September 26, 2021 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School Advanced Mandarin Conversation Class Note

 

• Teacher Wu said, "How's everyone!  Today we are so happy to have the representative from "The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) Culture Center" to visit our Taiwan School .  We cover the simulated "Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language."  The purpose is to let you all get familiar with the exam format.  We will practice often and take the test when you are all ready."  吳老師說: "大家好! 今天我們很高興有 "中華民國僑務委員會的代表" 來我們台灣學校參觀。 我們介紹模擬的 “華語文能力測驗"（TOCFL）"。 目的是讓大家熟悉考試形式。 我們會經常練習，等你準備好了再參加考試。" Wú lǎoshī shuō: "Dàjiā hǎo, Jīntiān wǒmen hěn gāoxìng yǒu "Zhōnghuá mínguó qiáowù wěiyuánhuì dàibiǎo" lái wǒmen Táiwān xuéxiào cānguān. Wǒmen jièshào mónǐ de “Huáyǔ wén nénglì cèyàn." (TOCFL) ”. Mùdì shì ràng dàjiā shúxī kǎoshì xíngshì. Wǒmen huì jīngcháng liànxí, děng nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎole zài cānjiā kǎoshì."
  
  
  
• Teacher Wu said, "The following is Steven  (葛艾倫) homework from last week and this week."  吳老師說: "以下是Steven  (葛艾倫) 上週和本週的作業：" Wú lǎoshī shuō: "Yǐxià shì Steven  (葛艾倫) shàng zhōu hé běn zhōu de zuòyè:"

• Why was Elvis Presley called "Cat King?"   為什麼貓王被稱為“貓王”？ Wèishéme māo wáng bèi chēng wèi “māo wáng”? Why is Elvis Presley called 'Mao Wang'? Because: -He dances like a cat. -When he sings, he purrs like a cat. -Like a cat, he is aloof. 為什麼貓王叫 “貓王？" 因為： - 他像貓一樣跳舞。 - 當他唱歌時，他像貓一樣發出咕嚕聲。 -像一隻貓，他是超然。 Weishenma Elvis Presley jiao "Mao Wang"?  Inwei: -ta xiang4 mao tiaowu -dang1 ta changge shie, ta xiang4 mao yiyang fa1chu1 gu1lu1 sheng1 -ta xiang4 mao, ta shi chao1ran2

  
  

• Teacher Wu said, "There is a little difference between detached and aloof."  吳老師說: "超然和冷漠有點不一樣。" Wú lǎoshī shuō: "Chāorán hé lěngmò yǒudiǎn bù yīyàng."
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  超然-Chāorán-aloof, detached, extraordinary taste
  冷漠-lěngmò-impersonal, distant, apathy

  write 5 sentences about the special features of your college where you attended.  用 5 句話描述你就讀的大學的特點。  Yòng 5 jù huà miáoshù nǐ jiùdú de dàxué de tèdiǎn. My university, Harvard, has a statue of its founder. But it has "three lies".  It says 'John Harvard", but it's not John Harvard.  It says 'founder', but John Harvard was not the founder.  It has the wrong date [for when the university was founded]. 我的大學，哈佛，有一尊它的創始人的雕像。 但它有“三個謊言”。 上面寫著“約翰·哈佛”，但不是約翰·哈佛。 上面寫著“創始人”，但約翰·哈佛不是創始人。 它有錯誤的日期[大學成立的時間]。  Wǒ de dàxué, hāfó, yǒu yīzūn tā de chuàngshǐ rén de diāoxiàng. Dàn tā yǒu “sān gè huǎngyán”. Shàngmiàn xiězhe “yuēhàn·hāfó”, dàn bùshì yuēhàn·hāfó. Shàngmiàn xiězhe “chuàngshǐ rén”, dàn yuēhàn·hāfó bùshì chuàngshǐ rén. Tā yǒu cuòwù de rìqí [dàxué chénglì de shíjiān].

