July 19, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Summer Class

July 19, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Summer Class

·         We discussed the following issues:

• It's very hot, but, due to coronavirus pandemic, I intentionally not to turn the air condition on, I like the fresh air circulated (天氣很熱，但是,Coronavirus大流行，我 故意不打開冷氣 - 我喜歡新鮮的空氣流通 - Tiānqì hěn rè, dànshì  Coronavirs  liúxíng, wǒ gùyì bù dǎkāi Lěng qì - wǒ xǐhuān xīnxiān de kōngqì liú Tōng)
• Steven said, I turned the air-condition on 77 degrees Fahrenheit and 79 degrees at night  (Steven (葛艾倫)說:我白天打開冷氣，華氏77度，晚上打開79度- Steven (葛艾倫) shuō:Wǒ báitiān dǎkāi Lěng qì., huáshì 77 dù, wǎnshàng dǎkāi 79 dù
•  Raymond said, I only use air-condition after 6:00 p.m. (Raymond (書宗)說:我只在下午6點以後使用冷氣. Raymond (書宗) shuō:Wǒ zhǐ zài xiàwǔ 6 diǎn yǐhòu shǐyòng Lěng qì.)
• Due to Covid-19, our children are likely to still stay at home learning (can not go to school) (由於covid-19，我們的孩子很可能在秋天仍在家中學習（不能上學） (Yóuyú covid-19, wǒmen de háizi hěn kěnéng zài qiūtiān réng zài jiāzhōng xuéxí (bùnéng shàngxué))
• My two daughters love animals very much. (Raymond (書宗)說: 我的兩個女兒非常喜歡動物- Raymond (書宗) shuō:Wǒ de liǎng gè nǚ'ér fēicháng xǐhuān dòngwù)

Raymond (書宗)

       I took my family to visit a sustainable farm in Virginia over the weekend.

週末我帶家人去弗吉尼亞州一個永續經營的農場

Zhōumò wǒ dài jiārén qù fújíníyǎ zhōu yīgè yǒng xù jīngyíng de nóngchǎng

Polyface Farm - Wikipedia

Teacher Wu shared on the YouTube about "Home Schooling" information

吳老師在YouTube上分享了“在家學習”的信息

Wú lǎoshī zài YouTube shàng fēnxiǎng “zàijiā xuéxí” de xìnxī

Paul Barton - YouTube

"Memorizing A Song" by Emilie & Dad - YouTube

Steven (葛艾倫)

An ‘Untenable Situation’

1. Harvard and MIT file suit to block a new directive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would prohibit international students in the U.S. from taking an all-online course load this fall.

2. More Than 200 Schools Back Harvard/MIT Lawsuit Over Foreign Student Rule

Due to the above reasons, the opening of my school at Johns Hopkins University this fall is very complicated.

3. 由於上面原因, 因此，我的學校約翰·霍普金斯大學今年秋季開學非常複雜(Yóuyú shàng miàn yuányīn, yīncǐ, wǒ de xuéxiào Johns Hopkins dàxué jīnnián qiūjì kāixué fēicháng fùzá.

C Class Discussion

Lesson 75 (整理庭院 Zhěng lǐ tíng yuàn – Tending the Garden)

Due to the irrelevent summer lesson subjects, we skipped from Lesson 46 "Busy Holiday Shopping" to Lesson 75 "Tending the Garden."

因為這與夏季課程無關，我們從第46課 "年貨大街" 跳到第75課 "整理庭院 ."

Yīnwèi guānyú shǔjià de bù xiāngguān kèchéng, wǒmen cóng dì 46 kè “Nián Huò, dàjiē” tiào dào dì 75 kè “Zhěng lǐ tíng yuàn”

Assignment for this week's summer class - Written words practice as follows: 

庭院 (Courtyard, the garden - Tíng yuàn)

Traditional house in Taiwan with courtyard

 Next Summer class is on Sunday, August 2, 2020 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 

Let me know if you have any questions.