Saturday, December 26, 2009

圣诞节日记


圣诞节和新年的周末日记,
你可以写在日记本或是博客上.

不要忘记回答"你们家如何过圣诞节?"
的问题.

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

你们家如何过圣诞节?

圣诞节快到了! 过圣诞节前,你们家会怎样佈置客厅?你们家每年都会买圣诞树吗? 你会寄圣诞卡给远方的亲朋好吗? 你会买什么圣诞礼物送给家人朋友呢? 还有, 你们家一般圣诞晚餐吃什么?
回答下面的问题, 然后写下你家(或一般人)怎么过圣诞节?

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The structure 如果.......(的話)

我们今天学了  "如果.......(的話),....就 (or 会)......." 这个句型


 Your Homework today : make  3-5 sentences with "如果...."  - feel free to be very creative in your answers!  Have Fun!

比如: 如果我今天有五百块, 我就去买一件漂亮的裙子.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Reall, really complicated and difficult stuff 结果补语

This isn't easy but let's have a go! Take a look at the table below. The words along the top line can take a modifier (in the left-hand column) to make a finished or completed sense to the word.

 For example, "see" is modified with "見" to become "saw". "Search" is modified with "到" to become 'found". By the way "光" can have the same meaning with "完"

Construct four modified words and create a sentence for each that illustrates their use.
See the examples below as a guide.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

周末日记 ---我最喜欢的季节

我们在课堂上学了春,夏,秋,冬四个季节的天气特色,还学会了怎样描写天气.这个周末的日记,请选一个你最喜欢的季节,描写一下这个季节的天气有什么特色?很热,很冷吗?常常下雨?会刮大风下大雪吗?一般温度几度?你为什么特别喜欢这个季节?还有在这个季节你常常做什么活动? 
你可以写在日记本上,也可以写在博客上.     周末快乐!

范例(fàn​lì   example)
一年有春夏秋冬,其中我最喜欢秋天.秋天的时候,天气不冷也不热,很少刮风下雨,一般温度在摄氏十五度左右,不用穿很多衣服,晚上睡觉也不用开空调(kōng​tiáo  AC)很舒服!(shū​fu)
秋天的时候,我可以做很多戶外hù​wài(outdoor)活动(activity),可以去爬山,去郊游 jiāo​yóu (field trip) 看枫叶fēng​yè(maple leaves), 还有跟朋友去公园打球.很好玩!所以秋天是我最喜欢的季节.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The Four Seasons 一年有四个季节

We've been talking about the four seasons in the year. Choose a city and introduce the weather during the four seasons and the activities you might expect to do in each season. For example, in the Summer, you might go swimming or visit the beach.

The picture above talks about the Spring, so what activity might you do in this sort of weather? Write a short description for each season. Make sure you check the typical weather during the year for the city you select.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Three day weather forecast 天气预报

We studied the weather today and learned how to describe the temperature (high temp, low temp) and what the weather is doing (cloudy, sunny, snowing etc).


Take a look at the picture below, select a city then write three days of weather forecast. 
Follow the format as shown in the article. Please have this ready for Thursday morning. 

Below are some common weather-related words

Thursday, December 3, 2009

周末日记 " 我最难忘的生日"

从小到大,你最开心,最难忘的一次生日是哪一年? 为什么最开心,最难忘呢?你有沒有收到了什么特别的礼物? 有沒有去了什么特别的地方?还有,那次的生日你是怎么庆祝的呢?开舞会?还是去餐厅吃饭?是跟谁一起庆祝的?写下那次的生日.你可以參考下面的文章,还有语法点.
你可以写在日记本或者博客上.      周末愉快!
For your weekend journal, think about the birthday that you remember as being the best ever. What year was this, what was special about it? Did you receive any fantastic gifts, or perhaps you went somewhere very special?
Tell us about the friends who were with you and the highlights of your special day.
See the examplebelow which describes one person's best birthday.
Check the grammar structure below.
You can either write it on your journal book or type on line.

文法
  1. 当---的时候         When                            当我过生日的时候,我妈妈会给我买一个大蛋糕.
  2. 有的, 有的          Some,    some              有的(礼物)我喜欢,有的(礼物)我不喜欢.
  3. 是-----的             Emphasize time(Where or how)     我是昨天來紐約的.
  4. --完 ---以后     mean" After finishing...               " 吃完饭以后,我们看电视"  .
  5. 坐在前面的( omit 那个学生 this phrase is subject)      是( V)         莉莉( Object) .
  6. 我男朋友(s)   在他家(place) 为我 (for me) 举办了(V)   一个庆生会(object)
  7. 每个人 (s)   为我(for me)   唱( V)   生日快乐歌(object).

