September 27, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation

 

September 27, 2020 - Washington D.C. Taiwanese School, Advanced Mandarin Conversation

·         We discussed the following issues:

• Teacher Wu asked, "Steve (葛艾倫), Oh, it's Yom Kippur today? do you celebrate?"  (吳老師問：“Steve，哦，今天是Yom Kippur？你慶祝嗎？ - Wú lǎoshī wèn:“Steve?  ó, jīntiān shì shúzuì rì? Nǐ qìngzhù ma?”) 
• Steve (葛艾倫) said, "From tonight's sundown to tomorrow's sundown is Yom Kippur. I am a jewish, we gather with family, but I do not fast, not to eat for one day, like my brother does." Steve (葛艾倫)說：“今晚日落到明天日落是Yom-Kippur. 我是猶太人，我們與家人聚會，但我不像哥哥那樣,一天不吃東西 (禁食.) ” Steve (葛艾倫) shuō:“Jīn wǎn rìluò dào míngtiān rìluò shì Yom Kippur. Wǒ shì yóutàirén, wǒmen yǔ jiārén jùhuì, dàn wǒ bù xiàng gēgē nàyàng Yītiān bù chī dōngxī (jìn shí.)"
• The teacher said, "We are so happy that Joseph finally has Chinese name from his wife's help."

   吳老師說："我們很高興知道, Joseph(高靖和) 終於在太太的幫助下有了他的中文名字."  Wú Lǎoshī shuō: “Wǒmen hěn gāoxìng Zhīdàoī, Joseph (Gāo jìng hé ) zhōngyú zài Tàitài de bāngzhù xià yǒule tā de zhōngwén míngzì."
• 高 - Gāo - Tall, Lofty - The fort, or castle with the top spires, middle tower with guarded windows and bottom base with large door.

  

  
  

  靖 jìng  - Peaceful, firm - The man stands up with two feet on the ground firmly next to the green color plants freshly born in the blue sky.

  

  
  

  和 hé - harmonious, melodic - The mouth + the old instrument with wood or bamboo tied up together (pan-Flute) that created the plesant-musical sound

  

•  Steve (葛艾倫) said, "Is this (Shēng) musical instrument that we are talking about?" Steve (葛艾倫) 說：“我們是在說這個樂器嗎？(笙)” Steve  (葛艾倫) shuō:“Wǒmen shì zài shuō zhège yuèqì ma? (Shēng?)”

• Sheng (instrument) - Wikipedia - Shēng 

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•  Teacher Wu said, "No.  I know a very famous song that was played from this South American musical instrument (Pan-Flute."  吳老師說：“不，我知道有一首非常有名的歌, 是由南美洲樂器  (排簫) 演奏的。” Wú lǎoshī shuō: “Bù, wǒ zhīdào yǒuyī shǒu hěn yǒumíng de gē, yóu nánměi zhōu yuèqì -paixiao - yǎnzòu de." 

