Here is a syllabus and curriculum map for teaching Huanying, Volume 1. They were created for Mandarin I at Marlborough High School.
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.
These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Textbook.
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.
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.
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
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.
These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Part 1 Workbook.
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.
These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Part 2 Workbook.