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The Four Seasons
My
Goals
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Describe the sceneries of the four seasons
Describe common activities that take place in different seasons
Understand how some Chinese characters evolved from illustrations
Indicate that two or more different items are in a particular location, or in the possession of
someone
Become familiar with vocabulary associated with the four seasons and their related activities
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Get
Started
hu`
zh7ng hu`
‫܅‬
჌‫( ܅‬plant flower)
Think and Answer
What sseasons come to your mind
when
h you look at these pictures?
c2o
ch% c2o
ਨ
ੵਨ (weed)
y-
zi
lu7
y-
s2o lu7
ཧ̄
རཧ
ବརཧ
xu0
xi3 xu0
ch2n xu0
ౠ
˭ౠ (snowing)
hu`
c2o
‫ ܅‬flower
ਨ grass
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y-
zi
ཧ̄ leaf
lu7 y-
xu0
རཧ fallen
leaves
(sweep
fallen leaves)
๐ౠ (shovel snow)
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y-
ౠ snow
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Let's
CHANT
ch$n ti`n
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Go
zh7ng hu`
ߋ͇‫ࢋ˞ז‬჌‫܅‬Ă
xi3 ti`n
ch% c2o
आ͇‫ੵࢋ˞ז‬ਨĂ
qi$ ti`n
s2o lu7
y-
ࡌ͇‫˞ז‬ବརཧĂ
d4ng ti`n
ch2n xu0
΋͇‫ࢋ˞ז‬๐ౠĄ
China depended largely on agriculture, and since some 3000 years ago,
has devised a system of spring-ploughing, summer-weeding, fall-harvesting and
winter-storing, which the lunar calendar is based on. Harvesting and storing in
fall and winter signified the end of a work year for
the farmers, and they welcomed the new year by
replacing the old with the new. Till today, the tradition
of celebrating the Lunar New Year is practiced by all
Chinese. The Lunar New Year occurs approximately
between January and February of the Gregorian
calendar.
New Words
ch$n ti`n
zh7ng hu`
xi3 ti`n
ch% c2o
ߋ͇ spring ჌‫ ܅‬plant
आ͇ summer
ੵਨ weed
qi$ ti`n
s2o
d4ng ti`n
ch2n xu0
ࡌ͇ fall
ବ sweep
΋͇ winter
๐ౠ shovel
flowers
snow
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Let's Learn
GRAMMAR
zh7ng hu`
ch$n ti`n
ߋ͇‫˞ז‬Ă
d4ng ti`n
ѣॡ
΋͇‫˞ז‬Ă
y-
zi
lu7
๽๽჌‫܅‬Ă
ch2n xu0
‫یی‬๐ౠĂ
s2o lu7
zh7ng hu`
ѣॡ
ԙԙ჌‫܅‬Ą
ch2n xu0
‫ؗؗ‬๐ౠĄ
y-
s2o lu7
y-
ཧ̄ར˞Ăѣॡ‫ؗؗ‬ବརཧĂѣॡ࣯࣯ବརཧĄ
‫ؗؗ‬Ν˯ጯĂѣॡࡍࡓይĂѣॡࡍϨይĄ
ԧ͇͇ЫѝฺĂѣॡЫˬ‫ڼځ‬ĂѣॡЫᛧΒĄ
ౌ
̫͇Ăԧ‫׶‬ԙԙౌࡍᖡҒ۞ይ̄Ą
qi$ ti`n
y-
zi
lu7
y-
ࡌ͇Ăཧ̄ౌར˞Ăྮ˯ౌߏརཧĄ
zh7ng hu`
zh7ng hu`
‫یی‬ຑ჌‫܅‬Ăԧ˵ຑ჌‫܅‬Ă
zh7ng hu`
ԧࣇౌຑ჌‫܅‬Ą
Here, "˵" indicates that both subjects in
the sentence enjoy the same thing. "˵"
has to be placed after the second subject.
"ౌ" means "all". All the subjects which
"ౌ" refer to must be placed before it.
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ch% le
ੵ˞ĂĂĂᔘѣĂĂ
ch%
le
ॸ̄˯Ăੵ˞ඊĂᔘѣˬώ३Ą
ch%
le
‫۞ؗؗ‬ይ̄Ăੵ˞ࡓ۞ĂᔘѣϨ۞Ą
ch%
le
؏؏۞ಽ̄Ăੵ˞ᖡ۞Ăᔘѣࡓ۞Ą
ch%
le
आ͇Ăੵ˞ѣࡓ‫܅‬ĂᔘѣქਨĄ
New Words
ch% le
ੵ˞ besides
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Let's
TALK
Find a partner and practice the following dialogues
dialogues.
