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3/17/2020 Chinese Vocabulary
Parents: quiz students by asking "How do you say _______ in Chinese".
Example：“How do you say Where are you in Chinese"
怎么走 ZenMeZou (how to go/walk)
我开车走 Wo KaiCheZou I'm driving the car)
左转 Zuo Zhuan (left turn)
右转 You Zhuan (right turn)
直走 Zhi Zou (forward)
停下 Ting Xia (stop)
Vocabulary Writing Practice: Write each character 8 times on a grid paper. Please keep these safe, I will collect everything when we return to school.
Supplemental activity:
Chinese paper folding, or zhezhi (Chinese: 摺紙; pinyin: zhézhǐ), is the art of paper folding that originated in medieval China.
The work of 20th century Japanese paper artist Akira Yoshizawa widely popularized the Japanese word "origami"; however, in China and other Chinese-speaking areas, the art is referred to by the Chinese name, zhezhi. Traditional Chinese paper folding concentrates mainly on objects like boats or hats rather than the animals and flowers of Japanese origami.
3/18/2020
Vocabulary for the day:
你想喝什么？ Ni Xiang He ShenMe? (what do you want to drink?)
我想喝茶 Wo Xiang He Cha (I want to drink tea)
我不想喝汽水 Wo BuXiang He QiShui (I don't want to drink soda)
Parents, you can quiz students by asking:
"How do you say (__________ )in Chinese?"
Our history of tea begins with the legend of the “divine famer” Shen Nong who is credited in many ancient Chinese texts with various agricultural accomplishments. However, some scholars of ancient China now believe Shen Nong might in fact originally have referred to a group of people, living within China and utilizing particularly advanced agricultural techniques for the era. Over time this people’s knowledge of farming was canonized in the form of legends about a divine farmer who shared their name, and whose fame ultimately eclipsed their own.
The Classics of Tea by Lu Yu in Tang Dynasty is considered a monumental book on tea even though most of the details in the book are no longer relevant today. The book introduced fundamental structure to studying tea that to this day has a direct impact on tea scholars and connoisseurs: terroir, varietal, crafting, vessel, water, preparing, tasting, and appreciation in the text of history and art.
When tea was popularly consumed in the powdered form in Song Dynasty, the style of brewing where the tea was whisked with hot water to create a creamy drink is called dian cha (點茶). The most desired glaze for the tea bowls was black, to contrast the appearance of tea art created with the white foam resulted from the whisking. This style of teaware is generally referred to as jian zhan (建盏) or tian mu you (天目釉), which along with the powered tea muo cha or matcha (末茶/抹茶) and the whisking method all had a profound influence on Japanese tea drinking traditions and teaware.
Japanese further developed rituals around dian cha, standardized many of the steps, and from there had born the Japanese tea ceremony. Sen no Rikyū is considered the most definitive figure in shaping the Japanese Tea Ceremony today. He rose from commoner to prominent social status in feudal Japan because of his outstanding skills with tea as well as his zen practices. Eventually Daimyo Hideyoeshi ordered him to commit suicide, possibly because of disagreements about tea.
In Ming Dynasty, needs for war horses led to large scale of government sponsored tea trade between China’s tea regions and Tibet in exchange for war horses. These routes are called Tea-Horse Roads. The trade continued all the way till the end of Qing Dynasty, leaving legacies of large number of ancient tea trees and once bustling townships to today’s fascination.
The first attempt to commercially plant tea in the United States started as early as 1744. However, various attempts were not fruitful till over a century later, with the success of a sizable plantation in South Carolina in 1887. The plantation was funded by Congress and powered by a labor force of children. The operation was once owned by The Lipton Tea Company and continued to today as the most notable tea plantation in mainland US.
When not writing and teaching about tea, Shunan Teng applies tea traditions and knowledge through her tea house, Tea Drunk.
03/19/2020 Brain pop login/password: waltdisneyms/moby1
Chinese vocabulary review: Eating out in China
https://quizlet.com/153173851/chinese-restaurant-flash-cards/
03/20/2020
Vocab for the day:
服务员 FuWuYuan (waiter/waitress)
给我菜单 GeiWoCaiDan (give me menu)
好吗 HaoMa (ok?)
鱼 Yu Fish
鸡 Ji Chicken
牛 Niu Beef
猪 Zhu Pork
肉 Rou Meat
冰水 BingShui Ice Water
开水 KaiShui Hot Water
茶水 ChaShui Tea Water
结账 JieZhang Checkout
Continue studying vocab on quizlet:
Use the "Matching Game" until you are familiar with all of the words.
If you are comfortable, take the test!
https://quizlet.com/153173851/chinese-restaurant-flash-cards/
03/23/2020
Voice of China! (make sure to turn on English subtitles)
Chinese vocabulary review: https://quizlet.com/169426985/hellochinese-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Try making some fried rice this weekend!
Ingredients -
egg - 2 nos
oil- 4 tbsp
salt to taste
green chilli- 1 nos
onion - 1 nos small size
garlic clove - 3 nos
ginger - 1 inch
spring onion
black pepper powder
carrot
beans
basmati/jasmine rice - 100 gm
soya sauce - 1tbsp
03/24/2020
Vocabulary for the day
我想去台湾 WoXiang Qu Taiwan I want to go to Taiwan
台湾 Taiwan Taiwan
台北 TaiBei TaiPei (capital)
台中 TaiZhong TaiZhong
高雄 GaoXiong KaoHsiung
台东 TaiDong TaiDong
去 Qu Go
Chinese vocab practice on quizlet (travel) https://quizlet.com/293424256/travel-chinese-flash-cards/
Bai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; Chinese: 白居易; 772–846), courtesy name Letian (Chinese: 樂天), was a renowned Chinese poet and Tang dynasty government official. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made about everyday life, including as governor of three different provinces.
Bai was also influential in the historical development of Japanese literature.[1] His younger brother Bai Xingjian was a short story writer.
Among his most famous works are the long narrative poems "Chang hen ge" ("Song of Everlasting Sorrow"), which tells the story of Yang Guifei, and "The Song of the Pipa Player".
03/26/2020
The Great Escape： Chinese version
Click CC for English subtitles
Enjoy!
03/27/2020
Vocabulary practice for the day: Time
想在几点 XianZai JiDian What time is it?
一点 YiDian 1:00
两点 LiangDian 2:00
三点 SanDian 3:00
四点 SiDian 4:00
五点 WuDian 5:00
六点 LiuDian 6:00
七点 QiDian 7:00
八点 BaDian 8:00
九点 JiuDian 9:00
十点 ShiDian 10:00
十一点 ShiYiDian 11:00
十二点 ShiErDian 12:00
Quizlet vocabulary practice: time of day
https://quizlet.com/307730394/time-of-day-in-chinese-flash-cards/
Optional activity: Practice character writing using Chinese Writer
03/30/2020
Continue reviewing vocab on quizlet for time: https://quizlet.com/26140602/telling-time-in-chinese-flash-cards/
Practice Chinese character writing by using the app "Chinese writer" for about 15 minutes.
【ENG SUB】Dad, Where Are We Going S03EP7: Flaming Mountain Trip【Hunan TV Official 1080P】
【ENG SUB】Dad, Where Are We Going S03EP7: Flaming Mountain Trip【Hunan TV Official 1080P】
03/31/2020
Practice Chinese character writing by using the app "Chinese writer" for about 15 minutes.
Quizlet vocabulary review: going on vacation
https://quizlet.com/249689492/chinese-vacation-flash-cards/
Cultural Video: exploring Xi'an china
optional cooking activity: how to make scallion pancakes
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