Magic Chinese
學習目標 Learning ObjectivesLesson 1.1 一二三四五六七 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9
Count numbers from 1-100
Lesson 1.2 上午十點 sh4ngw& sh0 di3n
State date and time
Lesson 1.3 你的電話號碼是多少?
N- de di4nhu4 h4om3 sh= du!sh3o?
State telephone numbers.
UNIT ONEI. 情節發展
STORYLINE
/ The “Magic Chinese” journey starts when Lisa and her family go into a flea market and buy what they think is a compass.It is old and rusty, with many dials and buttons that seem more like decorations than anything functional.Beautiful designs are carved onto the lid. Even though the compass doesn’t seem to work very well, Melissa still loves it. What she doesn’t realize is that the compass is going to change her life and that of her friends forever.
The day after she buys the compass, Lisa, as always, gets together with her four good friends in Peter’s garage.Excitedly, Lisa shows everyone the compass. Peter declares that he knows how to make it work,but Tom barges his way in, snatches the compass; and begins wildly pressing all of the buttons and turning all of the dials.Suddenly, strange, glowing words appear, as if by magic, in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.
They ask Peter at once what these words mean. Peter explains that they are times and dates in Chinese, but he doesn’t know why they are there or how they have appeared. Lisa exclaims that it doesn’t matter. She thinks that everything that has occurred so far is extremely exciting and reminds her of fantasy stories she’s read. Maybe the compass will take them to a magical world! However, something strange happened when Reggie pushed the upper left key. The compass screen promptly displays English on, what looks like, a computer screen. It seems to have turned into a translator.
LESSON 1.1
一二三四五六七
課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE(Lisa is showing her curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it. But Tom barges in and begins to press all of the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange glowing words appear, as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.)
Tom: / Look! What’s this? Hey, these are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is.
Peter: / I know! I know! That’s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. 一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十。
Linda: / What? (mimicking) … yi, er, san, si, wu, ……
Wow! That’s really cool. I want to learn it.
生詞UNIT VOCABULARY
A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE
一 / 二 / 三 / 四 / 五 / 六七 / 八 / 九 / 十
B. 生詞 WORD BANK
Traditional / Simplified / Pinyin / Part of Speech / Meaning in English
一 / 一 / y9 / num. / one
二 / 二 / 8r / num. / two
三 / 三 / s1n / num. / three
四 / 四 / s= / num. / four
五 / 五 / wǔ / num. / five
六 / 六 / li* / num. / six
七 / 七 / q9 / num. / seven
八 / 八 / b1 / num. / eight
九 / 九 / ji& / num. / nine
十 / 十 / sh0 / num. / ten
A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION
a.1 Counting from 1-10 in Chinese
Read aloud and repeat.
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
一 / 二 / 三 / 四 / 五 / 六 / 七 / 八 / 九 / 十
y9 / 8r / s1n / s= / w& / li* / q9 / b1 / ji& / sh0
10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
十 / 九 / 八 / 七 / 六 / 五 / 四 / 三 / 二 / 一
sh0 / ji& / b1 / q9 / li* / w& / s= / s1n / 8r / y9
Number Song: Read the number song below and clap your hands at the same time.
一二三，三二一， / y9 8r s1n, s1n 8r y9, / 1 2 3 , 3 2 1,
一二三四五六七。 / y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9. / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.
八九十，十九八， / b1 ji& sh0, sh0 ji& b1, / 8 9 10, 10 9 8,
七六五四三二一。 / q9 li* w& s= s1n 8r y9. / 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
a.2 Counting from 10-100 in Chinese
10-19 / 十， / 十一， / 十二， / ……
sh0 / sh0 y9 / sh0 8r
20-29 / 二十， / 二十一， / 二十二， / ……
8r sh0 / 8r sh0 y9 / 8r sh0 8r
30-39 / 三十， / 三十一， / 三十二， / ……
. / s1n sh0 / s1n sh0 y9 / s1n sh0 8r
. / 四十，
s= sh0
. / 五十，
w& sh0
. / 六十，
li* sh0
. / 七十，
q9= sh0
. / 八十，
b1 sh0
. / 九十，
ji& sh0
100 / 一百
y= b3i
Tongue Twister (繞口令)
Challenge yourself: Read aloud as fast as you can.
四是四， / S= sh= s=,
十是十， / Sh0 sh= sh0,
十四是十四， / Sh0 s= sh= sh0 s=,
四十是四十。 / S= sh0 sh= s= sh0,
十四不是四十， / Sh0 s= b^ sh= s= sh0,
四十不是十四。 / S= sh0 b^ sh= sh0 s=.
