May 17, 2020 - Washington DC Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Class

May 17, 2020 Washington DC Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Class

Raymond, Steve and the teacher discussed how we fare the 7th week's "Maryland lock-down" due to coronavirus outbreak

We discussed the following issues:

 

Raymond (書宗) and Steven (葛艾倫)

1.      Jīntiān shì yīn tiān, dànshì wǒ zài zǎoshang 8:00 Zuǒyòu Yǒu yángguāng shí chūqù zǒu zǒule (It is cloudy today. But I went out walking when the sun was shinging) 

2.      Wǒ bèi tòng, wúfǎ pǎobù. Wǒ yǒu gǔzhí shūsōng zhèng wèntí (I can not run due to backache problem; I have osteopenia)

3.      Wǒ Tàitài yěyǒu zhège wèntí (My wife also has this problem) 

4.      Nánxìng yěyǒu gǔzhí shūsōng zhèng de wèntí (Men also have osteoporosis problems)

5.      Kěnéng Yàzhōu rén bù hē niúnǎi gài de shíwù (Maybe Asians do not like milk with calcium food)

6.      Jones Hopkins dàxué yào děngdào liù yuè cáinéng zhīdào zàixiàn jiàoxué shìfǒu réng zài jiǔ yuè jìnxíng (Johns Hopkins University will not know until June to see if the on-line learning will be still on in September

7.      Xuéxiào gěi wǒmen zìyóu xuǎnzé (The school gives us freedom to choose our own)

8.      Wǒ 85 suì de tóngshì hěn hàipà, bù xǐhuān shǐyòng zàixiàn jiàoxué (my 85 years old colleague is afraid, and he does not like to use on-line teaching)

9.      FDA yě hěn zìyóu de ràng wǒmen zìjǐ xuǎnzé zìjǐ (FDA is also very flexible to let us choose our own)

10.  MTA 200 bāshì Cóng Frederick dào University of Maryland xiànzài Bù kāi chē (MTA 200 bus from Frederick to University of Maryland is not in service now)

11.  Wǒ qǔxiāole liù yuè qù táiwān lǚxíng de jīpiào, dàn hángkōng gōngsī bù gěi wǒmen tuì Qián. Tāmen zhǐ gěile wǒmen liǎng nián de bǎoliú shíjiān (I cancelled the airline tickets for June’s trip to Taiwan, but the airline company will not give us refund.  They only gave us credits – holding on the reservation for two years)

12.  Fēijī kěyǐ fēi dào yàzhōu, dàn bùnéng fēi dào ōuzhōu. Wǒ de ruìdiǎn (Sweden) Bā yuè kāi huì, Wǒ hái bù zhīdào (The flying to Asia is OK, but not Europe.  My trip to Sweden for meeting in August is not known yet. 

13.  Jīnnián niándǐ, cái huì yǒu COVID-19 yìmiáo. Gilead de Remdesvir Zhǐ shì zhìliáo (COVID-19 vaccine will not be ready until the end of this year, Gilead’s Remdesivir is only for treatment)

14.  Jīntiān shì běn xuéqí de zuìhòu yītáng kè (Today is the last school day for this semester)

15.  Dàn wǒmen kěnéng huì kǎolǜ zài xiàTiān jìxù zàixiàn jiàoxué (But we might think about continuing on-line teaching in the summer)

16.  Wǒ hěn gāoxìng wèi nín jiàoxué (I enjoy teaching for you all)

17.  Wǒmen yě xǐhuān nín wèi wǒmen jiāoshū, dàn wǒ bù xǐhuān xiě jiātíng zuòyè. (We like the idea for you to teach us too.  But I do not like to do writing homework)

18.  Wǒ réngrán bìxū jiàoshǐ dì wén rúhé xiě hànzì. (I still must teach Steven how to write Chinese characters)

19.  Wǒ méiyǒu bàngzi dǎ nǐ. Lǎoshī, xièxiè (I have no rods to punish you 書宗though.  Thank you teacher)

20.  Shǒuxiān ràng wǒ yǔ xiàozhǎng tǎolùn. Yěxǔ wǒmen xiàtiān kěyǐ měi yuè liǎng cì shòukè (Let me discuss with the principal first; maybe we can have on-line teaching about twice a month in the summer)

Lesson 43 (Da jié yùn – Taking MRT)

Wǒmen yòng jié yùn dìtú lái tǎolùn rúhé dàodá guófù jìniàn guǎn – We use MRT map to discuss about how to get to Dr. Sun Tat-Sen Memorial Hall

Assignment for next class in the summer (pending) - Written words practice as follows 

Using "Hanzi Alive - 漢字很有意思 " book to illustrate and explain how the written word as originated. 

(站Zhàn)- stand up or bus stop (the boy growing up into manhood; a vessel holding the liquid with its fullest capacity)

系Xì - (silk woven together into a bundle)

統 Tǒng (a silk radicle on the left and a man growing up to the fullest on the right)

We will discuss about continuing the on-line class in the summer.  We, Raymond, Steve, and I all have fun teaching and learning from ourselves and one another.  I will discuss with the Principal first.  No class next week!  Memorial Weekend!

Let me know if you have any questions.