July 5, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Summer Class

July 5, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Summer Class

·         We discussed the following issues:

• Yesterday was July 4th.  How did you all celebrate?  Have you seen the fireworks? (昨天是7月4日，您們怎麼慶祝？ 您們都看到煙火嗎？ - Zuótiān shì 7 yuè 4 rì, nín zěnme qìngzhù? Nǐmen dōu kàndào Yān huǒ?)
• We did not watch fireworks, we lived a very simple life life everyday. (我們沒有看煙火，我們每天過著簡單的生活 - Wǒmen měitiān dū méiyǒu kàn yān huǒ, wǒmen měitiān guòzhe jiǎndān de shēnghuó)
•  I planted flowers.  I used to plant sweet potato leaves and water spinach (Raymond (書宗)說:我種花。 我以前種過番薯葉和空心菜 Wǒ zhǒng huā. Raymond (書宗) shuō:Wǒ yǐqián zhǒng Fānshǔ yè hé Kōngxīn cài)
• Planting water spinach in Maryland and California is illegal, because it clogs the underground water popes. (在馬里蘭州和加利福尼亞州種空心菜是非法的，因為它堵塞了地下水管 (Zài Mǎlǐlán zhōu hé jJiālìfúníyǎ zhōu zhòng Kōngxīn cài shì fēifǎ de, yīnwèi tā dǔsèle dìxiàshuǐ guǎn)
• I planted herbal plants, basil.  The squirrels won't eat them. (Steven (葛艾倫)說: 我種草藥植物-九層塔-松鼠不會吃它們- Steven (葛艾倫) shuō:Wǒ zhǒng cǎoyào zhíwù-jiǔ céng bǎotǎ-sōngshǔ bù huì chī tāmen)
• I planted tomato.  But, the deer eat all my stems and leaves.   老師說:我種番茄。 但是，鹿吃了我所有的莖和葉。(Lǎoshī sh uō: Wǒ zhǒng fānqié. Dànshì, lù chīle wǒ suǒyǒu de jīng hé yè.)
• Deer will not only eat tomato leaves, but also suck the juices once they are ripen. 鹿不但會吃番茄葉，而且成熟後還會吸汁 (Lù bù dàn huì chī fānqié yè, érqiě chéngshú hòu hái huì xīzhī)
• Why is Basil called "nine-floored pogada?" Basil 為什麼叫 "九層塔”？Basil wèishéme Jiào “jiǔ céng tǎ”?
• Because the leaves have so many layers - shape like a pogoda. 因為葉子有很多層-形狀像寶塔 (Yīnwèi yèzi yǒu hěnduō céng-xíngzhuàng xiàng bǎotǎ)

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

Steven (葛艾倫)

1. I read about Michael Pollan's book about agriculture and sustainable farm industry.

我讀過（Michael Pollan）關於農業和可持續發展的產業的書.

Wǒ dúguò (Michael Pollan) guānyú nóngyè hàn kě chíxù fāzhǎn de chǎnyè de shū.

Michael Pollan - Wikipedia

2. We are planning to visit mother-in-law in New Jersey to help her out during the summer.

我們計劃在夏天拜訪新澤西州的岳母, 來幫助她

Wǒmen jìhuà zài xiàtiān bàifǎng xīnzéxī zhōu(New Jersey) de yuèmǔ, lái bāngzhù tā.

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: 

枯 (Withering away - Kū)

鋤 (Hoe - Chú)

 Next Summer class is on Sunday, July 19, 2020 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 

Let me know if you have any questions.