B. 交際活動 PERFORMANCE
Presentation:
朗讀練習 Speaking Exercise
Read aloud and observe the rhythm first. Repeat three times with proper tone inflections.
小皮球 Little Rubber Ball
Xi3o p0qi/, xi1ngji1o l0, m3n d= k1i hu1 8r sh0 y9.
小皮球,香蕉梨，滿地開花二十一!
Little rubber ball, bananas and pears,
the whole ground is covered with flowers: twenty-one!
]r w& li*, 8r w& q9, 8r b1, 8r ji&, s1n sh0 y9.
二五六，二五七，二八，二九，三十一!
Twenty-five and -six, twenty-five and -seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty one!
** Note: Some people use香蕉油 in place of香蕉梨.
INTERACTIVE GAME
1. Use the rhythm. Clap your hands and cross touch your partner’s hand (your right hand touches your partner’s right hand, vise versa.)
2. Separate into groups of 4. Then separate into 2 teams. “Team A “performs this sing along while “team B” performs the clapping interactive with a partner.
LESSON 1.2
上午十點
課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUELisa: / Great！What is today’s date?
Peter: / Look! 今天是二OO九年十月二十六日星期一。
Lisa: / (Looking at the time machine) What about this?
Peter: / That’s the time. 下午三點二十六分。
Tom: / Look at this! I think this button says the time. I’ll press buttons randomly. Listen!
Time Machine (pronouncing): / 一、三、五、七、九。
二、四、六、八、十。
二OO七年四月十八號。
上午十點。
生詞UNIT VOCABULARY
A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE
今 / 天 / 年 / 月 / 日 / 下午 / 上
B. 生詞 WORD BANK
Traditional / Simplified / Pinyin / Part of Speech / Meaning in English
今天 / 今天 / j9nti1n / n. / today
天 / 天 / ti1n / n. / day; sky
是 / 是 / sh= / v. / to be (am, is are)
零/O / 零/ O / l0ng / num. / zero
年 / 年 / ni2n / n. / year
月 / 月 / yu8 / n. / month; moon
日 / 日 / r= / n. / day of the month; sun
星期 / 星期 / x9ngq9 / x9nq0 / n. / week
下 / 下 / xi4 / n.; adj. / second (of two parts); next (week, etc.)
午 / 午 / w& / n. / noon
下午 / 下午 / xi4w& / n. / afternoon
點 / 点 / di3n / n. / o’clock; dot
分 / 分 / f5n / n. / minute
號 / 号 / h4o / n. / number; colloquial form of 日
上 / 上 / sh4ng / n.; adj. / first (of two parts); last (week, etc.)
A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION
a.1 How to say “year” in Chinese?
To say “year”, say the four digit numbers just like you would say a telephone number, and end the phrase with 年 (ni2n, the word for “year”). For example:
year 1990, 一九九O年 y9 ji& ji& l0ng ni2n
year 1865, 一八六五年 y9 b1 li* w& ni2n
year 2002, 二O O二年 8r l0ng l0ng 8r ni2n
year 2008, 二O O八年 8r l0ng l0ng b1 ni2n
year 2012, 二O一二年 8r l0ng y9 8r ni2n
a.2 How to say “month” and “date” in Chinese?
The character 月(yu8, “The moon” ) stands for month; while 日(r=, “The sun”) stands for the day or the date. For example, the eighteenth day of September is written as九月十八日. Speaking, however, the word “號” (h4o, number) sometimes replaces “日”. Thus, 九月十八號 is also frequently used to say September 18th.
For January to December, you just go by the order of the numbers one through twelve.
January / February / March / April
一月 / 二月 / 三月 / 四月
y9 yu8 / 8r yu8 / s1n yu8 / s= yu8
May / June / July / August
五月 / 六月 / 七月 / 八月
w& yu8 / li* yu8 / q9 yu8 / b1 yu8
September / October / November / December
九月 / 十月 / 十一月 / 十二月
ji& yu8 / sh0 yu8 / sh0 y9 yu8 / sh0 8r yu8
a.3 Give information on year, month and date
Simply follow this order:
Year + month + date (日/號)
2008 9 30
For example, September 30th, 2008 is 二O O八年九月三十日/號
Please provide the English translation for each of the following dates:
一七八五年四月六日/號 ______
一八九三年十月十五日/號 ______
一九九六年八月二十九日/號 ______
二O O九年三月十六日/號 ______
a.4 State the time of the day
Simply follow this order: from large to small.
