a measure word. Thus, a year is rather thanFor example: There are 365 days in a year is . (A year has 365 days.)
The word for week on the other hand, takes measure word as a counter. For example: There are 21 days in three weeks..(Three weeks has 21 days.)
Now, can you translate the following into English?
There are 366 days in the year 2008. (The year 2008 has 366 days.)
____________________________________________________
There are 29 days in February this year _______________________________
There are four weeks in a month._____________________________________
There are 52 weeks in a year. ________________________________________
Words to help.
VI. Class Activities
A. : One little, two little, three little Indians
(, ,, ?).
, , ; , , ; ,, .
B. Dot to Dot ( ,.)
C. ,?
D. : Radical/Writing:
person
The origin of
"person" as a radical is normally written at the left side of a character (the standing person : , , )
mouth
The origin of
is usually written on the left side of a character. ( )
Some of the following characters belong to radical person; some belongs to mouth. Copy them down on the space provided below.
to blow
eye
to enter
to bark
image
to see
handsome
all
beautiful
word
companion
to eat
uncle
bright
taste
to have
to sing
noisy
to drink
body
/ : _____________________________________
____________________________________
VII. Culture Notes
A. Chinese believe that some numbers are more auspicious than others. Six and Eight represent good fortune for Chinese, much as the number seven is considered a lucky number for Westerners. Westerners consider thirteen to be an unlucky number while for Chinese number 4 is considered unlucky. The pronunciation of number 4 is homophonic (that is it sounds the same) with the word for death, and is therefore often avoided.
B. 1-10.
Magic Chinese - Lesson 2
(Introduction)
After the previous experience, Peters garage becomes the fixed place where they amuse themselves with the compass. One day, Melissa unintentionally keys in her date of birth: Here! Look! Its my birthday. Tom grabs the compass and turns the outermost circle of the compass to the left. Peter nervously yells: Wait! Wait! Suddenly, the screen emits a blinding light that none of them can keep their eyes open. They are so surprised to find that Peters garage has vanished after they open their eyes. Instead, the surrounding looks like a middle school sports ground. The students around them are all Easterners look rather like Peter and Linda. With a confused look on their faces, they come up to ask who they are and where do they come from. Peter knows none of his friends understand Chinese language, so he begins to introduce himself. To his amazement, they all can speak the language fluently and none of them understand why.
Rei qi wa
: ! ?
Lingda zhe
: ! ?
Bi de zhi dao ge xue
: ! !
tangmu wa zhe tai wan le
: ! !
Xuesheng jia Yi shei zen me lai de
: ? ? ?
Xuesheng yi Hai zi
: ! ? ?
Bi de bi de tangmu li sha rei qi he lingda
: ! , ,
Li sha
: ?
Xuesheng yi tai bei shan xue
:
Bi de yi li sha
: ! ! !?
Rei qi zen me hui jia a
: ?
Even though they dont understand what has happened, but they do enjoying talking with the Taiwanese students. Except Reggie is quite nervous about this adventure and keeps thinking about how are they going to go home. Fortunately, Peter finally figures out the reverse process and all of them says goodbye to the students of ZhongShan Middle School in Taipei (), Taiwan ().
Da jia zai jian zai jian hui jia le
: ! ! !
In a blink of an eye, they are back in Peters garage save and sound! Now they realize what a treasure this compass is. They pledge to keep this secret among themselves.
. (VOCABULARY)
A.
B.
? ? ?
? ?
? ?
?
! ! ! ! ! !
C.
Besides the following examples, you can also practice with the terms youve learned in Pre-lesson I.
Zhe jia xue
a. ?
tai bei
he
b.
ying ying xue he hui jia
c. ? ?
Ying ying
?
Hui jia hui jia
?
d. ? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
: (GRAMMAR NOTES)
1. Asking questions using ?:
Change a straight sentence into a questions simply add at the end.
Example: You are American. Are you American?
Ni shi meiguoren. Ni shi meiguoren ma?
He speaks Chinese. Does he speak Chinese?
Ta shuo Zhongwen. Ta shuo Zhongwen ma?
This is fun. Is this fun?
Zhe hao wan. Zhe hao wan ma?
2. Asking questions using ?, ?, and ?:
a. Do not add at the end of the questions.
b. Chinese questions follow the same pattern as the answer. All you have to do is
to take out the answer term and put in the questions term.
Examples: What is this? This is a Chinese book.
Zhe shi sheme? Zhe shi Zhongwen shu.
Who is this? This is my mother.
Zhe shi shei? Zhe shi wode mama.
Where is this? This is middle school.
Zhe shi nali? Zhe shi zhongxue.
What is Chinese language?
Zhongwen shi sheme?
Who speak English?
Shei shuo yingwen?
3. Asking questions using ?:
a. Do not add at the end of the questions.
b. Always use a verb or action word after to make a how to type of question.
Examples: How to say this? Zhe zenme shuo?
How to play this? Zhe zenme wan?
How to learn this? Zhe zenme xue?
How to ___verb___? Zenme ___verb___?
c. Learn how to say What is _____ in Chinese language?
How to say panda in Chinese? Panda zhongwen zenme shuo?
