For the coming Chinese New Year, we are going to write some lucky idioms in Chinese and design the red envelopes on our own.
Most foreigners think that Chinese Idioms are very difficult to understand. As an Instructor, you may vary your activity to make Chinese Idioms easier to understand. Today I would like to combine Chinese New Year and design red envelope together to make Chinese Learning with happiness and joy.
( photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/Ms.ArtTherapy/ )
Lesson Plan
WARM UP
Dear all
Leaning Chinese can't be alone. Come and join our Chinese Conversation Hour to meet people who want to learn Chinese or are interested in Chinese Culture. In addtion, we all know that there is limited time that you can practice your Chinese in class so we have another chance for you to practice your Chinese once a week in the Interdisplinary Building Classroom 2032 on erery Thursday from 5pm to 6 pm.
What do you do at Chinese Conversation Hour?
week 1 0123 Chinese New Year Party
Dr. ZZ and Ms. Pu prepared some traditional home-made dishes to share with everyone. Ms. Lin taught some lucky idioms and we designed the red envelopes together.
（by DR.ZZ）
东直门饭馆 Dōng zhí mén fànguǎn (Expanded version)
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马：欢迎光临。请问几位？Huānyíng guānglín. Qǐngwèn jǐ wèi? welcome. how many people? |
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众：我们三个人。Wǒmen sān gèrén we three |
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马：请跟我来。Qǐng gēn wǒ lái follow me |
马：请问想喝什么？Qǐngwèn xiǎng hē shénme
what do you want to drink |
甲：我喝水。不要放冰。Wǒ hē shuǐ. Bùyào fàng bīng
i want some water without ice |
乙：我也要水，带冰的。Wǒ yě yào shuǐ, dài bīng de
me too but with ice |
丙：请问有咖啡吗？Qǐngwèn yǒu kāfēi ma?
do you have coffee? |
马：有。请问放糖吗？Yǒu. Qǐngwèn fàng táng ma?
yes, add some sugar? |
丙：少放一点儿糖就行。Shǎo fàng yīdiǎn er táng jiùxíng
just a lillte. |
马：好的，这是菜单，你们先看看，我稍等就来。Hǎo de, zhè shì càidān, nǐmen xiān kàn kàn, wǒ shāo děng jiù lái
ok. This is menu. take a look at it. i will come later. 丙：咱们点什么菜呢？Zánmen diǎn shénme cài ne?
what do we want to order? |
甲：我看咱们每人点一个菜，然后点一个汤。Wǒ kàn zánmen měi rén diǎn yīgè cài, ránhòu diǎn yīgè tāng
how about we order a dish per person and order a soup together |
乙：只点菜不行。还得三碗米饭。Zhǐ diǎn cài bùxíng. Hái dé sān wǎn mǐfàn
you can't order the dishes only, we need three bowls of rice |
丙：好的。我想吃家常豆腐。这个最便宜. Hǎo de. Wǒ xiǎng chī jiācháng dòufu. Zhège zuì piányí
ok. i want some home-made todu. this is the cheapest. |
乙：我想吃红烧牛肉。你呢？Wǒ xiǎng chī hóngshāo niúròu. Nǐ ne?
I want some braised beef. How about you? |
甲：我要个糖醋鱼吧。看起来不错，也不贵。Wǒ yào gè táng cù yú ba. Kàn qǐlái bu cuò, yě bù guì.
I want a sweet and sour fish. Looks nice and not expensive |
乙：够了。还有米饭和汤呢。Gòule. Hái yǒu mǐfàn hé tāng ne.
enough. we have rice and soup |
马：请问你们想好要点什么菜吗？Qǐngwèn nǐmen xiǎng hǎo yàodiǎn shénme cài ma?