   

• Teacher Wu said, "The following is Joseph (高 靖和) homework from this week."  吳老師說: "以下是Joseph (高 靖和)本週的作業：" Wú lǎoshī shuō: "Yǐxià shì Joseph (高 靖和) běn zhōu de zuòyè:"

• write 5 sentences about the special features of your college where you attended.  用 5 句話描述你就讀的大學的特點。  Yòng 5 jù huà miáoshù nǐ jiùdú de dàxué de tèdiǎn. My wife and I met in graduate school at Rice University. The campus is beautiful; it has lots of trees and flowers. In the spring, the redbuds are the first to bloom and the azaleas follow soon after. The owl is the Rice University mascot. Many buildings have owl decorations and the campus has several owl statues. Rice is a private school and one special thing is the bars on campus. Sometimes after a long day of experiments in the lab, my wife and I would go to the graduate student pub, Valhalla, to drink a beer. 我太太和我是在念萊斯大學研究所的時候認識的。 校園很美，有很多樹和花。 春天時，Redbud (紫荊花?)最先綻放，Azalea (而杜鵑花?)緊隨其後。 貓頭鷹是萊斯大學的吉祥物，學校建築物上有很多貓頭鷹裝飾，校園裡也有幾個貓頭鷹雕像。 萊斯大學是私立學校，一個特別的事情是學校裡面有酒吧，有時在實驗室進行了一整天的實驗後，我和太太會去研究生酒吧 Valhalla (瓦爾哈拉?)喝啤酒。 Wǒ tàitài hé wǒ shì zài niàn lái sī dàxué yánjiū suǒ de shíhòu rènshí de. Xiàoyuán hěn měi, yǒu hěnduō shù hé huā. Chūntiān shí, Redbud (zǐjīng huā?) Zuì xiān zhànfàng, Azalea (ér dùjuān huā?) Jǐn suí qí hòu. Māotóuyīng shì lái sī dàxué de jíxiáng wù, xuéxiào jiànzhú wù shàng yǒu hěnduō māotóuyīng zhuāngshì, xiàoyuán lǐ yěyǒu jǐ gè māotóuyīng diāoxiàng. Lái sī dàxué shì sīlì xuéxiào, yīgè tèbié de shìqíng shì xuéxiào lǐmiàn yǒu jiǔbā, yǒu shí zài shíyàn shì jìnxíngle yī zhěng tiān de shíyàn hòu, wǒ hé tàitài huì qù yánjiūshēng jiǔbā Valhalla (wǎ'ěr hā lā?) Hē píjiǔ.

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• Teacher Wu said, "Homework for next week:
• A. Making three sentences with the following words:
  
  
  1. first .... then 
  2. either .....or (if not......then .....)
  
  
• 1. 先……....然後
  2. 不是........就是.....
  
  
  1. xiān……ránhòu
  2. bùshì...... zhège
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• Teacher Wu said, "The following "bay" character is for Steven (葛艾倫) to practice better for his writing exercise.  Indeed it's a little hard."  吳老師說: "下面的 “灣”字是為了讓  Steven  (葛艾倫) 更好地練習寫作。 確實有點難。" Wú lǎoshī shuō: "Xiàmiàn de “wān” zì shì wèile ràng Steven  (葛艾倫) gèng hǎo de liànxí xiězuò. Quèshí yǒudiǎn nán."

  

  灣 - Wān - bay, gulf, bend in a stream

  
  
  
• Teacher Wu said, "The following "new life" character is for Joseph (高 靖和) to practice better for his writing exercise.  "  吳老師說: "下面的 “生"字是為了讓  Joseph (高 靖和) 更好地練習寫作。 確實有點難。" Wú lǎoshī shuō: "Xiàmiàn de “shēng” zì shì wèile ràng Joseph (高 靖和) gèng hǎo de liànxí xiězuò. Quèshí yǒudiǎn nán."

• 校  ->  生 Verify the right and wrong -> New life xiào -> shēng

  校-Verify the right and wrong  生-New life,birth, xiào -> shēng