小朋友，你知道今年的農曆新年是在陽曆的幾月幾號嗎？你知道十二生肖是指哪十二種動物？今年是屬於哪一個生肖呢？你屬於哪一個生肖呢？
小朋友，你知道『迎春接福』和『萬事如意』是甚麼意思嗎？你還知道哪些吉祥話？
為什麼中國人過年喜歡說年年有魚呢？你還知道哪些食物和吉祥話有相關聯？http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/culture/biweekly/648/j4.htm
動動腦 做做看 http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/culture/biweekly/648/j6.htm
過年的時候為什麼要把「春」跟「福」倒過來貼？
各國新年不一樣，請說說看中國新年和日本與美國、泰國新年的異同。
http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/culture/biweekly/648/j5.htm
「守歲」和「壓歲錢」的由來 http://blog.huayuworld.org/eclassfun/11633/2013/02/21/1205444
Please use your own words (English or Chinese) to provide the answer.
看故事學華語：年的故事 Please click below picture –>下一頁 –> 播放聲音
(What did you learn from this story? Please write your comment in the comment box.)
The story of Chinese New Year – " Nian ".wmv (English Version)
What did you learn from the video? You will know the reason why people said gongxi gongxi, play firecracker and like to ware the red color cloth during the Chinese new Year.
深入學習相聲表演作品『中文比英文容易學』、『一言難盡中文班』和話劇『豆豆學中文』的主題大意。(Pick one for your project presentation)
【相聲練習：中文比英文容易學？】陳顥、蔡博宇
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-JJuBva_l8
話劇『豆豆學中文』：王興偉(爸)+Deeba (媽)+ 陳繼豪(果果)+Yasnna (豆豆)
『一言難盡中文班』(Optional for advanced level students)
父子檔『一言難盡中文班』.(Original version)
酷比和酷爸─改編版『一言難盡中文班』Time: 2:09
更新三人版『一言難盡中文班』.
分組活動學習 『中國話』
祥祥: You are Amazing Week2 #5 (+5) 好棒喔！恭喜你,中文打字C組第一名
我要說一些吉祥話。吉祥如意、大吉大利、年年有餘、年年高升、還有萬事如意。還有我屬猴。最後，十二生肖是鼠，牛，虎， 兔， 龍，蛇， 馬 ，羊，猴，雞，狗，豬。
Korrie : You are Week2 #4 (+5)
It maybe causes by your computer security, don’t worry, I will run the video for your to watch tomorrow.
I can’t see the videos because it says that the plugin crashed.
1. Chinese New Year falls on January 31, 2014. The 12 animals are: Mouse, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. 2014 is the year of the horse and I’m also born in the year of the horse.
2. 迎春接福 means to welcome spring and receive blessings. 萬事如意 means “everything as you wish”.
3. Yu(leftovers/excess) sounds like yu(fish) so fish symbolizes excess. Other types of food that are usually eaten during Chinese New year are peanuts, oranges, apples,glutenous rice cake,dumplings, etc.
4. The reason why we put chun and fu upside down is because we want chun and fu to “come” to us.
5. The story tells us why we use firecrackers and the color red during Chinese New Year.
Happy New Year and 萬事如意,Cai Lao Shi!!!
Henry : You are Week2 #3 (+2)
1. I will show the video during class lesson, I checked the video it is OK. Don’t worry about it.
2. But you still need to provide more feedback about what you learn from the teaching materials. Don’t just said ” I watched the videos.”
3.Yes, Tim was in our last t CSL3 class.
I couldnt see the file .
I watched every thing else.
Timmy was in your class?
Dear Sabrina : You are Amazing Week2 #2 (+8)
By the way, congratulation, you got first place on Academic contest 國畫A組第一名.And Jackie 恭喜高永真朗讀比賽CSL-B組得第一名。
1. The animals in order are:
Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig
2. Auspicious means “favorable” as in, something will bring you favorable luck. Chinese have several auspicious words and foods. Such as the dumplings that look like gold, the long life noodles and the leftover fish which will bring prosperity to the next year.
3. Fish sounds like excess, so having fish for the new year means they will have excess in the new year.
4. Putting “Chun” upside down is because it is thought doing so will bring spring.
5. New Year’s in the US is a terrible thing. People celebrate their new beginnings with too much alcohol, fireworks, and bad decisions. I don’t really get it… There are also New Year’s resolutions that almost never work.
6. Red envelops with money are often given to unmarried young adults and children for good luck. I think it has to do with hoping that the child will grow up and prosper.
7. Hahaha. This story explains why we have firecrackers and red clothes on New Years.
8. I would have to see the scripts before I picked one… but I will probably pick whichever one is easiest for me to understand.
Dear Jackie: You are Amazing Week2 #1 (+5)
1. the twelve animals of the zodiac are the rat, then the ox, the tiger, the rabbit,, the dragon, the snake, the horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar. I am born in the year of the horse.
3. yu(fish) sounds like yu(excess) so that indicates that every year they will have execss food.
4. By putting spring and blessing upside down, that means that they are dao, or upside down. Dao also means arrive, so that means that spring and blessings have arrived.