How to say France in Chinese? France zhongwen zenme shuo?
How to say Japan in Chinese? Japan zhongwen zenme shuo?
4. When to use and when not to use :
Think shi is an equal sign. When the two sides of shi are the same type of words you can use shi, otherwise, dont use it.
Example: This is good. This person is a good person.
Zhe hao. Zhe ren shi hao ren.
America is fun. Americans are fun people.
Meiguo haowan. Meiguoren shi haowande ren.
She is beautiful. She is a beauty.
Ta mei. Ta shi meiren.
. (EXPANSION)
a. Nationality, people and language
Faguo
Deguo
Riben
Xibanya
Moxige
Taiwanhua
b. Describing people
c. Describing location
? ?
nali
should we keep this one
. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)
Activity 1: Conversation circle.
Divide students into two groups with equal numbers. Have them standing in two concentric circles facing each other. The students will ask each other the following questions. Then move the outside circle clockwise to switch to a new partner. You may give them a card with questions printed on it to begin the activity. After a while you can remove all the cards and have them continue on the questioning without cards. This will help students to speak naturally.
1. ? ?
________________________
________________________
2. ? ?
________________________
______________________
3. ? ?
Ying diandian
Activity 2: Chinese Shulaibao! (Chinese wrap)
Explain the ancient art of . Demonstrate the - using CD and the pinyin transparency. Explain the meaning and lead students to say it slowly section by section. After several times, increase the speed but still keeps the tempo. Start to cover up some portion of the words while continuing the practice until the whole thing disappears. Then use the Chinese word transparency sheet to practice again. This is to help student internalize the learning. Using hand gestures at the same time can help students remember the meaning. Point out several new grammar points at the end to confirm their understanding.
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! ! !
, , !
, , !
, , !
Shuo zhongwen! Shuo zhongwen! Wo hui shuo zhongwen!
Ni ye shuo, wo ye shuo, renren shuo zhongwen!
Zuotian shuo, jintian shuo, mingtian haiyao shuo!
Tiantian shuo, tiantian xue, zhongwen shuo de hao!
Activity 3: Introducing a friend to class.
Let students find a partner in class. Interview each other with the questions listed on the cards. Using Pre-lesson I to do question 4 and 5. Have them memorize the answer for each question and introduce each other in front of the whole class. When they finish introducing each other praise them Shuo de hao! Reward each student a piece of fortune cookie or candy. Make them practice saying Xiexie.
1.? ?
sui
2.?
3.? ?
Xi huan
4.?
5.? (Using Pre-lesson I to do question 4 and 5)
. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)
Chinese name
Chinese name always have their family name before their own name. Family name usually composed of one single character, occasionally we can see two characters for family name, such as (Ouyang). The attached list shows you some common Chinese family name (Chart 1).
Unlike the first name in English, there is a book of name for parents to choose from, Chinese name is created by parents. The parents will choose either one or two characters that can describe their kids or expectations for their kids. Sometimes the first word is a chosen word according to the generation sequence from a set of characters determined by their ancestor. In this case, people can tell which generation this person is just from looking at his or her name. One can also tell whether they are siblings from the same family based on that chosen word. There are some examples of Chinese names for boys and girls (Chart 2). Can you tell which is more likely for girls? Of course, sometimes we cant tell the gender simply by looking at a name. A name like (ming, bright or smart) can be either a boy or a girl.
translated into Chinese.
When English name is translated into Chinese, the sound of each syllable is matched with a sound in Chinese character. The Chinese words are chosen in the way that doesnt carry any special meaning to avoid sounding funny. You can see some American names in Chart 2.
Do you like to create a Chinese name for yourself? Write down two or three key words that you would like to have in your characters, in English of course. Your teacher may be able to help you create an authentic Chinese name for you.
Chart 1.
Chart 2. ?
What is the family name? Can you tell a boys name from a girls name?
: Li guoqiang (country and strong) Lin mei
Wang baijun (hundred and handsom) Zhang hui ling (wisdom and delicate)
Chart 3.
Qiaozhi huashengdun niudun ai yin si tan
Lesson 3: Family
I. Narration
From the previous teleporting experience, the friends realized that the compass had special powers.
The following day they gathered in Toms garage again. When Tom picked up the compass and turned the outer dial to the right, the light reappeared. Everyone had become used to it, so they closed their eyes waiting for the rays of light to go out.Opening their eyes, they found that they had been transported to Melissas garage. Disappointed they hadnt been transported somewhere more exciting, they went into Melissas living room to talk about the compass. Since they hadnt told their families about the compass yet, Tom asked Melissa if her parents were at home. Melissa gestured at a photo on the wall and said that they were out today. Tom asked if it was an old photo, since he didnt recognize Melissas parents.
II. Dialogue
Melissa,
Melissa pointed at the people in the photo one by one.
III. Vocabulary
who
this is that is
brothers and sisters
all are
Mexican
know how to
to speak
Spain
of course
speak well
looks alike
truly
friend(s)
want
What
emphasize the action in between
joking
IV. Grammar Notes:
1. How to ask question in Chinese?
In Chinese, if you want to ask a question, you can simply add MA in the end of the sentence.
