大考！学习！ Exam! Study!

第一学期的生词卡片。

Flashcard collections from the first semester, to help you prepare for the exam.

Lessons 25-27

Lessons 28-30

Lessons 31-32

Semester 1 Jeopardy Review!

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Lesson 32: 我用眼睛看。

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Lesson 31: 你今天上了什么课？

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Lesson 30: 打电话

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Lesson 29: 他们在做什么？

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Lesson 28: 这是谁的房间？

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Lesson 27: 我的一天。

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Lesson 26: 她的爸爸做什么工作？

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中秋快乐！

Mid Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) takes place on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. That's today, September 19th, 2013!

Overview:

• Name in Chinese: 中秋节 Zhongqiujie /jong-chyoh-jyeah/
• Importance: the second most important (traditional) Chinese Festival after Chinese New Year
• Date: the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese Calendar
• Popular food: mooncakes
• Celebrations: admiring the full moon, eating mooncakes
• Origin: A harvest festival with origins in moon worship.
• History: Over 3,000 years
• Greetings: The simplest is "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" (中秋快乐).
• Most Famous Mid-Autumn Festival poem: "The Moon Festival" (水调歌头 'Water Tone Song') by Su Shi (苏轼)

Intro 1
Intro 2

Modern Celebrations:

Hong Kong 2013
Moon Cake Prep

How to Enjoy Moon Festival
Coloring Pages
Photography: TagGalaxy MoonFestival
Visual Discovery

Vocabulary:

中  zhōng - center, middle
秋 qiū - autumn, fall
节 - jié festival
中秋节 zhōng qiū jié - mid autumn festival
快乐 kuài lè - happy, joyous
中秋快乐 zhōng qiū kuài lè - happy mid autumn festival
月亮 yuè liàng - the moon
赏月 shǎng yuè - to admire the moon
月饼 yuè bǐng - moon cake

过节日 guò jié rì - to celebrate a holiday
传统节日 chuán tǒng jié rì - a traditional holiday
农历八月十五 nóng lì bā yuè shí wǔ - month 8 day 15 on the lunar calendar
团圆节 tuán yuán jié  - reunion festical
传说 chuán shuō - a legend
嫦娥 cháng é - lady on the moon
后羿 hòu yì - legendary archer

Video Clips:

Guide to Mooncakes - 

Legend of Moon Festival -




Chinese Language Account -


Newbie Clip -

Lesson 25: 它们在哪里？

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Lessons 23 & 24: 动物，比一比

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Q1, W2: Recap of Chinese Characters - Radicals

An introduction to Chinese Characters: video

Flashcards:
Top 40 Radicals
Best 100 Radicals
All 214 Radicals

Radical Stories 1: video
Radical Stories 2: video
Radical Stories 3: video

STROKE  ORDER

1. Top before bottom


2. Left before right


These rules conflict whenever one stroke is to the bottom and left of another. Several additional rules resolve many of these conflicts.

3. Left vertical stroke (usually) before top horizontal stroke


4. Bottom horizontal stroke last



5. Center stroke before wings



6. Horizontal strokes before intersecting vertical strokes


7. Left-falling strokes before right-falling srokes


A final rule can contradict the others:

8. Minor strokes (often) last
 

Despite these conflicts between rules most students quickly acquire a natural feel for the proper stroke order.

Radical Order  -  Most Chinese characters are combinations of simpler, radical components. 

Usually the two parts are written at top and bottom

or left and right

so that the main two stroke order rules readily apply. Occasionally these rules also conflict with respect to components. 

When one component is at the bottom-left, and the other at the top-right, the top-right component is sometimes written first.


When there are several components, top components are written first.


These rules usually imply each component is written in its entirety before another component is written. 

Exceptions may arise when one component divides another,

encompasses another,

or the individual components are no longer discernible in modern writing.

(source: www.zhongwen.com)

Remember! most online dictionaries offer stroke order animations, so check there when you're not sure how to write a character.  

Q1, W1: 发音和声调 Pronunciation and Tones

Before we talk about tones, we need to have an introduction to Chinese phonetics: the sounds of the language.  

Guiding Questions:

What is pīn yīn ?

What are 3 essential parts of a syllable?

What are common initial sounds?

What are common final sounds?

Which are simple finals and which are compound?

Click HERE for a spoken version of the alphabet.

Readings About Tones:

Tips On Tones

The Third Tone

---enrichment---

HERE: a video from YangYang that recaps some basic ideas about Chinese phonetics.

HERE: is an advanced chart of Chinese phonetics, including all possible sounds in this language.

HERE: advanced information on the rules of the Hanyu Pinyin system.

儿童歌曲: Ér Tóng Gē Qǔ: Children's Songs

1. 两只老虎

2. 我是一个大苹果

3. 三条鱼

4. 春天在哪里？

5. 找朋友

新学期！New School Year.

新学期，新开始，新希望！欢迎回来！
New year, new beginnings, new hopes!  Welcome back!

