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