Or you can use a question word.
Or you can simply use positive + negative to make a choice-type question.
is negative, so is are you or are you not
can you or cant you?
look alike or not?
Important note:
The negative form for is
have or not have
2. To compliment someone when they do something very well
3. all---- can only be placed before a verb.
All of us are American. / We are all American.
We are all good friends.
We all can speak Chinese.
means all not; means not all
None of us are Chinese.
None of us can speak Chinese.
We are not all American.
Not all of us can speak English.
V. Expansion
41 Melissas picture)
39 Toms picture)
12 Peters picture)
35
Vocabulary for the Expansion :
VI. Tasks Performance
1. Warm up
Listen to the recording and write down the number for each person. The first one is an example. 1.An arrow with a box pointed at in the picture, like this
A photo of family, with grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters. With an arrow and a box for each person.
(The rest of the recording is the following. This part wont be in the book.)
2. Role Play
Bring in a picture of your family, or find a picture of a family in a magazine, and talk about their relationship, age, nationality and what language they speak.
3. Radical/Writing
female
learnchinese.elanguageschool.net/images/=25E5...
640 x 280 - 12k
Image may be scaled down and subject to copyright.
strode, path
(The origin will be added later.)
Some of the following characters belong to the radical female; some belong to path. Copy them down on the space provided below.
towards
mother
he
back
aunt
to live
very
elderly lady
you
to speak
elder sister
from
father
to kick
country
be able to
she
nanny
to gain
younger sister
: _____________________________________
____________________________________
Writing: Use the list of the words to write sentences. The following is an example.
4. Games:
Distribute the Bingo Form to everyone. The pupils will each choose 10 words from the vocabulary list (either pinyin or characters). The teacher should put all of the vocabulary words onto separate cards and put them all into a bag/box. The teacher will pick one card at a time and read it out to the class. Anyone who has the word should circle it. The first one to complete all 10 words is the winner.
5. Arts and Crafts:
Draw your family tree. Dont forget to tell us their names and ages.
Culture Understanding:
A Chinese family is hierarchically organized. Traditionally, no two members of a Chinese family were equal in authority. The senior generation held greater authority than the junior generation, older people held greater authority than younger ones, and men held greater authority than women. Although men and women are far more equal nowadays, it is still true in many families that younger family members are taught to respect their elders. However, elders are also responsible for taking care of those younger than them.
For example, you have 4 siblings two brothers aged 20 and 16, two sisters aged 18 and 14 and yourself, 12 years old. You would address them according to their rank and not their first name. Thus, you would call them (big brother) (big sister) (second brother)and (second sister), but they can simply address you by your name.
Familial respect is a core value of Chinese culture that is represented by the concept of xio (colloquial: xioshn []), which is usually translated "filial piety. In the past, when wills clashed, it was expected (and legally enforced) that the will of a family superior should prevail over the will of a family subordinate. Traditional law held a child's insubordination to a parent was a capital offense, and a daughter-in-law's insubordination to her parents-in-law was grounds for divorce. Of course, much has changed over the years, and such hierarchy is no longer so strictly enforced. However, the ideas of filial piety are still upheld in many Chinese families and also in popular culture. Heroic sacrifice to support one's parents is a commonly recurring theme in Chinese literature.
Unit A-1
REVIEW: SUPPLEMENTARY
:
! (Peter)
? ? !
O O
:
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?
6. ?
1. Greetings
!
!
!
!
2. Saying good-bye
!
!
!
!
3. Introducing oneself
?
4. Inquiring others
?
()
?
()
5. Asking the age
?
?
?
6. Asking what grade someone is in
?
?
7. Greetings
!
!
!
!
8. Saying good-bye
!
!
!
!
9. Introducing oneself
?
10. Inquiring others
?
()
?
()
11. Asking the age
?
?
?
12. Asking what grade someone is in
?
?
Wo de peng you zai na li
?
Yi er san si wu liu qi,
One two three four five six seven,
Wo de pengyou zai nail? Where are my friends?
Zai na li, zai na li,
Where, where?
Zai Beijing, zai shanghai,
In Beijing, in shanghai.
Wo de pengyou zai zheli.
My friends are here.
7. Asking what language can someone speak?
()?
8. Asking where someone lives?
?
?
9. Asking where someone comes from?
?
10. Asking about someones family
?
?
11. Asking the day of the week
?
12. Asking the date?
??
13. Asking about someones birthday
?
?
14. Asking someones telephone number
?
(356) 987-2338
LESSON 4: Fruits & Colors
(I am thirsty)
I. Narration
A week had passed and they were back to Peters garage, keen to experiment more with the compass. Tom twisted the outer dial even further this time, and it emitted the blinding light once more. This time, when they opened their eyes, they knew they werent someplace near home. They were in a barren desert of grey and black sand and pebbles. It was very hot and dry, and there werent any plants not even cactus. Peter said that it looked like pictures of the Gobi Desert that he had seen when studying geography. He proposed that they look around maybe they were near the town of Tunhuang on the Silk Road! He pointed towards a range of hills that didnt look that far away, and they agreed to hike up to the top of it. It took longer than they expected, and several hours later they were exhausted and thirsty at the top of a barren hill.