May i take your order please 丙：一个家常豆腐，一个红烧牛肉、一个糖醋鱼。Yīgè jiācháng dòufu, yīgè hóngshāo niúròu, yīgè táng cù yú.
a home-made tofu, a braised beef and a sweet and sour fish. 马：家常豆腐、红烧牛肉、糖醋鱼。就这些？Jiācháng dòufu, hóngshāo niúròu, táng cù yú. Jiù zhèxiē?
a home-made tofu, a braised beef and a sweet and sour fish, that's all? |
甲：还有一个汤。Hái yǒu yīgè tāng
we have one soup |
马：我们有四种不同的汤，请问你们想要哪一种？Wǒmen yǒu sì zhǒng bùtóng de tāng, qǐngwèn nǐmen xiǎng yào nǎ yī zhǒng?
we have four kinds of soup. which one do you want? |
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乙：酸辣汤吧。Suān là tāng ba. sour and spicy soup. |
马：好的。一个酸辣汤。Hǎo de. Yīgè suān là tāng
ok a sour and spicy soup. 乙：还有三碗米饭。Hái yǒusān wǎn mǐfàn
and three bows of rice 马：好的。请先用茶。Hǎo de. Qǐng xiān yòng chá ok, you may have your tea first 丙：不好意思，请问这是什么茶？Bù hǎoyìsi, qǐngwèn zhè shì shénme chá?
excuse me， what kind of tea is this? 马：这是茉莉花茶Zhè shì mòlìhuā chá
It's Jasmine tea 众：谢谢Xièxiè
thanks |
Du Fu 杜甫
Du Fu (also known as Tu Fu) wrote in the High Tang period. His work is very diverse, but his most characteristic poems are autobiographical and historical, recording the effects of war on his own life. Du Fu (Wade–Giles: Tu Fu; Chinese: 杜甫; 712 – 770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Po), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets.[1] His greatest ambition was to serve his country as a successful civil servant, but he proved unable to make the necessary accommodations. His life, like the whole country, was devastated by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755, and his last 15 years were a time of almost constant unrest.
杜甫（712年—770年），字子美，自号少陵野老，唐代伟大的现实主义诗人，与李白合称“李杜”。原籍湖北襄阳，后徙河南巩县。为了与另两位诗人李商隐与杜牧即“小李杜”区别，杜甫与李白又合称“大李杜”，杜甫也常被称为“老杜”。杜甫少年时代曾先后游历吴越和齐赵，其间曾赴洛阳应举不第。三十五岁以后，先在长安应试，落第；后来向皇帝献赋，向贵人投赠。官场不得志，亲眼目睹了唐朝上层社会的奢靡与社会危机。天宝十四载（755年），安史之乱爆发，潼关失守，杜甫先后辗转多地。乾元二年（759年）杜甫弃官入川，虽然躲避了战乱，生活相对安定，但仍然心系苍生，胸怀国事。创作了《登高》《春望》《北征》《三吏》《三别》等名作。虽然杜甫是个现实主义诗人，但他也有狂放不羁的一面，从其名作《饮中八仙歌》不难看出杜甫的豪气干云。杜甫的思想核心是儒家的仁政思想，他有“致君尧舜上，再使风俗淳”的宏伟抱负。杜甫虽然在世时名声并不显赫，但后来声名远播，对中国文学和日本文学都产生了深远的影响。杜甫共有约1500首诗歌被保留了下来，大多集于《杜工部集》。 [3]大历五年（770年）冬，杜甫病逝，时年五十九岁。杜甫在中国古典诗歌中的影响非常深远，被后人称为“诗圣”，他的诗被称为“诗史”。后世称其杜拾遗、杜工部，也称他杜少陵、杜草堂。
youtube
1. calligraphy 郭春甫老師示範行書 旅夜書懷 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g_Mn5H7ZrE
Li Bai 李白
Li Bai (701–762), also known as Li Bo, courtesy nameTaibai, was a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and a romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty, which is often called the "Golden Age of Chinese Poetry". Li Bai (also known as Li Bo or Li Taibai), of the High Tang period, ranks alongside Du Fu as one of the two leading figures of Chinese poetry. He was a Byronic figure, whose life as well as his verse embodied the Romantic cliches of freedom, spontaneity and defiance of convention.