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

什么礼物最吉利?

上一篇博客,很多同学都提到自己生日时收到,最好的礼物,其中有几个同学说,更喜欢收到钱.
读以下这篇文章,然后讨论一下你喜欢收到钱,还是礼物呢?为什么? 还有在中国, 送什么礼物最吉利? 什么礼物不吉利?

From the previous exercise, some of you said that you prefer to receive money while some said that you would rather have a gift. Read the article below and see what types of gifts are acceptable in China and which are considered bad luck or in poor taste:


Say in a paragraph whether you would rather have money or a gift and why. If you can think of other gifts that are in poor taste that were not mentioned in the article above then please tell us all about them!

文法:
  1. 下个星期 (Next week)   这个星期 (This week)   上个星期 ( Last week)
  2. 打算 suàn  to plan
  3. 听说过  To hear said     听 someone说过 ( to hear someone said it before)
  4. 吉利  lucky                       在中国,红色是吉利的顏色.
  5. 还没+ V + 好  have not...  还没想好(买什么),  还没写好(功课), 还没做好(饭) 

Article: Learn Chinese with me Book3

Sunday, November 29, 2009

我收到最棒的生日礼物

Excellent jobs on Thanksgiving weekend homework, I am really proud of your work and glad to see that you are all thankful for your family and friends.
感恩节的功课,每个同学都做得很棒.老师很高兴看到你们都知道感谢自己的爸爸妈妈,因为他们最辛苦.朋友也是我们应该感谢的人,因为他们每天都在我们的身边帮我们.
The next topic we will cover is 'Birthdays'. Since we all celebrate birthdays then try and remember what the best gift was that you ever received for your birthday. Why was it so special, do you still have it and have you bought something similar for someone else?
接下来,我们上 "生日" 这个单元. 每个人每年都会过生日. 你过生日时,收到最特别的礼物是什么? 是谁送的?
You can read the article below to give you some ideas.

Please respond by the end of Wednesday this week.
You can try  use the grammar points:
  1.  一....就......    as soon as         我一看到这个礼物,就非常喜欢.
  2.  对 ---来说     to someone,        对我来说,这是我收到最好的生日礼物.
  3.  ...的时候,       when                 我十五岁生日的时候, 我爸爸给我买了一台电脑.
  4.  收到              received             我收到很多礼物.
PS : 图片来自跟我学汉语

Thursday, November 26, 2009

我的感恩节日记

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving day. Please summarize your Thanksgiving holiday in about 150 characters. Follow the format that I have attached below, which will help you construct your work. Make sure you provide some detail about what you did, what you ate and so on.
* Don't forget to post your response to" who or what are you thankful for?"
                    
十一月 二十六日        星期四     天气晴     BY Cindy   


   今年我过了一个很难忘的感恩节。这个感恩节我跟我的家人一起过。因为我不用上学所以我很晚才起床。我下午十二点才起床。我起床以后看到我妈妈不在家。我打电话给她的时候, 她说她在买东西。
   她回家以后从下午两点到晚上七点在厨房做一个感恩节大餐。我跟我两个姐姐也帮她做饭.我们七点半才吃晚饭.我们的感恩节大餐有火鸡,玉米,马铃薯,青菜和牛肉.我们一边吃晚饭一边聊天.吃饭以后,我们一边吃水果一边看电视.我们在看一个连续剧叫富貴門.我觉得这个感恩节过得很开心      
感恩节感言:这个感恩节,我最感谢我的家人和我的朋友.我感谢我的爸爸和妈妈,因为他们养了我这么大,很辛苦.我还想感谢我两个姐姐,因为她们很(支持)support我。我也想感谢我的朋友,因为她们常常都帮我,因为有他们,所以我每一天都过得很开心.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

感恩节,你最感谢谁?

Over the holiday weekend, have a think about who or what you are thankful for this year. Write one or two paragraphs in Chinese about your thoughts so we can discuss next week when school starts again.



This is a picture of a Thanksgiving dinner that I found on Google.Have a nice break!

感恩节来了,你最想感谢谁?为什么?他们为你做了什么?把你的感想写下来.下星期一上课时一起讨论.

感恩节快乐!