II. Dialogue
Reggie pressed the yellow quadrant, and bananas appeared.
Then they pressed the green quadrant, a watermelon appeared in front of them. After they finished the watermelon, they felt much better. Tom looked at the blue panel and wondered:
III. Vocabulary
no fun
both tired and thirsty
What should I do!
look
sour / sweet
also
hungry
to give
like
eat
extremely
am thinking of; would like to
Grammar Notes:
1. What is a stative verb (SV)?
In Chinese, sometimes an adjective functions as a verb. For example, I am fine. Translated to Chinese will be This kind of adjective we call a Stative Verb (SV).
2. Want to describe you are both tired and thirsty.
se the sentence pattern: SV,SV
3. How about you want to emphasize that you like to do both A and B?
(Shall we introduce this sentence pattern in lesson 5?)
4. to give someone something
5. Measure Word (MW)
If you count something in Chinese, you need to use a certain measure word to go with a number, similar to English: a cup of flour, one spoon of sugar; or like a school of fish, a flock of birds
However in Chinese almost everything has its own measure word.
(an apple)
(a banana)
(a slice of watermelon)
(two watermelons)
Rule of counting 2 (just 2 not 12, not 22):
If just simply count the number from 1-10, you pronounce 2 (er4).
But if 2 goes with a measure word, then you have to use (liang 3)
122224 in teens and twenties you still pronounce 2) 200 is 2,000 is
6. to describe degree of something is extremely
7. is used to identify the color of an object.
or
If I want to say I like green apples, the sentence will be:
8. (Shall we add a grammar note about this word in this lesson?)
Lets review the sentence pattern of asking questions with choice type (introduced in Lesson 4).
V.
Use a picture of Panda to show black and white colors.
Picture of a Mexican piata to show ()
Match the picture with the correct description
Picture of a strawberry
Picture of grapes
Picture of an orange
use a picture of a green hat)
Florida.
Expansion
:
VI. Tasks Performance
3. Warm up
6 picture cards of fruits.
Apple/s
strawberries
Banana/s
watermelon
grapes
organes
Listen to the recording and write down the number under of each fruits. The first one is an example. 1.(The rest of the recording is the following. This part wont be in the book.)
4. Role Play See the attached file for the Miss Milk is getting married play.
5. Radical/Writing:
/ water
The origin of
"water" is normally written with three dots as part of the character (three drops of water : )
grass
The origin of
usually is on the top of a character.
Some of the following characters belong to radical water, some belongs to grass. Copy them down on the space provided below.
to eat
berries
sour
thirsty
not
too
river
melon
happy
to give
sweet
west
sea
color/s
grass
flower/s
would like
tired
to drink
vegetable/s
/: _____________________________________
____________________________________
Writing: Use the list of the words to write the reasons you like/dislike/want/dont want certain fruits. The following is an example.
//
6. Games
Divide the class into groups of 4. Each group receives 6 fruit-picture cards with a number on each card. Everyone takes turn to throw the dice. If it is 1, the person takes the No. 1 fruit-picture card, pretending to eat, and say /The card then will be turned over face down. If someone throws the dice and gets 1 later, the person must say /
VII. Culture Understanding:
Color symbolism in Chinese Culture
Red: Happiness, marriage, prosperity
During the Chinese New Year, people put money in a red envelope to give to children and older people to symbolize prosperity for the coming new year. Most people will wear red clothes during this period, wishing to have a prosperous and happy year ahead of them.
Golden Yellow, purple: Royal, noble
During the imperial period, it was forbidden for common people to use these colors.
White: death, mourning
Chinese people wear red clothes when attending a wedding and white clothes when attending a funeral. A bride will wear red on her wedding day.
Gold: Strength, wealth
Black: evil influences
LESSON 5:
Chinese New Year
(1-22-08)
. (Narration)
Melissa is amazed at all these red decorations in Peters house. It creates such a warm and happy atmosphere for this cold California winter. Its almost at the end of January now. What is going on in Peters house? Among the decorations there are 12 unique beanny babies. They are so adorable! Linda really likes that little golden dragon. None of them have seen the dragon beanny baby before. Its so cool!
. (Dialogue)
Long ke ai
: ! ! ! ?
ni xiao ju
: !
Wa shu hu tu long she hou ji zhu
: !
dongwu
Xiao dongwu
: ?
: ! ! ?
Dangran defang
: !
: ?
: !
: ?
Dui dui
: ! ! ?
: ?
: ! ?
Ha ha guanxi
: ! !
wa
: ! !
. (VOCABULARY)
A.
B.
ju dongwu
xiao shu hu tu long she hou ji
dangran
? ?
guanxi
! !
C.
dongwu
a. ?
Lao nai lao zi
shan zi shan gong mu
nan nan nu nu
b. Celebrate something using :
jie shengdanjie gan en jie
: (GRAMMAR NOTES)
a. How to express present, future or past?
Follow the STPVO (subject, time, place, verb or action, object) pattern for general sentence structure. Simply specify the time when things happened. Examples:
I give you toy today.
