Tuesday, January 25, 2011

last day of student teaching--pictures


hug monster (怪兽抱), soooo... sweet, I cried when you hugged me. (你们抱我的时候我哭了。)


I just knew what Johnny and Rommel were doing when we took the picture...(大家看看Johnny和Rom在做什么。。。)

We are supermen...(except...Chris...lol...) 我们都是超人。。。

soooo....cool....(这张照片很酷啊。。。)

look at my face...so twisted....(看我的脸,好扭曲啊)

when we really jumped...look at Lunia...She is really good at this...(看Lunia, 她好厉害。。。)

our Asian pose...

your hearts (给我的“心“)


with girls...(you are so tall) 你们好高啊。。。

with all the girls...amazing...

with all the guys...look at Chris' face...

with all the guys... Brendan said you are my bodyguards...

Monday, December 6, 2010

Pair Work-Prensentation&Vocabulary List (2) for “我是谁”

Pair Work-Prensentation
Find a partner.
Use PowerPoint to do a presentation on “中国父母和美国父母的不同”
(“the differences between Chinese parents and American parents”

    In your presentation, you need to include:
    1What we learned from “我到底是谁”。
    Tips:
    1) There are two main differences in the text.
    2) They are in paragraph 4 and paragraph 8.
    2Besides that, you also need to choose from the following two:
    1) Give one more example (from your experiences) of each of the two main differences in the text.
    2) Talk about another difference and give example(s) about this difference from your experiences.
    3Make a conclusion. (summary, your preference, etc.)
 
      Grades will be given according to:
      If you include all the elements required.
      If your writing is grammatically correct and cohesive.
      If your speaking is grammatically correct and cohesive.
      The layout of your presentation.
      If you work well with your partner and each of you contribute same.
      Extra points will be given if you do the part 2 well.

Vocabulary List (2) for “我是谁

1、印象 yin4 xiang4 impression
我对这个人没有印象。
大伟对兰兰的印象很好。

2、成绩 cheng2 ji4   score
SAT考试的成绩不错。

3、名次 ming2 ci4  position in a ranking of names
小明考试的名次不好。
排名次  to give rankings
在美国,老师很少排名次。

4、升学考 sheng1 xue2 kao3   Entrance exam
美国的学生上高中没有升学考。

5、补习班 bu3 xi2 ban1  tutoring class
我下课后要去很多补习班,如数学班,英语班,化学班等。(so sad

6、设备 she4 bei4 Equipment, facilities
我们学校有很好的设备。

7、讨厌 tao3 yan4  to hate (doing something)
我讨厌你骂我是书呆子

8、宠物 chong3 wu4  Pet
晶晶的宠物是一只乌龟。

9、嘲笑 chao2 xiao4  Laught at
我讨厌别人总是嘲笑我。

10、小提琴 xiao3 ti2 qin2  violin
        钢琴     gang1 qin2      piano
拉小提琴,弹钢琴, 练琴

11、理解 li3 jie3  Comprehend
我觉得很难理解他。

12、嚼 jiao2  Chew
据说常常嚼口香糖脸会变大。

13、管 guan3  To control, to be in charge of
中国的爸爸妈妈什么都喜欢管。

14、就连 jiu4 lian2   even  = 甚至  shen4 zhi4
小宝宝就连哭都很可爱。

14、说了算 shuo1 le suan4    have the final say
上学穿什么衣服都是我爸爸妈妈说了算。

15、满意  man3 yi4 satisfy
妈妈对我这次考试的成绩很满意。

16、选择 xuan3 ze2  To choose choice
你有两个选择。(noun
我选择去NYU. (verb)

17、独一无二 du2 yi1 wu2 er4   unique
在这个世界上,每一个人都是特别的,独一无二的.

Monday, November 29, 2010

in-class writing (11.29.2010)

 
2. There are 27 words in the list, choose
 
 
 
 
Here is an example for what means a story from Chia-wei:

今天是小明的生日,他爸爸给他买了一件衣服。一开始小明还很高兴,可到后来,他发现爸爸买的衣服太小了,小到连手都伸不进去。爸爸说:“小明啊,你是不是又长胖了?炸鸡薯条吃这么多!”“你才胖呢!我可是每天早中晚都要跑步两个小时,还有,谁说我吃炸鸡薯条了?我明明每天早中晚都吃生菜水果沙拉呢!”原来,不是小明胖了,是衣服真的买太小。爸爸感到丢脸,所以他就带小明去从新买一件。幸好,他们没有再买错。
The passage (“the meanings of colors in Chinese culture”) we learned is not a story. What you wrote for the “ story narration according to the four given pictures” are stories.
4. You need to write a story, which means it needs to have character(s) and plots.
3. You are encouraged to use more words in your story. Extra points will be given if you use more words and use them correctly.
at least 7 to make a story.
1. Review the words in the vocabulary list.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

vocabulary list for 11.18.2010

I'm sorry, I can't upload the ppt here for now...I'll try it later...
For now, make sure you review all the vocabulary we covered today:

dài biǎo to represent; to stand for;
lucky; auspicious; propitious

tiē   to stick; to paste;
chéng gōng  success; to succeed
shì   career;

beginning
smoothly;
power; influence
emperor;
to use;
ordinary person
as one wishes; as one pleases;
dragon robe; emperor's court dress
evil
lit. dark society; criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
death;
one's close relatives
funeral; to explain (literary)
to fail failure;
silly; stupid
war; conflict
to surrender; surrender
idiot