Chinese Class Day 3: Aug. 29, 2011 Mr. Graham Salzer 格拉汉姆先生

News Report Student gives news report for the day – Kendall. Comment on news. Chinese Pods now online for this week. 3 files – finish listening by Friday, please. Review homework.

Review the four tones Example video Review pages 1-3 of textbook.

Page 4: Radicals 偏旁部首 Pi ā npáng bù sh ǒ u Radicals are the small pieces of a character. Radicals are combined to make a single character. Some radicals have independent meanings. Website containing list of all radicals. Not important now, but interesting. Click here.Click here Character stroke order. IN GENERAL, CHARACTERS ARE WRITTEN TOP- LEFT TO BOTTOM-RIGHT!!!

Lesson 2, pages 5 and 6 Key vocabulary, listen to the CD. Write the words on the board. Students pay close attention to the stroke orders. Exercises 1 and 2 on page 6.

Geography 3 rd or 4 th largest country in the world (depending on whether Taiwan and other regions are included). Behind Russia, Canada, USA. About 1.35 billion people. Most of population is on the eastern half. Very diverse climate some mountain areas, deserts, forests, tropical, subarctic Major rivers: Pearl River, Yangtze River, Yellow River, Songhua River Mountains: Himalayas in Tibet and Xinjiang. Mount Everest

Geography continued… Major cities: TIER 1: Beijing (capital), Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen. TIER 2: Tianjin, Chengdu, Qingdao, Suzhou, Dalian, Ningbo, Xi’An, Shenyang, Nanjing, Xiamen, Haerbin, Hangzhou. TIER 3: Wuhan, Kunming, Chongqing, Nanchang, Changsha, Urumqi. 22 Provinces, 2 special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Hong Kong was a British colony. Macau was a Portuguese colony. Both located on the southern coast of China. Almost like separate countries. Have different governments, economic systems, money, culture. Hong Kong and Macau are both very wealthy places. Hong Kong is famous for trade, finance, banking, tourism. Macau is famous for casinos, tourism, entertainment, some trade and finance. It’s like the “Las Vegas of Asia.”

The Five Great Mountains of China East Great Mountain (D ō ngyuè): Tài Sh ā nTài Sh ā n 泰山 ; ; "Tranquil Mountain” Sh ā nd ō ng Province, 1,545 mSh ā nd ō ng Province, 1,545 m West Great Mountain (X ī yuè): Huà Sh ā n 华山 ; "Splendid Mountain", Sh ă nx ī Province, 1,997 m"Splendid Mountain", Sh ă nx ī Province, 1,997 m South Great Mountain (Nányuè): Héng Sh ā n (Hunan)Héng Sh ā n (Hunan) 衡山 ; ; "Balancing Mountain", Húnán Province, 1,290 mHúnán Province, 1,290 m North Great Mountain (B ě iyuè): Héng Sh ā nHéng Sh ā n 恒山 ; "Permanent Mountain", Sh ā nx ī Province, 2,017 mSh ā nx ī Province, 2,017 m Center Great Mountain (Zh ō ngyuè): S ō ng Sh ā nS ō ng Sh ā n 嵩山 ; ; "Lofty Mountain", Hénán Province, 1,494 mHénán Province, 1,494 m

China’s major cities…

China’s Provinces

The Four Rivers

Homework Study pages 4, 5 and 6.