Task
1
ch$n ti`n
xi3 ti`n
qi$ ti`n
d4ng ti`n
A Ĉߋ͇ăआ͇ăࡌ͇‫׶‬΋͇ĂҰຑࣹ˘࣎ĉ
ߋ
xi3 ti`n
B Ĉԧຑआ͇Ą
ԧ
xi3 ti`n
A Ĉआ͇Ұຑઇ̦ᆃĉ
आ
xi3 ti`n
B Ĉआ͇ԧຑдਨг˯‫ྼە‬ᑚĄ
आ
xi3 ti`n
xi3 ti`n
A Ĉԧ˵ຑआ͇Ăआ͇ԧຑдਨг˯೸ՎĄ
ԧ
Task
2
qi$ ti`n
qi$ ti`n
y-
zi
h2o k3n
A Ĉԧຑࡌ͇Ăࡌ͇ཧ̄ౌࡓ˞Ă‫ޝ‬р࠻
ԧ
(beautiful)Ą
qi$ ti`n
lu7
y-
B Ĉࡌ͇‫˞ז‬ĂҰछѣརཧ๜ĉ
ࡌ
AĈ
qi$ ti`n
s2o lu7
y-
B Ĉࡌ͇ኡବརཧĉ
ࡌ
A Ĉѣॡ
ѣ
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s2o lu7
y-
ବརཧĂѣॡ
s2o lu7
y-
ବརཧĄ
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Task
3
A ĈҰछдࣹ྆ĉ
Ұ
x~n
ji`
p4
B Ĉԧछдາΐ‫؂‬
ԧ
(Singapore)Ą
x~n
ji`
p4
xi3 xu0
A Ĉາΐ‫˭ົ؂‬ౠ๜ĉ
າ
x~n
ji`
p4
The Merlion statue, Singapore
xi3 ti`n
xi3 xu0
B Ĉາΐ‫ߏౌ͇͇؂‬आ͇Ă̙ົ˭ౠĄ
າ
ji`
n1
d3
ji`
n1
d3
ch%
le
xi3 ti`n
A Ĉԧछдΐो̂
ԧ
(Canada)Ăΐो̂ੵ˞आ͇Ă
ch$n ti`n
qi$ ti`n
d4ng ti`n
ᔘѣߋ͇ăࡌ͇‫׶‬΋͇Ą
d4ng ti`n
xi3 xu0
΋͇ົ˭ౠĄ
Task
4
The Niagar
a Falls, Can
ada
ch$n ti`n
A Ĉߋ͇‫˞ז‬ĂҰઇ̦ᆃĉ
ߋ
ch$n ti`n
zh7ng hu`
B Ĉߋ͇‫˞ז‬Ăԧ‫׶‬๽๽˘੓჌‫܅‬Ą
ߋ
zh7ng
hu`
A ĈҰࣇ჌̦ᆃ‫܅‬ĉ
Ұ
ch%
le
hu`
hu`
B Ĉੵ˞ࡓҒ۞‫܅‬ĂᔘѣϨҒ۞‫܅‬Ą
ੵ
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Task
5
The following dialogue is adapted from the dialogue in your
CD before reading the transcript.
ch$n ti`n
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zh7ng hu`
A Ĉߋ͇ኡ჌‫܅‬ĉ
ߋ
zh7ng hu`
zh7ng
h2o k3n
hu`
B Ĉ๽๽჌‫܅‬Ă๽๽჌‫ޝ‬кр࠻۞‫܅‬Ą
๽
xi3 ti`n
ch% c2o
A Ĉआ͇ኡੵਨĉ
आ
ch%
le
ch% c2o
B Ĉੵ˞࣯࣯ĂᔘѣԧĂԧࣇౌົੵਨĄ
ੵ
qi$ ti`n
s2o lu7 y-
A Ĉࡌ͇‫˞ז‬Ăኡବརཧĉ
ࡌ
s2o lu7 y-
B Ĉ࣯࣯‫׶‬ԧବརཧĄ
࣯
d4ng ti`n
ch2n xu0
A Ĉ΋͇ኡ๐ౠĉ
΋
ch2n xu0
ch2n xu0
B Ĉѣॡ࣯࣯๐ౠĂѣॡԧ๐ౠĄ
ѣ
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Let's Learn
CHARACTER
Origin of Chinese Characters
Many Ch
Chinese characters evolved from illustrations. Look at the examples below. Can you tell
what
h character
h
each of the following illustrations has evolved into? Write it down.
1
(
)
(
)
Like a person's hand holding some snow
2
Like a hut people lived in to keep out of the cold in winter. The two marks at
the bottom of the second picture symbolize ice.
