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Chinese Class Day 3: Aug. 29, 2011. Mr. Graham Salzer 格拉汉姆先生. News Report. Student gives news report for the day – Kendall. Comment on news . Chinese Pods now online for this week. 3 files – finish listening by Friday, please. Review homework. Review the four tones. Example video
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Chinese ClassDay 3: Aug. 29, 2011 Mr. Graham Salzer 格拉汉姆先生
News Report • Student gives news report for the day – Kendall. • Comment on news. • Chinese Pods now online for this week. • 3 files – finish listening by Friday, please. • Review homework.
Review the four tones • Example video Review pages 1-3 of textbook.
Page 4: Radicals偏旁部首Piānpángbùshǒu • Radicals are the small pieces of a character. • Radicals are combined to make a single character. • Some radicals have independent meanings. • Website containing list of all radicals. Not important now, but interesting. Click here. • Character stroke order. • IN GENERAL, CHARACTERS ARE WRITTEN TOP-LEFT TO BOTTOM-RIGHT!!!
Lesson 2, pages 5 and 6 • Key vocabulary, listen to the CD. • Write the words on the board. • Students pay close attention to the stroke orders. • Exercises 1 and 2 on page 6.
Geography • 3rd or 4th largest country in the world (depending on whether Taiwan and other regions are included). Behind Russia, Canada, USA. • About 1.35 billion people. Most of population is on the eastern half. • Very diverse climate some mountain areas, deserts, forests, tropical, subarctic • Major rivers: Pearl River, Yangtze River, Yellow River, Songhua River • Mountains: Himalayas in Tibet and Xinjiang. • Mount Everest
Geography continued… • Major cities: • TIER 1: Beijing (capital), Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen. • TIER 2: Tianjin, Chengdu, Qingdao, Suzhou, Dalian, Ningbo, Xi’An, Shenyang, Nanjing, Xiamen, Haerbin, Hangzhou. • TIER 3: Wuhan, Kunming, Chongqing, Nanchang, Changsha, Urumqi. • 22 Provinces, 2 special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Hong Kong was a British colony. Macau was a Portuguese colony. Both located on the southern coast of China. Almost like separate countries. Have different governments, economic systems, money, culture. Hong Kong and Macau are both very wealthy places. • Hong Kong is famous for trade, finance, banking, tourism. • Macau is famous for casinos, tourism, entertainment, some trade and finance. It’s like the “Las Vegas of Asia.”
The Five Great Mountains of China • East Great Mountain (Dōngyuè): Tài Shān • 泰山; ; "Tranquil Mountain” Shāndōng Province, 1,545 m • West Great Mountain (Xīyuè): HuàShān • 华山; "Splendid Mountain", Shănxī Province, 1,997 m • South Great Mountain (Nányuè): Héng Shān (Hunan) • 衡山; ; "Balancing Mountain", Húnán Province, 1,290 m • North Great Mountain (Běiyuè): Héng Shān • 恒山; "Permanent Mountain", Shānxī Province, 2,017 m • Center Great Mountain (Zhōngyuè): Sōng Shān • 嵩山; ; "Lofty Mountain", Hénán Province, 1,494 m
Homework • Study pages 4, 5 and 6.