Ill give you toy tomorrow.
I gave you toy yesterday.
I call you today.
I call you tomorrow.
I called you yesterday.
Ill call you everyday.
b. How to say mailing something to someone, or someone mailed something to you?
I mail something to someone. __ __
I mail toy to you. __ __
He mailed toy to me yesterday.
c. How to use and :
Both mean all. Use in front of nouns, such as people, animals and objects. But, is used in front of verbs (action words) or adjectives (words describing something).
Example: Part 1.
Part 2.
Can you create meaningful sentences by combining the part 1 and 2 together?
Example: All the fruits are sweet.
How do you say the following sentences in Chinese?
1. All the countries all have tasty fruits.
______________ ____
2. All the classmates are nice.
3. All the places are fun.
d. How to use to show preference:
1. can be used in front of adjective word.
Example:
2. can be used in front of verb.
Example: ___________ ___________
___________ ___________
_________ ___________
___________ _____________
e. How to say about to using ____ :
Example:
. (EXPANSION)
Vocabulary associated with Chinese New Year.
New years greeting
eat new year cake
say greeting that bring good luck to others
! Happy New Year!
!! Congratulation! Congratulation!
! Wishing you a prosperous new year!
. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)
1. New Year Wishing Tree ()
This is a custom of Hong Kong. During Chinese New Year, people will decorate a huge tree branch with silk flowers and red ribbons. People will come to see this tree and write down their new year wishes on paper, seal it in a red envelop, then throw the red envelop on to the tree. If it is caught on the branches, it means your wish will come true.
Find a huge tree branch and plant it in a pot. Everyone help to decorate the tree with small paper flowers (plum blossom) and red ribbons. Write a New Year wish on paper and seal it in the red envelope provided by your teacher. Throw it on to the tree. If it will not stay on the tree after third trial, use a red thread and tie it to the tree. Have fun!
2. Chinese New Year Card ()
Step. 1. Your teacher will show you some samples of Chinese New Year cards and ask you ? How do you answer?
Step 2. You are going to make a card for one of the classmate or for your teacher.
Using color construction paper and paper cutting template to cut different sizes of to be used to decorate the front side of your card. Your teacher will demonstrate this process. Glue theseupside down on the front side of a clean red construction paper folded in half. Write the New Year greetings learned in this lesson on inside of the card. You may decorate your cards with glitters, drawings, stickers or other paper cuttings of your choice. When the card is done, write the name of the person who is going to receive the card and sign your name at the bottom.
Step 3. Present your final product to the person in front of the whole class. Presenter: _________, ! ?
Receiver: ! !
If you like to say more than these two lines, or something different than these,
youre welcomed to do so. Dont forget to show courtesy and appreciation!
Step 4. Hang the cards from ceiling as a New Year decoration.
String a thread through the card and hang it from the ceiling. Look how much
festival spirit it brings to the classroom.
3. Happy New Year Song ()
This is a happy New Year song adapted from the traditional New Year Song.
, !
, !
! ! !
! ! !
(Repeat the song three times. Replace with , and during the second and third time.)
4. Radical Recognizing
Can you tell the identical part of the following words? There are two radicals in the following words. Please group them into the two categories. One of the radical was originated from a bundle of silk called (m). The other one originated from the meaning of walk, (cho). But, notice the written form is different than.
this
give
red
near
green
silk
road, way
still
red
far
paper
tired
pass
tied up
run away
Words with radical (m): ___________________________________________
Words with radical (cho): _________________________________________
. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)
Chinese New Year has been celebrated in China for several thousand years. It follows the traditional lunar calendar and usually arrives somewhere in late January or early February on the western calendar. Chinese New Year has been called Spring Festival traditionally, since spring season is not far after the New Year. This is the most important holiday in China. There are many customs need to be followed, however, different area may have somewhat different traditions. Here are some common ones that all Chinese people.
1. Preparation of Chinese New Year starts about a week before the New Years Eve. House cleaning (), preparation of New Year food (, ), decoration of house (, , , ) and buying new cloth () for the family make everyone very busy.
2. During the New Years Eve, the whole family will have a big reunion dinner similar to the dinner of Thanksgiving or Christmas Holidays in the West. This is the best meal in a year. The traffic in China before the New Years Eve is the busiest of the whole year since everyone wants to go home for this reunion dinner. A whole fish will be served at the end of the dinner and no one will actually touch it. This fish dish will be saved for the next day, the first day in the New Year, to symbolize the beginning of a prosperous new year. Fish () and the word for extra () have the same sound Yu. With the help of extra from the previous year, you probably will have a better new year than without it, isnt? After the dinner, the whole family will stay awake () by playing games, fireworks and watching the special New Year programs on TV. As soon as the first second of New Year arrives, youll hear the loud sound of firecrackers all over the place!
3. The first morning of New Year is an important time to do New Year greetings () to your elders and friends. Everyone will dress in new cloth to indicate a new beginning. Youll be served with sweets () and New Year cake (). These are wishing you a sweeter better year than last year. Kids will get money () in a red envelope () from parents and grandparents. You have to say lucky words () like the ones youve learned in this lesson. One definitely needs to avoid saying anything that sound like si, po, or sui since these sounds are for death, or breaking things. These customs of wishing for luck and avoiding bad luck bring everyone the spirit of a new energized beginning!