3
(
)
(
)
Like a person's heart
4
Like a cart used for carrying heavy things
Structure of Chinese Characters
Light To
Top Component and Heavy Bottom Component
Many Chinese characters are made up of a top component and a bottom component. In some
characters, the top and bottom components are proportionate to each other while in others, they
are not. This lesson introduces you to some characters with a light top component and a heavy
bottom component.
hu`
lu7
‫܅‬
ར
ඍ
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READ
Text
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Go
Read
R
d th
the following text carefully.
ch$n ti`n
c2o
d#
hu`
k`i
ߋ͇Ăਨгქ˞Ă‫˵܅‬ฟ *˞Ą
xi3 ti`n
c2o
d#
आ͇Ăਨг˯ѣ‫ޝ‬кˠĂ
ѣ۞χ஧Ăѣ۞‫ྼە‬ᑚĄ
qi$ ti`n
y-
zi
lu7
ࡌ͇Ăཧ̄ར˞Ă
zh-
l@
lu7
y-
n3
l@
lu7
y-
఺྆ *ߏརཧĂ֤྆ *˵ߏརཧĄ
d4ng ti`n
xi3 xu0
΋͇Ă˭ౠ˞ĂਨгౌϨ˞Ă
hu`
c2o
࠻̙֍‫܅‬Ă࠻̙֍ਨĂ˵࠻̙
lu7
What is the difference
between "࠻̙֍" and "՟࠻֍"?
"࠻̙֍" means you have taken
a look at something/some place
but cannot physically see what you
want to see due to personal reasons
(eyesight or height) or external
reasons (somebody blocking you in
front, an unclear object, etc.). The
negative tag "̙" must be placed
in the middle of the phrase "࠻֍".
In the text, the author cannot see
flowers, grass or fallen leaves because
it is winter.
"՟࠻֍" means you have taken a
look at something/some place, but
did not see what you were looking
for. For example:
AĈҰ࠻֍֤࣎ф˞๜ĉ
BĈԧ՟࠻֍Ą
y-
֍རཧĄ
* ฟ bloom
* ఺྆ here
* ֤྆ there
Answer these questions in Chinese.
1
In which season do flowers bloom and grass turns green?
What does "఺྆ߏརཧĂ֤྆˵ߏརཧ" mean?
3 According to the text, why is the ground white in winter?
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Text
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Read the following text carefully.
ch$n ti`n
hu`
k`i
hu`
ߋ͇‫˞ז‬Ă‫ౌ܅‬ฟ˞Ăԧ‫ؗؗ׶‬Ν࠻‫܅‬Ą
xi3 ti`n
आ͇‫˞ז‬Ăਨౌქ˞Ă؏؏ຑдਨг˯‫ྼە‬ᑚĂ
qi$ ti`n
y-
zi
‫࣯࣯׶یی‬ຑдਨг˯χ஧Ąࡌ͇‫˞ז‬Ăཧ̄
y-
zi
h2o k3n
d4ng ti`n
ౌࡓ˞Ăࡓࡓ۞ཧ̄‫ޝ‬р࠻Ą΋͇‫˞ז‬Ăਨг
xu0
d#
xu0 r9n
ౌϨ˞Ăԧࣇຑдౠг *˯ઇౠˠ *Ą
* ౠг ground covered
in snow
* ౠˠ snowman
Complete the table below with the information from the text above. Place a "—" in the table for
any information not available from the text.
Season
People Involved
Location
ߋ͇ ԧ‫ؗؗ׶‬
ů
Action
࠻‫܅‬
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Let's
DO IT
1
In groups of three, do a recital of this lesson's "Let’s Chant".
2
After a group’s recital, each student in that group selects a phrase from each of the four categories
below to complete this sentence "(When) ‫˞ז‬Ăԧ‫( ׶‬Whom) д(Where) (What)Ą"
3
Other students give a round of applause if the student forms the sentence correctly.
4
Each group must complete all of the above steps before another group can proceed.
1
When
ch$n ti`n
ߋ͇
xi3 ti`n
आ͇
qi$ ti`n
2
Whom
3
Where
छˠ*
छ
‫̓ڈ‬0Тጯ
ਨг˯
ҁर
ྮ˯
ࡌ͇
d4ng ti`n
΋͇
೸Վ
ౠг˯
ji`
n1 d3
xu0 r9n
xu0 qi%
ઇౠˠ
‫ە‬ౠ஧
࠻‫܅‬
Ыฺ
ฟ֘
࠻३
ch% c2o
ΐो̂
ବརཧ
ੵਨ
x~n ji` p4
෴‫ڌ‬Ҙ
ಅͱη
I can...
LEARNING LOG
χ஧
s2o lu7 y-
າΐ‫؂‬
1
state the four seasons in Chinese.
2
describe the scenery and typical activities of each season.
3
use "ѣॡĂĂĂѣॡĂĂ", "ੵ˞ĂĂĂᔘѣĂĂ", and "ౌ"
appropriately.
4
explain how "ౠ", "΋", "͕", and "֘" have evolved from
illustrations.
5
write "ߋ", "आ", "ࡌ", "΋", and "ବ".
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What
xu0 d#
* any family member
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Excellent
Good
Fair
Needs
Improvement