March 22, 2020 - Washington DC Taiwanese School "Advanced Mandarin Conversation" class

Steve, Andrew and Raymond:

Thank you for attending today's on-line "Advanced Mandarin Conversation" class (3/22/2020.)

We discussed the following issues:

1. Health effects of salt (too much or too little)?  - follow up of Black-Foot disease -  Hēi jiǎo bìng at Bei-Men District - běimén , Tainan, Taiwan - Táinán táiwān běimén yántián - too much salt - Tài duōle Yán consumption (heart disease, hi-blood pressure - Xīnzāng bìng, gāo xiěyā ) too little salt - tài shǎo Yán intake (elevated LDL cholesterol - Dǎngùchún gāo )

Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields - Wikipedia

2. Lyme Disease from ticks - doing yard work as an exercise from tele-working new norms (Webex) - use antibiotics ( Kàngshēngsù ) treating Lyme disease immediately

3. 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC - lesson learned - xué dào jiào Xùn

We discussed books we read this week in light of "1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) & Black Death - Great Bubonic Plague - lesson learned - xué dào jiào Xùn"

Black Death - Wikipedia

Wú lǎoshī (Janice) - Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - Great depression - 1939

Steven ( Gé·ài lún - 葛艾倫) - The Plague by Albert Camus - 1947

Jen-Jen (Steven ( Gé·ài lún - 葛艾倫 - 女兒) Hidden Figures film - Three mathematicians (African Americans) who worked as computers (then a job description) at NASA, during the space race.

4. Gouts (Disease of Kings/Emperors or Rich Man's Disease) - Huangdi Bing - use controlled dietary plans and switch to simple peasant diets -  Gǎibiàn yǐnshí xíguàn,  像農民一樣吃飯 -  Xiàng nóngmín yīyàng chīfàn

5. 2 trillion dollars to stimulate the US economy facing the coronavirus outbreak issues

6. How people deal with the new norms of "Social Distancing" in all walks of life.

7. How Colleges resolve the applications for the Fall 2020 semester - deferred to 4/15/2020 - Tuīchí dào 4/15/2020

8. How to handle "final exams" & "graduations" for schools - options: A. oral exams -  Kǒushì B. Term papers - Xuéqí lùnwén - graduations without ceremonies - Méiyǒu bìyè diǎnlǐ

9. Lesson 38 (接 機 -jiē jī) Meeting Somebody at the Airport

Assignment on 3/22/2020 - Written words practice as follows and questions for further discussion

1.  Kǒu -   口 (mouth) - Using "Hanzi Alive - 漢字很有意思 " book to illustrate and explain how the written word as originated.

2. Lession 39 ( 游泳 - Yóuyǒng ) swimming

Let me know if you have any questions.

Wú lǎoshī

Janice Chang(吳玉琴)