Literary Hub Under the Big Banyan Tree-NCKU71FLLD

  Steven    ( 葛艾倫 )  Original  Homework: -  Steven    ( 葛艾倫 )   的原版作業： Steven    ( 葛艾倫 )  de Yuán Bǎn zuòyè:  The scarcer it gets, the more valuable it becomes."  物以稀為貴 -   Wù yǐ xī wéi guì 1. We cannot get together to have a date - 我們不可以一起約會 -  Women bu keyi ici yuhui. 2. Therefore,  that we can speak  together is so expensive  - 所以，我們一起說很 貴 - Soyi ici shou hen gui.   Teacher Wu said, " Expensive is gui, much treasured is " hěn Bǎoguì "  It's better to add one word "much treasured" to mean correctly for its meaning - 貴是 "expensive"，很寶貴是 "so much treasured" -  吳老師 說 : " 最好加一個字 “寶” 以表示它的意思." -  Wú lǎoshī shuō: " Guì shì " expensive ", hěn Bǎo guì shì " so much treasured" . Zuì hǎo jiā yīgè zì “ Bǎo ” yǐ biǎoshì tā de yìsi." Teacher Wu said, "It's the same as you said "the chocolates are expensive"   吳老師 說 : " 就像你說的“巧克力 很貴” 一樣 -  Wú lǎoshī shuō...

  This has been my "Teaching and Reading Corner" for the past year since the COVID 19 lockdown on March 15, 2020. Hope the bitterly cold winter of 2021 will give us a reprieve.  See the elusive but beautiful sunshine yesterday (February 27, 2020) and the chia grass pot I planted on February 16, 2020 when I was so depressed about the "never-ending cold snaps" in Maryland.   This is my on-line classroom platform where I teach to my 11 students, in Taiwan, in Maryland and my two grand kids in California over Zoom, Skype.  This is the concert hall where I test my voice over Cisco's Webex with the Washington Oratorio.  This is my cozy reading sanctuary where I picked up old and new books introduced by either from my students, children, grandchildren and of course, the literary best seller lists.   The world has been constantly changing over our heads since I had vague idea about who I am.  However, the pandemic Corona virus, the 2020 president...

  Teacher Wu said,  "How is every one?   Today, we will be done learning with Lesson 74 - Chinese New Year II.  Then, We will skip to Lesson 68 - it's snowing."    吳老師 說 : " 大家好嗎？  今天，我們將學完第74課-過新年II。 然後，我們將跳到第68課-下雪了 "   Wú lǎoshī shuō:  "Dàjiā hǎo!     Jīntiān, wǒmen jiāng xué wán dì 74 kè-guò xīn nián II. Ránhòu, wǒmen jiāng tiào dào dì 68 kè-xià xuěle ." 'Rain" radical 雨 部首 - flakes formation on the bottom Raymond ( 書宗 )  said, " What is the meaning of  "million things go well?"    Raymond ( 書宗 ) 說 : " “萬事如意”的意思是什麼? "   Raymond ( 書宗 )  shuō:  " “Wànshì rúyì” de yìsi shì shénme?" Teacher Wu said,  " Using the million to indicate "everything".  It's like "using tons to indicate "a lot"."    吳老師 說 : " 用百萬表示“一切”。 就像“用噸表示很多." "   Wú lǎoshī shuō:  " Yòng bǎi wàn biǎoshì “yīqiè”. Jiù xiàng “yòng dūn biǎoshì hěnduō” ." Steven    ( 葛艾倫 )  said,...