4. These days, besides doing New Year greetings inside individual family, people usually have a group greeting at work place to be more efficient. A party time will follow with lots of sweets, door prizes () and singing (K) or other entertainment programs. The two famous traditional entertainments are lion dance () and dragon dance (). Some people will go travel in the next few days. The whole celebration of Chinese New Year last about two weeks in China! In the China Towns overall the world, people can also see the Chinese New Year traditions.
Lesson 6- BODY PARTS & CLOTHES
LESSON 6 (Lin Yingzhu Laoshi)
(Body Parts and Items of Clothing)
(Narration)
Stanley Market Linda
Everybody really enjoys themselves in the HK zoo.The pandas are the best part of the trip. But the weather in Hong Kong is much hotter than what they are used to back home in California. Melissa decides that they should find some more suitable clothes, so they all rush to Stanley Market and shop for clothes and shoes.Although Linda has originally come from Hong Kong, she has never been there before, so she feels very curious about her birthplace.
Everybody wants to know if the compass can take them to see a real panda in China. So when Peter enters the word panda, everyone closed their eyes to wait for the blinding flashing light to pass. As they open their eyes, sure enough there are 2 lovable pandas right in front of them.
(Dialogues)
Linda: ! .!!
Melissa: ,,
:, .
:, ,
:? ?
:?
:,.!!
After watching the pandas for a while they began to notice the hot weather. Tom is the first to complaint about the heat.
: ! . . ?
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(Key words)
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, T- , , , , , ()
(Sentence patterns)
1. , ,
2. ,
3. + place word,
4. Verb+ (slight request)
5. ,,(,,)
(Expansion)
: ,,,, ,,,,,T-,,,,
: , ,
: , , , , ,
: ,, , , , , , , , , , , ,
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(Performance Tasks)
1. :, 2. :
3. ,
4. A B
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: (Culture Notes)
1. 2. ,
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Lesson 7 Food
2-10-08
I. Narration
As soon as they return to America, they can't wait to have a meal of hamburgers, fries and a coke. They also eat ice cream and drink fizzy drinks.
II. Dialogue
A few days later when they all meet, Melissa suggests everybody should go back to Asia because she misses the hustle and bustle of night markets. This time, the compass take them to in Singapore, and they are especially curious about the Chinese food that they havent seen before.
III. Vocabulary
no fun
starving to death
store
(verb) go to (do something) fast
hamburger
French fries
coke
and also
pizza
have everything
very famous
only want
ice cream
store
sea food
fish
soup
(lit.) good to drink, tasty
beef
fried noodles
rice
vegetable
looks like
roast duck
fried drumsticks
cake
candy
putting
tummy
big enough
IV. Grammar Notes:
1. Use adj. + to exaggerate a feeling in Chinese
I am so darned tired.
I am way too thirsty.
I am starving to death.
2.1 Use (verb) to urge people to go and do something right away
Lets go and eat something right away, I am starving to death.
2.2 Use verb to urge people to do something right away
Lets go now!
Eat now!
Say it now!/ Tell us now!
2.3 If you want to ask someone speed up their action, you should use the sentence pattern Verb+ (faster)
Please eat faster!
Please walk faster!
Speak faster!
3. If you want more than one thing, you can use the sentence pattern A, B C
4. Sentence pattern: Verb+ ----- ( )
(looks like; sounds like; tastes like)
V. Expansion
()
Appetizer
Egg Roll (5) 5.25
Fried Pot Sticker (8) 5.50
Soup
Hot & Sour Soup (Serves for 4) 5.50
Egg Flower Soup (chicken broth) 5.25
Seafood
LobsterSeasonal Price
Steamed Fish 5.25
Stir Fried Prawns is Sichuan Style 9.50
Salted & Pepper Prawns 9.50
Salted & Pepper Squid 7.95
Pork-Beef-Chicken
Mongolian Beef7.95
Beef with Ginger & Onion 7.95
Stir Fried Sparerib 8.25
Honey & Garlic Pork Chop 7.95
Kung Pao Chicken 7.95
Cashew Nut Chicken 8.25
General Tsuos Chicken 8.25
Congee-vermicelli-noodle-rice
Fish Congee4.25
BBQ Pork Noodle Soup 4.25
Beef Chao Fun 6.50
Salted & Pepper Prawns 6.50
Mixed vegetable Fried Rice 6.25
Flavor of the food
(mei2wei4dao4): no flavor
(dan4): plain
(xian2): salty
(tian2): sweet
(suan1): sour
(la4): spicy
(tai4you2): too greasy
Role-play: 3 people as a group, one plays a waiter/waitress, the others will be the customers.
Step 1: The 2 customers create a conversation about what to order.
Step 2: Order food from the waiter/waitress. (Use the above menu)
Step 3: Critique about the food and compliment or complain to the waiter/waitress.
Step 4: Ask for bill and pay for it.
Rubric:
Category/ Scores
1 point
2 points
3 points
Score
Clarity of speech
There were many words I did not understand.