• Paixiao - Wikipedia (

  The paixiao - 排簫)
• El Cóndor Pasa (song) - Wikipedia
• Teacher Wu asks, "Joseph(高靖和) Please say "thanks" for your wife that she gave you a very nice Chinese name.  This is your homework to ask her why she chose this name!" 吳老師說：“Joseph(高靖和), 請謝謝您的太太，她給您起了一個很好的中文名字。這是您的功課，問她為什麼, 為您選這個名字？””Wú lǎoshī shuō:“Joseph (高靖和) (Qǐng xièxiè nín de Tàitài, tā gěi nín qǐle yīgè hěn hǎo de zhōngwén míngzì. Zhè shì nín de gōngkè, wèn tā wèishéme wèi nín xuǎn zhège míngzì?”.)
• Steve  (葛艾倫) asked, "Is Jìng hé  related the sound of "Joseph?"" Steve (葛艾倫) 問：“靖和與 Joseph 聲音有關嗎？” Steve (葛艾倫) wèn:“Jìng hé yǔ Joseph shēngyīn yǒuguān ma?”
• Joseph(高靖和) said, "No relationship.  My wife said, my name,  three characters, has something related with the numbers of the strokes.") (Joseph(高靖和) 說：“沒有關係。 我的太太說, 我的名字, 三個字和筆畫有關.” Joseph(高靖和) shuō,“Méiyǒuguānxì. Wǒ de tàitài shuō wǒ de míngzì sān gè zì hé bǐ huà yǒu guān."
• Raymond (書宗) asked: "Why  靖 ( jīng)  has a man standing up?"  Raymond (書宗) 問：“為什麼 靖 ( jīng) 會有一個人站起來?” Léi méng dé wèn:“Wèishéme 靖 ( jīng) huì yǒu yīgè rén zhàn qǐlái?”
• Teacher Wu said, "The man stands up with two feet firmly to protect the world.  It's a peaceful meaning" 吳老師說：“這個人用兩隻腳站起來保護世界。這是和平的意思。 Wú lǎoshī shuō:“Zhège rén yòng liǎng zhī jiǎo zhàn qǐlái bǎohù shìjiè. Zhè shì hépíng de yìsi."
• Teacher Wu said, "There are 31 strokes on 高 - Gāo  靖 jìng 和 hé - 高 - Gāo  has 10 strokes, 靖 jìng has 13 strokes, 和 hé has 8 strokes." 吳老師說：“高  靖 和  有31筆劃 - 高 有 10 筆劃, 靖 有 13 筆劃, 和  有 8 筆劃。 Wú lǎoshī shuō:“高 - Gāo  靖 jìng 和 hé yǒu 31 bǐhuà. - 高 - Gāo yǒu 10  bǐhuà. 靖 jìng yǒu 13  bǐhuà, 和 hé yǒu 8 bǐhuà."

We discussed Lesson 61 (Travelling Around the Island,) 第61課 (環島旅行)-dì 61 kè (Huándǎo lǚxíng)

We are going to visit Sun-Moon Lake - 我們要去日月潭玩 - Wǒmen yào qù rìyuètán wán

• Steve  (葛艾倫) said, "I went to the temple at Sun-Moon Lake to Bai-Bai (worship to ask for good-fortune)" Steve (葛艾倫) 說：“我去了日月潭廟裡-拜拜 (祈福)”” Steve (葛艾倫) shuō: "Wǒ qù rìyuètán miào Lǐ bàibài (qiú hǎoyùn)."

• Jiaobei - Wikipedia

  
  

• "Jiaobei (Chinese) or bobui (Taiwanese) - two crescent-shaped wood blocks" thrown on the floor asking the fortunes to be told.

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  • Raymond (書宗) said: "I had sea food at Sun-Moon Lake Restaurant and drank for coff at Starbucks."  Raymond (書宗) 說：“我在日月潭餐廳吃海鮮，在Starbucks 喝咖啡” Raymond (書宗) shuō::"Wǒ zài rìyuètán cāntīng chī hǎixiān, zài xīngbākè hē kāfēi
   
  
  • Joseph(高靖和) said, "I have never been to Sun-Moon Lake before, but I would like to have red tea there.") (Joseph(高靖和) 說：“我從沒有去過日月潭，但我想在那裡喝紅茶。”.” Joseph(高靖和) shuō,:“Wǒ cóng méiyǒu qùguò rìyuètán, dàn wǒ xiǎng zài nàlǐ hē hóngchá.”

Sun Moon Lake - Wikipedia

We explained the words origin in (Travelling Around the Island -環島旅行)- (Huándǎo lǚxíng)
環 (Huán) - A fully-clothed man opening his big eyes wide, playing the precious jade circle - means a full circle, never-ending intent.  

(島)- (dǎo) - An island landform with the mountain surrounded by water and a bird perched on the mountain-top

(旅)- (lǚ) Two sentinels standing guard under the flags with the whole troops behind

(行)- (xíng) Men walking along the path of a cross-road

We have the following words assigned to practice for this week's homework (日,月,山, 水 -Rì,  Yuè,  Shān,  Shuǐ) - Sun,  Moon,  Mountain, Water)

We will continue for 

Lesson 61 (Travelling Around the Island,) 第61課 (環島旅行)-dì 61 kè (Huándǎo lǚxíng) to visit Taroko  Gorge National Park (太魯閣國家公園 - Tài lǔ gé guójiā gōngyuán)

 

 

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