NCS CSL4 - Teens August 28, 2021

Hi All, 

菜 cài dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine. 

Remember - cài, cài, cài, cài, cài!☝

Words of the Week:  🌞 & ❄

热 rè hot  

冷 lěng cold

Wǒ hěn rè    I am very hot

Wǒ hěn lěng I am very cold

大家 dà jiā everyone 

翻 fān to turn over / to flip over

到 dào to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive 

第  dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc) 

页 yè page / leaf

请大家翻到第3页 Qǐng dàjiā fān dào dì 3 yè     Please turn to page 3

刚刚 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago

刚才 gāng cái just now / a moment ago

昨天 zuó tiān yesterday

今天 jīn tiān today / at the present / now

明天 míng tiān tomorrow

现在 xiàn zài now / at present 

几点 jǐ diǎn what time? / when?

请问现在几点   Qǐngwèn xiànzài jǐ diǎn   What time is it now?

早上 zǎo shang morning / CL:個|个[ge4]

中午 zhōng wǔ noon / midday / CL:個|个[ge4]

下午 xià wǔ afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m.

晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening

平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily - Similar to 一般 yī bān

因为 yīn wèi because / owing to / on account of

所以 suǒ yǐ therefore / as a result / so / the reason why

因为我喜欢你, 所以我今天来上学 Because I like you, that's why I came to school today.

Yīnwèi wǒ xǐhuān nǐ, Suǒyǐ wǒ jīntiān lái shàngxué

Focus of the Week:

Make sure you know how to say 菜 cài dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine 

青菜 qīng cài green vegetables 

Practice saying cai in 4 tones

Useful Resources:

• https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary - I really like MDBG. It's a great dictionary, plus you can see pinyin & stoke order and listen to pronunciation
• https://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/dictionary.php - This is another dictionary which provides clear and concise sample sentences

Recordings:

1. Chapter 14 - Vocab quizlet link: Please listen to the pronunciation in the recording

https://quizlet.com/535230729/flashcards

2. Melody's recording - New words from today's lesson and this blog. I sent it to you via text. 

Homework:

1. Workbook page 108 and 109 - Take a picture of your completed homework and send it to me

2. Prepare to say 2 complete sentences in our next class using words from Chapters 14 and previous chapters

3. Listen to the recordings - Play at least 3 times and repeat after the me while you are playing it 

There will be a substitute teacher (probably Irene) next Saturday morning at 10:00 am. 

Enjoy your long weekend next week!

Cheers,

Melody