I understood a lot of the words.
I understood all the words.
Clarity of Content
I didnt understand what was going on.
I understood a lot of what happened.
I understood everything.
Creative
There were few new ideas and strategies.
There were some new ideas and strategies.
There were lots of new things.
Interesting
My mind wandered.
I was interested in what was happening.
I was very interested.
Informative
Little information was presented.
I learned some new information.
I learned a lot.
Presentation
The presenter was very nervous and unprepared.
The presenter was nervous but prepared.
Professional.
Total Score:___________________
Test your memory: ( Listening and Speaking)
One student says: ... (My favorite: food or drink)
The next student has to repeat the one before and add his/her own favorite food or drink. As more students participate, the sentence builds up and the team with the most number of players remaining wins the game.
VI. Tasks Performance
7. Warm up
Now listen as some Chinese people tell you of their food/drink likes and dislikes: tick the appropriate box and write in English the food or drink mentioned.
(The following section will not be in the textbook but the Teachers handbook/recording.)
Item 1
I dont like pizza.
Item 2
I love fried rice.
Item 3
I love coke.
Item 4
I like ice cream.
Item 5
I dont like vegetables.
Item 6
I dont like hamburgers.
No
like
dislike
Food/drink
1
2
3
4
5
6
2.
Tell your classmates what foods you want to order in his/her restaurant using the sentence pattern shown below and then inserting the Mandarin for the foods indicated.
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hamburger
coke
Ice cream
soup
pizza
Fried noodles
French fries
Beef noodles
cake
Roast duck
Fried drumsticks
3. Radical/Writing:
food
fire
or
This character symbolizes fire as it consumes a few logs, and the flame sparkles from the logs.
Some of the following characters use the food radical, some use the fire radical. Copy them down in the spaces provided below.
hot
castle
drinks
to deep fry
cookies/cakes
to stir fry
noisy
to copy
smoke
full
meals
to return
rice
to pan fry
to cut
annoyed
hungry
vegetables
dumplings
to roast
: _____________________________________
____________________________________
Writing: Design a menu for a Chinese restaurant. Try to provide as many Chinese foods as possible.
4. Games
a. Bingo: Choose 8 of the vocabulary you have just learned in this lesson and enter them in 8 of the spaces. Use the rules of Bingo to play it.
b. Battleship: Choose 6 spaces (a-i) to fill in the vocabulary (in any order). Follow the rules of Battleship game.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
VII. Cultural Understanding:
In China, people have the tradition of giving red-dyed eggs as gifts to announce the arrival of a new baby.
After a baby is born, a new father will present red-dyed eggs to friends and family - an odd number of eggs if the baby is a boy, an even number of eggs for a girl.
Lesson 8: Weather
. (Narration)
Its a breeze sunny Sunday afternoon. Tom is a little board sitting at home by the window watching the red leaves falling in the wind. He wonders what the others are doing. School has been so busy. They cant find time to play that magic compass for quite a while. Suddenly, the phone rings. Tom? Do you have time to come over? How about getting the others to my house? I have things to show you! How wonderful! Soon they all squeeze into Peters room.
. (Dialogue)
: ! ?
: ! !
: ?
: !
:
: ?
: !
: ! !
: !
: !
: ! ! !
: !
: !
: !
. (VOCABULARY)
D.
E.
!
!
C.
1. ?
Read the paragraph down below and match it with a picture in the box. Write a, b, c, or d in the space provided in each box.
? ______
? ______
? ______
? ______
(Notes: Draw a picture in each box to match with the season. This gives clues to students make it easier to understand the short paragraph down below.)
a. ! !
b.
c. (nio)(co)(tio)!
d. (hung)(sh y)!
: (GRAMMAR NOTES)
a. How to say But? Is there any difference between and ?
You can use either one for but in sentences.
Example: I called you yesterday, but you are not there.
Mother wants me to go home, but I still want to play.
She wants to buy fruits, but she doesnt have money.
My house is big, but not very new.
b. How to use to ask permission?
People + + action + ?
Example: Mom, can I eat the cake?
?
Brother, can I play your toy?
?
Xiao Mei, may I go to your house?
?
Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?
cso?
c. The pattern of verb :
in Chinese means a very short time. When adding a verb or action word
in front of is to ask someone to do such an act.
Example: Wait a moment! Take a look!
! !
Have a taste! Try it on!
! !
Lets talk about . Play a little bit.
. .
Come over! Go. for a short while!
! .
d. How to use ______ to show extreme conditions:
Adding action words or words that describing something in front of.
Example: Extremely delicious! Extremely dark!
! !
Excellent! Extremely fun!
! !
Extremely pretty! Extremely fast!
! ! !
Extremely wealthy! Extremely cold!
! !
e. How to talk use :
When talking about two actions, one precedes the other, use in front of
the first action, then add before the second action.
Example: Eat lunch first then go home.
Learn Chinese first then go to China.
Well buy new cloth first then buy birthday cake.
Give me candy first, then Ill give you money.
. (EXPANSION)
!
1. ?
()
2. ?
(
)
3. (xng q)?
or
4. ?
(
or
5. (sh)?
