WDCTS-TCML (Washington D.C. Taiwanese School -Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning) Conversation Class Note - Nov 17, 2024

 

There are six classmates in class today.

Winnie, Sasha, Rico,  Steve, Anna, and Alison.

Other students have time conflicts and cannot attend class. Ken, Bev.

  今天上課有6位同學
Jīntiān shàng kè yǒu Liù wèi tóngxué.

  俞莞茵，蔡下雪，熊大東，葛艾倫，洋安娜, 何愛麗
Yú Wǎnyīn, Cài Xiàxuě, Xióng Dàdōng, Gé Àilún, Yáng Ānnà and Alison.

  其它同學，范健，方貝兒請假
Qítā tóngxué, Fàn Jiàn, Fāng Bèi'ér qǐngjià.

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We review last week's assignment and correct the students' pronunciation of the four tones.

• Train students' listening skills, encouraging them to explain to each other (in Mandarin) or use English as a supplementary aid to help understand what their classmates are saying.
• Below are the words and phrases we repeatedly corrected and discussed. The students are unclear about how to distinguish the usage of these two words.

·        我們檢查上週的作業。改正學生的四聲正確發音。
Wǒmen jiǎnchá shàng zhōu de zuòyè, gǎizhèng xuéshēng de sìshēng zhèngquè fāyīn.

·        訓練學生的聴力，讓同學互相解釋（用華語）或（英文）輔助去了解同學說什麼。
Xùnliàn xuéshēng de tīnglì, ràng tóngxué hùxiāng jiěshì (yòng Huáyǔ) huò (Yīngwén) fǔzhù qù liǎojiě tóngxué shuō shénme.

·        以下是我們反覆指正討論的字及詞。同學們不太清楚如何區分這兩個字的用法？
Yǐxià shì wǒmen fǎnfù zhǐzhèng tǎolùn de zì jí cí. Tóngxuémen bù tài qīngchǔ rúhé qūfēn zhè liǎng gè zì de yòngfǎ.

詞語	拼音	英文	簡單造句/拼音	英文句子翻譯
前門	qián mén	front	這是前門,可以進來。Zhè shì qiánmén, kěyǐ jìnlái.	This is the front door; you can come in.
門前	qián mén	in front of door	小狗在門前等你。Xiǎo gǒu zài ménqián děng nǐ.	The puppy is waiting for you in front of the door.
互相	hù xiāng.	each other	我們互相幫忙。 wǒ men hù xiāng bāng máng.	We help each other.
一起	yì qǐ	together	我們一起學中文。 wǒ men yì qǐ xué zhōng wén.	We learn Chinese together.
彼此	bǐ cǐ	one another	他們彼此送禮物。Tāmen bǐcǐ sòng lǐwù.	They give presents one another.

 

莞茵 shared her experience of watching the play "Liǔ Àn Huā Míng" ("Light at the End of the Tunnel"). It was a rare opportunity, and she wrote about it very well.

莞茵分享她去看「柳暗花明」的話劇。非常難得。她寫得很好。

莞茵 fēnxiǎng tā qù kàn 「Liǔ Àn Huā Míng」 de huàjù. Fēicháng nándé. Tā xiě de hěn hǎo.

The following are students' homework submitted:

俞莞茵作業 (俞莞茵-homework https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTFF8Ve4yOMe_O5ztzlNZgE_k1oX_5ncjEV9sD0Dj2YZ0NoVS-Okm2zsIhSGLCsUw/pub

熊大東作業 (熊大東homework)

洋安娜作業 (洋安娜 homework)

葛艾倫作業 (葛艾倫 homework)

Homework submitted – Please see the attached files.

作業-請查看附上的作業檔案。

Chairperson Xu Jiaqing and Deputy Representative Yang from the Overseas Community Affairs Center, accompanied by Principal Tang Boyu and Academic Director Huang Yimin, made a special visit to observe the TCML classes at the Washington Taiwanese School. The students were able to engage in fluent conversations with Chairperson Xu using basic Mandarin.

徐委員長佳青及僑教中心楊副代表由唐伯禹校長及黃亦敏教務主任帶領，特別到班上參觀華府臺灣學校TCML上課情形。同學能夠用簡單華語流利的和徐委員長交談。

Xú Wěiyuánzhǎng Jiāqīng jí Qiáojiào Zhōngxīn Yáng Fù Dàibiǎo yóu Táng Bóyǔ xiàozhǎng jí Huáng Yìmǐn jiàowù zhǔrèn dàilǐng, tèbié dào bān shàng cānguān Huáfǔ Táiwān Xuéxiào TCML shàngkè qíngxíng. Tóngxué nénggòu yòng jiǎndān Huáyǔ liúlì de hé Xú Wěiyuánzhǎng jiāotán.

Assignment:
Please use each of the following characters and words to create a sentence. The more we practice, the better we will understand how to distinguish the usage of these five words.

Next week, we will teach "Learn Lean Mandarin! Book 3, Lesson 3 - Thanksgiving."

 

作業：
請用以下的每個字，及詞造一個句子。我們多練習，就會更了解如何區分這五個單字的用法。

我們下星期將要教「來！學華語! 第三冊第三課 - 感恩節。」

Qǐng yòng yǐxià de měi gè zì, jí cí zào yī gè jùzi. Wǒmen duō liànxí, jiù huì gèng liǎojiě rúhé qūfēn zhè wǔ gè dānzì de yòngfǎ.

Wǒmen xià xīngqī jiāng yào jiāo "Lái! Xué Huáyǔ! Dì sān cè dì sān kè - Gǎn'ēn jié."

詞語	拼音	英文
前門	qián mén	front
門前	qián mén	in front of door
互相	hù xiāng.	each other
一起	yì qǐ	together
彼此	bǐ cǐ	one another