May 22, 2022 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School Advanced Mandarin Conversation Class Note

 

• The cultural sharing in joint classes to explain the origin (227 B.C) and the celebration of " Double Fifth Festival & Dragon Boat Festival."
• 1. Patriotic poet, Chu Yuan drowning himself into Mi-Lo River to protest his unyielding principle to adhere.
• 2. To pay his tribute with "sticky rice dumplings and dragon boat festival" as ceremonial events.
• 3. Making fragrant sachets with dried basil, lemongrass, eucalyptus, tea tree, arborvitae, mugwort (artemisia vulgaris-wormwood) to protect the evils and disease for the rest of the year. 
• 文化課分享，講解（公元前227年）“端午節” " "划龍舟" 的起源和慶祝活動。
• 1. 愛國詩人楚原投身汨羅河，抗議自己不屈不撓的原則。
• 2. 以 “包粽子、划龍舟” 作為祭祀活動, 向他致敬。
• 3. 用乾羅勒(九層塔)、香茅、尤加利、茶樹、側柏(香樹)、艾草製成香包，以防除病除害。
• Wénhuà kè fēnxiǎng, jiǎngjiě (gōngyuán qián 227 nián)“duānwǔ jié”" "huà lóngzhōu" de qǐyuán hé qìngzhù huódòng.
• 1. Àiguó shīrén chǔyuán tóushēn mìluó hé, kàngyì zìjǐ bùqūbùnáo de yuánzé.
• 2. Yǐ “bāo zòngzi, huà lóngzhōu” zuòwéi jìsì huódòng, xiàng tā zhìjìng.
• 3. Yòng qián luólè (jiǔcéngtǎ), xiāng máo, yóu jiā lì, cháshù, cè bó (xiāng shù), ài cǎo zhì chéng xiāng bāo, yǐ fángchú bìng chú hài.
• We all enjoyed the delicious "meat sticky rice dumpling" and "dessert sticky rice dumpling".  The teacher explained the main ingredients, meat, mushrooms, and rice during the class participation. 
• She also shared the related customs when explaining the alkaline water to make the dessert rice dumplings with other Mexican food such as tamale and tortilla to share the multicultural facts.
• 我們都享用了美味的“肉粽子”和“甜粽子”。 上課時，老師講解了主要食材、肉、香菇和糯米。
• 她在講解用鹼性水製作甜粽子時還分享了相關習俗，以及其他墨西哥食物如玉米粉蒸肉和玉米餅，以分享多元文化的事實。
• Wǒmen dōu xiǎngyòngle měiwèi de “ròu zòngzi” hé “tián zòngzi”. Shàngkè shí, lǎoshī jiǎngjiěle zhǔyào shícái, ròu, xiānggū hé nuòmǐ.
• Tā zài jiǎngjiě yòng jiǎn xìng shuǐ zhìzuò tián zòng zǐ shí hái fēnxiǎngle xiāngguān xísú, yǐjí qítā mòxīgē shíwù rú yùmǐ fěnzhēngròu hé yùmǐ bǐng, yǐ fēnxiǎng duōyuán wénhuà de shìshí.



• The following is the Youtube sharing.
• 以下是Youtube分享。
• Yǐxià shì Youtube fēnxiǎng.
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• https://youtu.be/bDb6VZMzqJI
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• To answer Steven  (葛艾倫)question about the "blessed" word on the "Fragrant sachet"
• 回答 Steven（葛艾倫）關於“香包”上“福”字的問題。
• Huídá Steven（葛艾倫） guānyú “xiāng bāo” shàng “fú” zì de wèntí.

• 福Fú – Blessed Radical - 示 Holding the wine with both hands and offering the Lord or praying for blessings. The character “福Fú – Blessed” can be pasted normally or upside down.

  到Dào-arrive, go to Radical - 刀 倒Dào-contrarily,invert,pour 倒Dǎo-Fall,upsidedown, reverse, collapse.  The radical - 人  It’s a homophonic word for these two words,到Dào /倒Dǎo

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• Closing Ceremony and Picnic
  To celebrate a wonderful school year! Students will receive prizes.

  Date/Time: June 5th (Sun), 2022; 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

  Location: Ridge Road Recreational Park（21155 Frederick Road, Germantown, MD 20874)
• Bring your own picnic food (registration not required)

  or

  order lunchbox from TAA

  https://taagwc.wildapricot.org/event-4835428...
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• Homework - 功課 - Gōngkè
  
  Less than 10 sentences.
• We will likely start the regular on-line summer class in July on the biweekly basis.  I need your schedules to make the final decision.