Monday, November 23, 2009

比较感恩节和中秋节

First thing... wonderful menus and shopping lists! I enjoy reading it.
首先shǒu​xiān,你们的感恩节购物单和菜单,棒极了!( bàng​jí​le Excellent)

OK, we have studied the mid-autumn festival中秋节 (remember the story of the Moon Lady Chang-e嫦娥 and moon cakes, right?) and we have just finished studying Thanksgiving with the story about the Indians.
So, today's homework is to compare the two holiday festivals and write down what you think is similar and different between the two. For example:

中秋节是农历 (nóng​lì)八月十五日, 感恩节是十一月的第四个星期四,时间不一样
中秋节的故事是嫦娥Cháng​’é 飞到月亮,变成(biàn​chéng)月姑娘 (gū​niang)
感恩节是英国人来到美国,印地安人帮住他们种玉米马铃薯,让英国人的生活变好
还有过中秋节的时候,中国人吃月饼,过感恩节的时候,美国人吃火鸡.



adjective + 极了(jí​le) extremely / exceedingly 
  1. 棒极了    super / excellent
  2. 开心极了  to have a great time
  3. 漂亮极了  extremely pretty
图片来源:中文百宝箱

Sunday, November 22, 2009

It's Turkey time - so let's get shopping! 感恩节购物单



We've leaned the characters we need for Thanksgiving, so now let's first put together a shopping list for our Thanksgiving dinner.


The characters are shown in the turkeys feathers, so write them correctly in the shopping list.


Add any things that you would like to eat to the list.
You can check the food items on  chapter 11.


Create a dinner menu which shows the first course, main course and desert.


Please have this ready for our lesson on Tuesday.


购物单-shopping list
菜单- menu
名单- name list
帐单zhàng​dān- Check  or  bill

图片来源:中文百宝箱

Thursday, November 19, 2009

My favorite channel is CSPAN. Not really! What's yours?你最喜欢看什么电视节目?

今天在课堂上,我们学习了怎样读中文电视台的节目表,还回答了课本的练习题,很有意思.今天的作业是读下面的文章,然后,写一篇小短文描述"你和你的家人最喜欢看的电视节目". 短文请用我们教过的语法, 比如: 
  1. 常常 often 
  2. 从--- 到----,  from-- to--
  3. 最喜欢的....  favorite
  4. 有时候--- 有时候, sometimes,-- sometimes
  5. 除了.. 还 not only.. but also
  6. 每----- 都...... every.... all

周末快乐!  Have a nice weekend!


*  生词:
  1.   新聞报导  xīnwénbàodǎo​​ news report    
  2.    天气预报  tiānqìyùbào​​​ weather forecast   
  3.   比赛  bǐsài  competition          纪录片 jìlùpiàn​​documentary   
  4.   电视剧   TV series                   连续剧liánxùjù​​ drama    
  5.   教育节目j iàoyù jiémù​​ educational program
Ps: 選讀文章來自: 快樂漢語,第二冊第19課

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

I'm really, really, really busy at school these days ..... 我忙死了


This is what we covered today in Class about the grammar structure for 
expressing an extreme situation. Usually, Chinese people don't like to 
use word associated with "death" but in these cases they do. 

今天在课堂上,我们学习了"形容词+死了" 这个语法.一般来说,( In general) 
中国人不喜欢用跟"死"有关的词 ,但是在这个句型 " 形容词+  死了"例外. 


这个句型,也可以 用"  动词+  死了"  For example:

昨天我帮邻居看小孩, 一个三岁, 一个五岁. 他们太调皮搗蛋, 真是 烦死了!

Please describe an event that requires you to use this grammar  structure.


Monday, November 16, 2009

What is the difference between this International Student's life and your own life?

We have been studying the unit for "School life" for the past two weeks. We covered every day activities and school subjects such as History, English, Math and so on. We also learned how to describe the activity in our daily lives.


Read the article about an international student in China and write down three things that are either the same or different from your daily activities. Use the grammar points as follows:

  1. 每(měi)…… 都(dōu)……
  2. 一边(yì biān)……一边(yì biān)……
  3. 除了(chú le)……还(hái)……
  4. 有时候,,,,,,  有时候
  5.  ----以后
  6. 或者  ( either, or)



Please try posting your homework as a reply to this message! If you can't type Chinese on your computer then please write it out and bring it to school .

PS:Reading material : Chapter 8 ,Hanyu Jingdu Keben

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Hello, class

Hi there FM3HF!

I have created this blog to help you with your Chinese work. Feel free to add comments on the material, subject or anything else. I plan to upload two or three articles each week for you to read and respond to which I hope will help you with a better understand the class content and your Chinese typing skills. Having an ability to type in Chinese will become important in the future.


Each week I hope to select one or two of the best articles from the class and publish them here.

Ms Dean