February 13, 2022 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School Advanced Mandarin Conversation Class Note

 

• The formal TOCFL test date is either April 10 or April 24.  We will do one more mock test on March 20.

• 正式的 "華語文能力測驗"（TOCFL） 考試日期是 4 月 10 日或 4 月 24 日。我們將在 3 月 20 日再進行一次模擬考試。

• Zhèngshì de"huáyǔ wén nénglì cèyàn"(TOCFL) kǎoshì rìqí shì 4 yuè 10 rì huò 4 yuè 24 rì. Wǒmen jiàng zài 3 yuè 20 rì zài jìnxíng yīcì mónǐ kǎoshì.
  
  
  
• We finish Lesson 4 "My Father works at a Computer Company" exercises and practice sentence patterns.  Listening comprehension is also on our main drill today.
• 我們完成第 4 課“我父親在電腦公司工作”的練習句型。 聽力練習也是我們今天的主要練習。
• Wǒmen wánchéng dì 4 kè “wǒ fùqīn zài diànnǎo gōngsī gōngzuò” de liànxí jù xíng. Tīnglì liànxí  yěshì wǒmen jīntiān de zhǔyào liànxí.
• Next week is "presidents' holiday" - no school.  
• 下星期是“總統節”—不上 課。
• Xià xīngqí shì “zǒngtǒng jié”—bù shàngkè.

• "纟" - silk, thread is the radical 勿丶心 = combine, consolidate together, heart 總 - traditional Chinese 总 - Simplified character

  "纟" - silk, thread is the radical 充 - full, command

   
• 2/14/22 is Valentine's Day.  Steven  (葛艾倫) loves to eat Chocolates and he will  cook for his wife to celebrate.
• 2/14/22 是情人節。 Steven  (葛艾倫)喜歡吃巧克力，他會為太太煮飯慶祝。
• 2/14/22 Shì qíngrén jié. Steven  (葛艾倫) xǐhuān chī qiǎokèlì, tā huì wèi Tàitài zhǔ fàn qìngzhù.

忄(心) - is radical 青 - various colors; figurative speaking - feelings

竹 - is the radical   is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling to worship in the festivity “節” - traditional character “节” - simplified character

 

•  To answer Darrell Rico Doss ( 熊大東)'s questions:

• 回答Darrell Rico Doss ( 熊大東) 他的問題：

• Huídá Darrell Rico Doss ( 熊大東) tā de wèntí:

• The word "there":  the third tone means "where?"  The fourth tone means "over there". 
• “那 = 哪" 聲調中的“那裡”表示第三聲在哪裡? “那邊”是第四聲。
• 那 nǎ，= “哪” dì sān shēng?
• 那 nà，= “哪” dì sì shēng.
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• Next week, 2/27/22, homework:
• Please write (Beautiful Taiwan) what you know in Chinese?
• 1. For example, what are the six pictures?
• 2. Where is Taiwan? And a brief introduction?
• 3. Just write simple sentences, at least six of them!
• 4. Example: Joseph (高 靖和) said: My father-in-law likes to eat "lotus mist" very much.

• 下下星期, 2/27/22, 功課:

• 請用 華語文寫出（美麗臺灣）你知道的東西?
• 1.  例如，六個圖片是什麼？
• 2. 台灣在哪裡？及簡單介紹？
• 3. 只要寫簡單的句子，至少六句就可以！
• 4. 例子：Joseph (高 靖和)說："我的岳父非常喜歡吃 (蓮霧)."
• Xià xià xīngqí, 2/27/22, gōngkè: Qǐng yòng zhōngwén xiě chū (měilì Táiwān) nǐ zhīdào de dōngxī? 1. Lìrú, liù gè túpiàn shì shénme? 2. Táiwān zài nǎlǐ? Jí jiǎndān jièshào? 3. Zhǐyào xiě jiǎndān de jùzi, zhìshǎo liù jù jiù kěyǐ! 4. Lìzi: Joseph (高 靖和) shuō: "Wǒ de yuèfù fēicháng xǐhuān chī (lián wù)."