李白（701年－762年），字太白[1]，号青莲居士。是中国唐代个着名诗人，有“诗仙”个称号。李白搭仔杜甫合称“李杜”
poem
王维简介：
王维（701年－761年），字摩诘，河东（今山西永济）人，祖籍山西祁县，唐朝诗人，外号“诗佛”。今存诗400余首。王维精通佛学，佛教有一部《维摩诘经》，是维摩诘向弟子们讲学的书，王维很钦佩维摩诘，所以自己名为维，字摩诘。王维诗书画都很有名，非常多才多艺。音乐也很精通。受禅宗影响很大。王维早年有过积极的政治抱负，希望能作出一番大事业，后值政局变化无常而逐渐消沉下来，吃斋念佛。
(Wángwéi (701 nián-761 nián), zì mó jié, hédōng (jīn shānxī yǒng jì) rén, zǔjí shānxī qí xiàn, táng cháo shīrén, wài hào “shī fú”. Jīn cún shī 400 yú shǒu. Wángwéi jīngtōng fóxué, fójiào yǒuyī bù “wéimó jié jīng”, shì wéimó jié xiàng dìzǐmen jiǎngxué de shū, wángwéi hěn qīnpèi wéimó jié, suǒyǐ zìjǐ míng wèi wéi, zì mó jié. Wángwéi shī shūhuà dōu hěn yǒumíng, fēicháng duōcáiduōyì. Yīnyuè yě hěn jīngtōng. Shòu chánzōng yǐngxiǎng hěn dà. Wángwéi zǎonián yǒuguò jījí de zhèngzhì bàofù, xīwàng néng zuòchū yī fān dà shìyè, hòu zhí zhèngjú biànhuà wúcháng ér zhújiàn xiāochén xiàlái, chīzhāi niànfó. )
Wang Wei(Chinese: 王維; 699–759) was aChinese poet, musician, painter, and politician during the Tang dynasty. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Many of his poems are preserved, and twenty-nine were included in the highly influential 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
poems
| Empty hill not see person Yet hear person voice sound Return scene enter deep forest Duplicate light green moss on |
Hills are empty, no man is seen, Yet the sound of people's voices is heard. Light is cast into the deep forest, And shines again on green moss. |
一棵开花的树 席慕容
如何让你遇见我
zài wǒ zuì měilì de shíkè
在我最美丽的时刻
wèi zhè, wǒ yǐ zài fó qián qiúle wǔbǎi nián
为这，我已在佛前求了五百年
qiú fó ràng wǒmen jié yíduàn chényuán
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卖炭翁， |
Mài tàn wēng, |
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伐薪烧炭南山中。 |
Fá xīn shāo tàn nánshān zhōng. |
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满面尘灰烟火色， |
Mǎnmiàn chén huī yānhuǒ sè, |
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两鬓苍苍十指黑。 |
Liǎng bìn cāngcāng shízhǐ hēi. |
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卖炭得钱何所营？ |
Mài tàn dé qián hé suǒ yíng? |
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身上衣裳口中食。 |
Shēnshang yīshang kǒuzhōng shí. |
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可怜身上衣正单， |
Kělián shēnshang yī zhèng dān, |
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心忧炭贱愿天寒。 |
Xīn yōu tàn jiàn yuàn tiān hán. |
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夜来城外一尺雪， |
Yèlái chéng wài yì chǐ xuě, |
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晓驾炭车辗冰辙。 |
Xiǎo jià tàn chē niǎn bīng zhé. |
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牛困人饥日已高， |
Niú kùn rén jī rì yǐ gāo, |
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市南门外泥中歇。 |
Shì nán mén wài ní zhōng xiē. |
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翩翩两骑来是谁？ |
Piānpiān liǎng jì lái shì shuí? |
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黄衣使者白衫儿。 |
Huáng yī shízhě bái shān er. |
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手把文书口称敕， |
Shǒu bà wénshū kǒuchēng chì, |
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回车叱牛牵向北。 |
Huí chē chì niú qiān xiàng běi. |
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一车炭，千余斤， |
Yī chē tàn, qiān yú jīn, |
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宫使驱将惜不得。 |
Gōng shǐ qū jiāng xī bùdé. |
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半匹红绡一丈绫， |
Bàn pǐ hóng xiāo yí zhàng líng, |
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系向牛头充炭直。 |
Jì xiàng niútóu chōng tàn zhí |
Author
白居易 By Bai Juyi (772-846) was a very famous poet in Tang Dynasty. He was a government official but was demoted several times. His narrative poems are very well known in China and many of them are used in reciting performances in various occations.
Dear all
Thanks for coming last week. Next week (1031), Miss Lin is going to introduce different Chinese dishes and we are going to learn, "How to make an order in Chinese Restaurant." Besides, we are going to share some culture shock with you like Chinese people tend to share their food and If others take the bill you must treat them back.
点菜 ： 我要一个。。。。。
Share food : 还要一碗汤和三碗mifang
Come and join us on every Thursday from five to six at IAB 2030.
