2010-12-11: No School Today

Homework:
1. Watch the videos for “靜夜思”。




2. Click the picture and a new page/window will open.  Listen to the poem and read the interpretations.

Watch this video:



3. Practice numbers in Chinese: 一二三四五六七八九十百千萬, and 點 零 元 毛 分。
    Copy the two lines under 萬 on p. 28, and make sure you know the right way to say large numbers in Chinese, including number alone and money.
    Exercises: write those numbers or money amout in Chinese.
    a. 98,765.34
    b. 123,345.06
    c. $3,405.98
    d. $67,290.01
    e. $7.50

4. Coyp those sentences, including Chinese and English.
    a. Ming-Ming and Zhong-Zhng look alike. They must be brothers.
     明明和中中長得很像。他們應該是兄弟吧。

    b. Beijing is a major city of China.
     北京是中國的主要城市。

    c. My birthday cake was eaten up by dad.
      我的生日蛋糕 被 爸爸吃光了。
        Day ate up my birthday cake.
        爸爸 把 我的生日蛋糕吃光了。

    d. We have a ball game Sunday morning.  What should we do if it snows?
        星期天早上我們有球賽。萬一 下雪怎麼辦？

    e. I can finish my homework in twenty minutes.
        我 二十分鐘 之內  就可以做完功課。

    f. I helped my younger sister put together the toy house.
       我幫妹妹把玩具屋 裝 好了。

5. Study Lesson 2 and 3 for the final exam.
    a. Read 課文，including the footnotes.
    b. Make sure you can write all the 生字, their 注音 and Pinyin. (no 部首 for final)
    c. Study the sentences under "句子練習“；know the meaning of the phrases and sentences, and the structure (order of phrases).
    d. Review your old quizzes and Workbook exercises.

*Download Lesson 3 Quiz with answers for study.  Click Here


6. The final exam will include oral test, that is, recitation of the two poems in Lesson 4, including the titles and authors.  Watch the videos above to imitate the pronunciation and tone.