中文歌：Zhōng Wén Gē (Chinese Poetry and Songs)

音乐歌 Songs

Here is a great website with all genres of songs, plus a floating dictionary to help with interpretation:  http://www.singchinesesongs.com/ 

Below is a collection of songs, some linked to Youtube videos.

Kids' Songs:
问候歌 Greetings of the Seasons
卖报歌  Selling the Newspaper
上学歌  Going to School
春天在哪里 Where is the Spring?
十二生肖歌  Zodiac Song
娃哈哈  Laughing Song
对比 Comparison Song
家族歌  Family Song
动物  Animal Song
新年好  New Year Song
找朋友  Looking for a Friend
一闪一闪亮晶晶  Twinkle Twinkle
小兔子乖乖  The Good Bunny
生日快乐  Birthday Song
印第安小朋友  10 Little Indians
采蘑菇的小姑娘  Mushroom Girl
别看我只是一只羊  I'm a Sheep!
拨萝卜 Pulling Carrots
两只老虎  Two Tigers
我是一个大苹果  I'm a Big Apple


Pop Songs: 
老外style  (Gangnam parody)我爱中国菜  I love Chinese Food
星期五 Friday
电话给我  Call Me Maybe
我想你那样  I Want it That Way
当我是你的男人 When I Was Your Man
对不起，我地中文不好  Sorry My Chinese is Bad
铃儿响叮当  Jingle Bells 
我和你 Me and You (Olympics Opening Song)
听妈妈的话  Listen to Mom
龙的传人 Descendants of the Dragon


Traditional Songs:
我的中国心  My Chinese Heart
茉莉花  Jasmine Flower
我爱北京天安门   I love BeiJing TianAnMen
歌唱祖国  Ode to the Motherland (Olympics Opening Song)

诗歌 Poetry

A brief introduction to Chinese classical poetry:  这里。

Poems from revered Tang dynasty poet, 李白:  这里。

Many translations from @EastAsiaStudent:  这里。

Presentation Tool

To create your teaching handout, you might like using PinYin Converter!

大考试：生词卡片 (Final Exam: Vocab Flashcards)

To access the Chinese 1 flashcards (Lessons 1-24), click 这里

Lessons 25-28, click 这里

Lessons 29-31, click 这里

Lessons 32-33, click 这里

Lessons 34-35, click 这里

Lessons 36-37, click 这里

Lessons 38-39, click 这里

Lessons 40-41, click 这里

Lessons 42-43, click 这里

Lessons 44-45, click 这里

Lesson 45: 你有什么爱好？

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Lesson 44: 我的社区。

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Lesson 43: 运动会

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Lesson 42: 我喜欢我的学校。

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今天的网上活动：生词

Group 1: 第一队
Lai HongPi
Wang TaoLong
Zhang HongLi
Bai XinDi
Ma LiNa
Shi QiangZhi
Wang Jiao
Zhong ShouShou


Group 2: 第二队 
Xiao Lin
Tian KuangRui
Chang AiGuo
Qiao Dong
Cao LiSha
Ding LuKe
Wan QiangJun
Kong XiaoBai

Lesson 41: 我病了。

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Lesson 40: 一年有四季

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Lesson 39: 爷爷的生日会。

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TIBET བོད་ 西藏

Introductory Presentation  这里

Tibet Photography: 这里

Film Kundun by director M. Scorcese: 这里

Video Documentary from 1964, The Message of Tibetans
Part 1: 这里
Part 2: 这里

NPR's Morning Edition.  "China's Policy on Tibet 'Must Be Realistic.'"
April 17, 2012  这里

NPR's Talk of the Nation.  "Flames of Protest: The History of Self-Immolation."
February 20, 2013  这里

NPR's On Being.  "Translating the Dalai Lama."
February 21, 2013  这里

Lesson 38: 去商店买东西

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Lesson 37: 中国的节日

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做饺子

Basic Chinese Dumplings Recipe

Ingredients 
Ready Made Dumpling Pastry (about 200g worth)
175g minced pork
50g peeled shrimps minced
1 teaspoon salt, pinch of fresh ground pepper (white)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 table spoon finely chop spring onion
1 table spoon finely chop root ginger
1 teaspoon sugar
200g Chinese cabbage, finely shredded and blanched

Instructions
Mix together the minced pork, shrimps, spring onion, ginger, soy sauce, salt, sugar and cabbage until well blended. Place 1 teaspoon of stuffing on each dumpling pastry, then fold the pastry in half, wet the edge of the pastry with water, and pinch the edges together to close.

Boil the dumplings in boiling water for 2 minute and its ready to serve with vinegar in finely cut fresh root ginger (tradition style) or any sauce you prefer.

More Recipes!

Chinese Food Essentials

很地道的中饭，看这里！

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Lesson 36: 到中国饭馆吃饭。

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Lesson 35: 请你来我家玩。

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Lesson 34: 动物园

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Lesson 33: 这是李老师的家。

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