AM/PM + hour + minute
sh4ngw& / xi4w& 9 10
上午 / 下午 點 分
For example:
9:10 AM 上午 九點 十分
3:20 PM 下午 三點 二十分
B. 語法註解GRAMMAR NOTES
b.1 Difference between一月and 一個月
The word個(ge) is a generic measure word. So while 一個月(y0 ge yu8) means one month, 一月means January.
For example:
一個月有三十天。 Y0 ge yu8 y#u s1n sh0 ti1n.
There are thirty days in a month.
as opposed to
一月有三十一天。
Y9 yu8 y#u s1n sh0 y9 ti1n.
There are thirty-one days in January.
b.2 Special rules of counting “年(ni2n)” and “星期 (x9ngq9)”
When counting the number of years “年(ni2n)”, never use a measure word. Thus, “a year” is “一年(y= ni2n)” rather than “一個年(y0 ge ni2n)”.
For example:
一年有三百六十五天。Y= ni2n y#u s1n b3i li* sh0 w& ti1n.
There are 365 days in a year.
The word for week “星期(x9ngq9)” on the other hand, takes the measure word “個(ge)” as a counter sometimes.
For example:
三個星期有二十一天。 S1n ge x9ngq9 y#u 8r sh0 y9 ti1n.
There are 21 days in three weeks.
Now, can you translate the following into Chinese Pinyin?
There are 366 days in the year 2012.
There are 28 (or 29) days in February this year.
There are four weeks in a month.
______
There are 52 weeks in a year.
______
C. 交際活動 PERFORMANCE & TASK
ACTIVITY:
Have clock worksheets and randomly select students to read and report the time displayed on the clock.
Presentational Performance:
大灰狼,大灰狼,幾點了？
D4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le?
大灰狼,大灰狼,幾點了？ / D4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le?
Big grey wolf, big grey wolf, what’s the time?
三點了。 / S1n di3n le.
Three o’clock.
大灰狼,大灰狼,幾點了？ / D4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le?
Big grey wolf, big grey wolf, what’s the time?
十二點了。 / Sh0 8r di3n le.
Twelve o’clock.
Interpretive Performance:
Let’s play a game – at twelve o’clock the big grey wolf gets really hungry… run!
Select one student to be the “Big grey wolf”. Everyone else will circle around the big grey wolf and tease him/her by saying: “大灰狼(d4 hu9 l2ng), 大灰狼, what time is it?” The big grey wolf says “It’s xxx o’clock!” It’s up to the big grey wolf to decide when to call out 12 o’clock, which is the time he gets to chase and capture one of the boys or girls who does not run away from him/her quickly enough.
The person who plays the role of “大灰狼” (the big grey wolf) can call out a random hour, such as 一點, 三點. It’s only when s/he says “十二點了(It’s twelve o’clock now)”, others need to run as fast as they can to avoid being caught. The one who is caught by “大灰狼” is now “大灰狼” for the next round.
TASK PERFORMANCE
Interpersonal Communication:
Now interview your classmates, ask for their dates of birth, and complete the chart below.
Presentational Communication:
After your interview, randomly pick three from the answers you gathered and report the information to your class in Chinese.
Name (姓名) / Date of Birth (生日)
In Month/Day/Year / In Chinese characters
LESSON 1.3
你的電話號碼是多少?
課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUEReggie: / Wait! Can you type in my phone number? Let me hear how it sounds.
Peter: / Ok，你的電話號碼是多少？
(Peter presses the button as Reggie is saying his phone number.)
Time Machine (pronouncing): / （六二五）六七八一二五O。
Tom: / Here we go!
生詞UNIT VOCABULARY
A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE
多 / 少B. 生詞 WORD BANK
Traditional / Simplified / Pinyin / Part of Speech / Meaning in English
你 / 你 / n- / pron. / you (singular)
的 / 的 / de / part. / possessive or ending marker
電 / 电 / di4n / n. / electricity; electric
話 / 话 / hu4 / n. / language; words; talk
電話* / 电话 / di4nhu4 / n. / telephone
號碼 / 号码 / h4om3 / n. / number; series of number
多 / 多 / du! / duó / adj. / more; many
少 / 少 / sh3o / adj. / less; few
多少** / 多少 / du!sh3o/ duósh3o / q.w. / how many; how much