Archive for October, 2009
Listen to Mama’s words
by Jay Zhou
A really nice song by Jay Zhou. Yes, Mom always wants the best for her child. Listen to Mama’s words, understand her and don’t let her hurt. … Although it is not Mother’s day, I listened to this song several times today. Hope you too [...]
October 28th, 2009 | Posted in Chinese Pop Songs | No Comments
Little and big, the two important concepts are narrated very well in this book. The sound makes it even more interesting. Great for beginners to learn Mandarin Chinese.
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October 26th, 2009 | Posted in Chinese leveled reading | No Comments
You must know the melody of “Row Row Row Your Boat”, here you can find its Chinese version, although it is about little bees.
小蜜蜂嗡嗡嗡,
xiǎo bì fēng wēng wēng wēng
飞到西来飞到东。
fēi dào xī lái fēi dào dōng
采花蜜香喷喷,
cǎi huā mì xiāng pēn [...]
October 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Chinese children's songs, Chinese songs | No Comments
“Itsy Bitsy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Itsy Bitsy spider went up the spout again!”
Don’t you know the song of “Itsy Bitsy Spider”. I am delighted to present it here,but in Chinese. Here is a TV show teaching [...]
October 16th, 2009 | Posted in Chinese children's songs | No Comments
不要自寻烦恼。
bú yào zì xún fán nǎo
Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
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October 13th, 2009 | Posted in Chinese Quotes | No Comments
We know the song of “Wheels on the Bus”. Here is its Chinese version, I am sure any child will like it. Below I post the lyrics.
公车上的轮子转呀转,
gōng chē shàng de lún zi zhuàn ya zhuàn
转呀转,转呀转,
zhuàn ya zhuàn, zhuàn ya zhuàn
公车上的轮子转呀转,
gōng chē shàng de lún [...]
October 9th, 2009 | Posted in Chinese children's songs, Chinese songs | No Comments
I read an article letter from the Times. It was written by Dr Richard Pike, Chief Executive of Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr. Pike himself was one of the small group of students who started to learn Japanese when Japan started to become the “Asian giant” in 1970s. He later spent years working in Japan, [...]
October 7th, 2009 | Posted in Chinese in News, Learning Chinese, life-event | 1 Comment
Cat
This is a unit we talked in our club recently. The kids liked it since we played different games regarding cats and flowers. This is also part of my new creation “Chinese for Young Learners”. If you are interested, you can purchase it in our store.
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October 5th, 2009 | Posted in Learning Chinese | 1 Comment
This video is from http://www.guardian.co.uk/multimedia. Very good short movie about China’s 60th National Anniversary parades. China’s national day is Oct. 01.
From Boston Globe online, there are 39 stunning photos of this memorable event. Here I list only several:
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October 2nd, 2009 | Posted in General, life-event | No Comments
Mooncake, 月饼(yuè bǐng ), is the traditional snack for Mid Autumn Festival in China. This year, the mid autumn festival is on Oct. 03. in the previous years, we featured the mid autumn festival history and a theme song, this year, I am glad to share some great comics of mooncakes — MandMX remade [...]
October 1st, 2009 | Posted in Chinese Comics, Chinese culture in picture | No Comments