Additional Texts and Activities, Lesson 3.5, Pronunciation Practice (Volume 1 Textbook, page 157)

Lesson 3.5, Pronunciation Practice (Volume 1 Textbook, page 157) 

Here is an additional Pronunciation Practice exercise for the sounds introduced in this lesson.

Read aloud the following rhyme.

Pén Hé Pán

盆和盘

Zhèbiān yí ge rén,

这边一个人，

Tiāo le yì tiāo pén.

挑了一挑盆。

Nàbiān yí ge rén,

那边一个人，

Dān le yí dàn pán.

担了一担盘。

Pén pènglàn le pán,

盆碰烂了盘，

Pán pènghuài le pén.

盘碰坏了盆。

Mài pén mǎi pán lái péi pán,

卖盆买盘来赔盘，

Mǎi pán mǎi pén lái péi pén.

卖盘买盆来赔盆。

Nǐ péile pán,

你赔了盘，

Wǒ péi le pén.

我赔了盆。

Basins and Plates

Here comes a man

Who's carrying a load of wash basins.

There comes a man

Who's carrying a load of plates.

The wash basins hit and broke some plates,

The plates hit and damaged some wash basins.

You sell your wash basins to pay for the broken plates;

I sell my plates to pay for the damaged wash basins.

Corrected Pages for Volume 1 Textbook

These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Textbook.

Additional Texts and Activities, Lessons 1.1 and 1.2 Listening Practice (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook)

Lesson 1.1 Listening Practice: Exercise III-C (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook page 3)

Lā dà jù, chě dà jù,

拉大锯，扯大锯，

Working with a big saw,

Nǐ lái, wǒ qù.

你来，我去。

You pull, I push.

Lesson 1.1 Listening Practice: Exercise III-G (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook page 4)

This online version of the rhyme includes Chinese characters and English. The workbook version shows pinyin only.

Yáng liǔ qīng, fàng fēng zhēng.

杨柳青，放风筝，

When the willows turn green, we fly kites.

Yáng liǔ huáng, tī jiàn máng.

杨柳黄，踢毽忙。

When the willows turn yellow, we kick the shuttlecock.

Lesson 1.2 Listening Practice: Exercise III (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook page 12)

This online version of the rhyme includes Chinese characters and English. The workbook version shows pinyin only.

A. yiqiang rexue

一腔热血

full of righteous ardor

B. yugong yishan

愚公移山

"the foolish old man who removed mountains" - to not be afraid of difficulties

C. yegong haolong

叶公好龙

"Lord Ye loves dragons" - to profess love of what one actually fears

D. jingdi zhiwa

井底之蛙

"a frog in a well" - a person with a limited outlook or narrow vision

E. shuizhong laoyue

水中捞月

"to fish for the moon in the water" - to make vain efforts

F. hujia huwei

狐假虎威

"the fox borrows the tiger's terror (by walking with the tiger)" - to bully others by flaunting one's powerful connections

Handouts: Photocopiable Masters for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 1

While most of the activities in the Huanying workbooks are designed to be completed directly by students in their student workbooks, an activity occasionally requires additional handouts from the teacher. Some activities are also available here in larger format than what is shown in the workbooks. These handouts are collected here.

Corrected Pages for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 1

These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Part 1 Workbook.

Handouts: Photocopiable Masters for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 2

While most of the activities in the Huanying workbooks are designed to be completed directly by students in their student workbooks, an activity occasionally requires additional handouts from the teacher. Some activities are also available here in larger format than what is shown in the workbooks. These handouts are collected here.

Corrected Pages for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 2

These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Part 2 Workbook.