August 23, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Summer Class

 

August 23, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation Summer Class

·         We discussed the following issues:

• Today, Steve was not in the class so we did not discuss Lesson 75 - Tending the Garden  (今天，Steven (葛艾倫)不在課堂上，所以我們沒有討論第75課 - 整理庭院 - Jīntiān, shǐ dì fū (Steven) bùzài kètáng shàng, suǒyǐ wǒmen méiyǒu tǎolùn dì 75 kè - Zhěng lǐ tíng yuàn -)
• Raymond said, "my daughter's school will open on August 31, 2020.  They will have in-person classroom teaching."  (Raymond (書宗)說:我女兒的學校將於2020年8月31日開學。他們將進行面對面的課堂教學 - Raymond (書宗) shuō:Wǒ nǚ'ér de xuéxiào jiāng yú 2020 nián 8 yuè 31 rì kāixué. Tāmen jiāng jìnxíng miànduìmiàn de kètáng jiàoxué)
• Raymond said, "my daughter's school is private.  There are lots of open spaces offering good ventilation.  But they need to prepare one face mask for each day." Raymond (書宗) shuō:("Wǒ nǚ'ér de xuéxiào shì sīlì de. Tā hěn dà, yǒu hěnduō kāifàng kōngjiān, kěyǐ tígōng liánghǎo de tōngfēng. Dànshì tāmen měitiān xūyào zhǔnbèi yīgè kǒuzhào.") (Raymond (書宗)說:我女兒的學校是私立的。 它很大，有很多開放空間，可以提供良好的通風。 但是他們每天需要準備一個口罩. 

   
•  Teacher Wu said, ("I took my choir conductor to the emergency hospital, yesterday morning.  Suddenly, She could not walk.") 吳老師說：(“昨天早上，我帶我的合唱團指揮去急診醫院。突然，她不能走路了。”) Wú lǎoshī shuō:“Zuótiān zǎoshang, wǒ dài wǒ de héchàng tuán zhǐhuī qù jízhěn yīyuàn. Túrán, tā bùnéng zǒulùle.”)
• Teacher Wu said, "My daughter took the family to Sequioa National Forest to camp before her son's elementary school was open on August 19,2020." 吳老師說:(我的女兒在2020年8月19日兒子的小學上學之前，帶著家人到“Sequoia 國家森林”露營。) Wú lǎoshī shuō: (Wǒ de nǚ'ér zài 2020 nián 8 yuè 19 rì érzi de xiǎoxué shàngxué zhīqián, dàizhe jiārén dào “hóng shān guójiā sēnlín” lùyíng.) )"
  
•  Teacher Wu said, "They were the only family camping at Buck Rock campground.  They saw a bear in the wood." 吳老師說:"(他們是唯一在“Buck Rock”露營的家庭。 他們在森林裡看到一隻熊.") Wú lǎoshī shuō: ("Tāmen shì wéiyī zài “Buck Rock” lùyíng de jiātíng. Tāmen zài sēnlín lǐ kàn dào yī zhī xióng.")
• 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.)
  
• Raymond said, my two daughters are able to go school on August 31 because they are in private school) (我的兩個女兒可以在8月31日上學，因為他們在私立學校 (Wǒ de liǎng gè nǚ'ér nénggòu zài 8 yuè 31 rì qù xuéxiào shàngxué, yīnwèi tāmen zài sīlì xuéxiào)
• Raymond said, "but I am a little afraid because they do not have COVID-19 vaccine shots" (Raymond (書宗)說: 但我有點害怕，因為他們沒有注射COVID-19疫苗- Raymond (書宗) shuō:Dàn wǒ yǒudiǎn hàipà, yīnwèi tāmen méiyǒu zhù shè COVID-19 yìmiáo)
• Raymond asked, "Why did your teacher have issues with her foot?" (Raymond (書宗)問：“為什麼您的老師的腳有問題？”- Raymond (書宗) wèn:“Wèishéme nín de lǎoshī de jiǎo yǒu wèntí?”
• Teacher Wu said, "It's Osteoporosis issues." (吳老師說：“這是骨質疏鬆症的問題。”- Wú lǎoshī  shuō:“Zhè shì gǔzhí shūsōng zhèng de wèntí.”
• Teacher Wu said, ("The doctor prescribed the pain killer Prednisone to solve her problem.") (吳老師說：“醫生開了止痛藥 Prednisone 治療她的問題。”）Wú lǎoshī  shuō:“Yīshēng kāile zhǐtòng yào Prednisone  zhìliáo tā de wèntí.”

The next class will be at 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. on September 13, 2020.  It's the official first day of school year for Washington D.C. Taiwanese School.

** There is no virtual on-line class on September 6, 2020 because it's Labor Day Weekend.

** We will have a new student, Joseph Faust, who is from the intermediate Mandarin Conversation Class.  He and I have had a successful Skype connection today to introduce ourselves.  Let's give him a warm welcome.    He has the text book prepared and is ready for the class.

We will continue to discuss Lesson 75 - Tending the Garden, 整理庭院 - Zhěng lǐ tíng yuàn

Summary - TaiChi Zoom Class for TCP (D.C.Taiwanese Presbyterian Church Members) 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. August 12, 2020

 

Summary - TaiChi Zoom Class, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. August 12, 2020

1.      Teacher Harold demonstrated “Wringing out Towel” with both hands to squeeze out the water in different direction to explain one of the basic TaiChi Principles – Turing from the Waist – Flexible forms

2.      Teacher Tony started 3 minutes “Warm up” session

3.      Teacher Tony demonstrated 10 minutes’ TaiChi forms as follows:

·         起式, 攬雀尾, 單鞭, 提手上式, 白鶴亮翅, 摟膝拗步, 手揮琵琶, 搬攔捶, 如封似閉, 十字手,抱虎歸山, 斜單鞭, 肘底捶, 倒攆猴, 雲手, 單鞭下式, 金雞獨立, 分腳, 蹬腳栽捶, 玉女穿梭, 上步七星, 退步跨虎, 轉身擺蓮, 彎弓射虎, 搬攔捶, 如封似閉, 野馬分鬃

4.      A few forms were not too clear during the demonstration.  Teacher Tony suggested that we could do the send demonstrations of the above formations.

5.      Teacher Harold wrapped up the session with the following advice

. “TaiChi has not hands (太極沒手)” – Let the body relax and sink -  the foundation of TaiChi

. Clod Hand (雲手) – once waving/moving your hands reaching up to the end of direction, say the Wall, you need to turn your body and continue the movement.

. Fair Lady Shuttles Back & Forth (玉女穿梭) actually uses the four basic elements of  Ward-off (掤) , Roll-Back (捋), Press (擠) and Push (按)

.Five Basis Principles of TaiChi

1.      R – Relax

2.      S – Separate your Weight

3.      T – Turn

4.      U – Upright your Body

5.      V – Virginia Girl’s Hand (Figuratively speaking , metaphorically so-called Beautiful Lady’s Hand)

 

FYI – pictures shots during the class.

Next 7 recurring Zoom class from August 19, 2020 – September 30, 2020 will be posted Next Tuesday.

Teacher Tony will be on leave on September 9, 2020

Let Engiau Elder and Teachers know if you have any questions.

Good session today.  We used the Zoom time from 1:55 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. quite well. 

Again, Team Works!  Let’s make it better.