6. (zhng)?
7. (Weather Forecast):
Can you draw a picture to show each weather condition. Dont forget to draw something to indicate the time in your picture.
a. (zo)(yn) !
b. (li)(shn dan)!
c. !
d. (wn)(ling)!
e. (wn)(d)? (ha)(d)! ! !
Vocabulary in Weather Forecast
(y bo) forecast
(yn) cloudy
cool
(li) thunder storm
(shn dan) lightening
thundering
(wn) evening
stars
(ling) moon
(wn) temperature
(d)? How many degrees?
(ha) Fahrenheit degree
(d) two degree
. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)
1. Conversation Cycle ()
Divide students into two groups with equal numbers. Have them standing in two concentric circles facing each other. The students will ask each other the following questions. Then move the outside circle clockwise to switch to a new partner. You may give them a card with questions printed on it to begin the activity. After a while you can remove all the cards and have them continue on the questioning without cards. This will help students to speak naturally. Students in the inner circle can ask the top three questions. Students in the outer circle ask the bottom three questions. Students can also add one question of their own.
a. ?
b. ?
c. ?
d. ?
e. ?
f. ?
2. Role Play Weatherman ()
(Students can compete for three awards: the most professional presentation; the funniest presentation; the most originality. Grading rubric should be introduced to students before starting the project.)
Step 1. Prepare a weather map.
Each student draws a map of a country about the size of 3 feet by 4 feet. Investigate the possible weather pattern of the country. Mark the map with special local weather. Write the month and date on the map. They can also draw things related to their weather to decorate the map.
Step 2. Write a script for weather forecast on an index card. Practice oral presentation based on the script. They need to say the name of the country, the date, the season and the local weather. They may also add extra information related to the weather report to make it more interesting. Have students practice timing themselves. The total presentation should not be longer than 2 minutes.
Step 3. Set up an area for videotaping. Using his or her own map as background, each student present the weather forecast.
3. Four Season Rhyme ( )
! !
! !
!
!
!
(l)! - !
5. Radical Recognizing
Can you tell the identical part of the following words? There are two radicals in the following words. Please group them into the two categories. One of the radical is rain, (y). The other one is sun, (r).
rain
morning,
early
bright
frost
warm
star
snow
thunder
time
electricity
fog
yes, am,
is, are
yesterday
cloud
evening
Words with radical (y): __________________________________________
Words with radical (r): ___________________________________________
. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)
The YinYan sign () is well known to the western world. It is two interlocked curved shapes within a circle, one white, one black, with a spot of the contrasting color within the head of each. Most people relate it to a sign of peace. Do you know where it is from and what does it really mean?
This is an ancient sign from China. More than two thousand five hundred years ago, a very wise man, everybody called him Laozi (), started the philosophy of Daoism in China. By observing nature, he found that opposite forces are working harmoniously with each other to maintain a balanced world. For example, night and day always alternate so our Earth has milder climate good enough to have life.
The dark side of the yinyan sign, in Chinese is , represents the passive nature, characterized as feminine, negative, soft or darkness of night. The white side in Chinese is , represents the active nature, characterized as masculine, positive, hard or the brightness of day. These opposite nature in Chinese are called (very extreme). Their interaction is believed to maintain equilibrium and harmony in the universe. It is a good reminder for us to keep a balanced life.
The little white dot in the black part of Yinyan sign reminds us never to lose hope, because there is always a spot of light somewhere in the darkness. The little black dot in the white area also reminds us to be alert. Whenever we think our world is so perfect, something may go wrong. So keeps a balanced view will help us to have a better life. So you may say Yinyan is an art of balance!
(Note: Can someone help me find a good YinYan sign picture?)
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LESSON 9 HOBBIES
Hobbies and Favorite pastimes
(Narration)
Longing to see more of Asia, Melissa suggests that they should all make a trip to Singapore.Peter keys in the word Singapore on the compass. Lo and behold, there they are! On the street of ! There they meet a group of local students.
(That time in Singapore they met a crowd of students from Taipei.) They very quickly begin chatting, and talk about why they like or dislike certain activities.
(Dialogues)
: ?
: , ,.
: ??
: , .
: , .
,,, (Walking over to join the conversation): ?
: .
: ,.
: ,.
: .
: OK?
: ! ,!
(Key words)
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , , OK, , , ()
(Sentence patterns)
1. VS.
2. Verb + + object
3. place word + verb
4.
5. + verb
(Performance Tasks)
1. (Memory Game)
2. ,,
:Tom Michael Jackson .
: (Culture Notes)
1.
2. OK
3. (?)
Reggie noticed that the compass was flashing, and he shouted to get everyones attention.
The four quadrants of the compass had changed into different flashing colors. Reggie suggested touching the red quadrant, but as he touched it he let out a shout of surprise:
1
(V. O. ) + V. +
( )
1
Lesson One: Numbers
If "shangxue" is not in the dialogue, I don't think it should be used here.
I don't think this is a common sentence to use, we won't ask ourselves that "Am I a good perosn?"
If you don't add hen in this sentence, it sounds more that shi is more beautiful.
I don't quite understand the meaning of "tianren"
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