Blog 7: Review Week

Chinese 102 Final Script:

汉字：

你好，　我来介绍我自己。我叫 Alex。　我的中文名字是倪爱姗。　我是美国人。　我是从威斯康星州来的，可是住在Plainfield, Illinois. 我是大学生在北中大学。我学销售和心里学。　我会说英文，一点儿中文和西班牙问。　我的大学生活很忙。这是学期我有四门课。每天早上七点种我得起床。早上一点半才我睡觉。我也得开我的车去大学。我有小蓝色Jeep Liberty 车。我喜欢写网络日志，还有跟我的朋友一起去吃晚饭。我们喜欢去中文饭馆。我们点菜可乐还有炒面还是很多饺子。我也喜欢看很好电影。我用上网很多！我也好喜欢给朋友打电话。　

英文：

Hello! Let me introduce myself. My name is Alex. My Chinese name is Ni Ai Shan. I am American. I come from Wisconsin, but I live in Plainfield, Illinois. I am a college student at North Central College. I am studying Marketing Sales and Psychology. I can speak English, and a little bit of Chinese and Spanish. My college life is very busy. This term I am taking four classes. Every morning I wake up at 7 o’clock. Not until 1 o’clock in the morning do I go to sleep. I also have to drive my car to school. I have a small Jeep Liberty car. I like to write web blogs, as well as go to dinner with my friends. We like to go to Chinese restaurants. We order cola as well as fried noodles or a lot of dumplings. I also like to watch a good movie. I use the internet a lot! I also really like to give my friends a call.

Reflection: 

This past week we spent our time reviewing the lesson's we have learned over the 学期. We reviewed lesson's 8-12, focusing on lesson's 12,11, and 10. Unfortunately, I was sick on Monday and missed class. But I was able to make it to Wednesday and Friday's classes where we spent A LOT of time reviewing　汉字 for the lessons we were going over and this helped me memorize several words I was having trouble with a lot! Although it was hard, being quizzed on the 汉字 helped me a lot I think, but it was pretty stressful at first. We are going into week 9 of 10 already and I am preparing for my final one-on-one talk and interview with my professor . I posted the script to my introduction above where I talk about myself, my daily life, and what I like. Now I have 联系 this A LOT and memorize it for the meeting! 

祝我好运!

爱姗

CHI 102 Blog 6: 第十二课

第十二课：Making Requests

核心词 (Core Vocabulary)：


可以　　　　　Kěyǐ　　　　can, may (asking permission) 

借                         Jiè              to borrow

明天                    Míngtiān      tomorrow         

用                        Yòng            to use  

得                         děi              must, have to  

机场                     Jīchǎng        air port  

接                        Jiē                 to pick up  

妹妹                    Mèimei          younger sister  

玩                        Wán               to play, to have fun 

飞机                    Fēijī               airplane 

到                        Dào                to arrive   

手排挡                Shǒupáidǎng    manual transmission  

手                         Shǒu                hand 

开                         Kāi                   to drive, to turn on, to open 

应该                     Yīnggāi            should  

问题                     Wèntí                problem, question 

白                         Bái                     white 

色                         Sè                       color 

停                         Tíng                   to park 

停车场                 Tíngchēchǎng    parking lot 

这次                      Zhècì                 this time  

练习                      Liànxí                 to practice 

这样                      Zhèyàng             thus, in this way, like this    

就                          Jiù                       then

能                          Néng                   can, may, be able to 

进步                      Jìnbù                   to improve  


句型 (Sentence Structure):

A: 我可以接你的车吗？

B: 可以。 


A:　你要去接谁？

B:　我要去接我妹妹。


A:　你会不会开车？

B:　我不会开车。　




每周反射 (Weekly Reflection):

This week also went just as well as last week. I have been attempting to speak more in class to practice the language better in class. We have also been attempting as a class to speak almost 90% chinese in class and have even learned how to ask "how to say" things in chinese: ____ 中文怎么说？. We are getting close to the end of the term so I'm practicing (联系）more to prepare for our final and one-on-one conversation. Hope everything goes well!


爱姗 :) 

CHI 102 Blog 5: 第十一课

第十一课: Ordering Food 

核心词 (Core Vocabulary)：


红                   Hóng             Red

茶                    Chá               Tea
还是                Háishì            or 还                    Hái                still, also 
绿                    Lǜ                  Green
服务员             Fúwùyuán      Waiter, Waitress
坐                     Zuò              To sit     
小姐                  Xiǎojiě         Miss
先生                  Xiānshēng    Mister 
先                      Xiān              First 
喝                      Hē                 To drink 
杯                      Bēi                Cup 
冰                      Bīng              Ice, ice-cold, with ice
水                      Shuǐ              Water
瓶                      Píng              Bottle   
可乐                   Kělè              Cola 
面                       Miàn             Noodles 
饺子                   Jiǎozi            Dumpling 
盘                       Pán               plate 
炒                       Chǎo             to stir fry 
十                        Shí               ten 
点菜                    Diǎn cài       to order food 点                        Diǎn            to order 
碗                        Wǎn             bowl 
汤                        Tāng            soup
双                        Shuāng        pair 
筷子                    Kuàizi          chopstick 


句型 (Sentence Structure):

A: 你要红茶还是绿茶？

B: 我要红茶。


A: 你想点什么？

B: 我们点一杯冰红茶，一瓶可乐，一盘炒饭，三碗汤和二十个饺子。




每周反射 (Weekly Reflection):

This past weeks lesson was very useful in terms of 中文 vocabulary that I will be able to use in real life situations. We learned several words and phrases on how to order food at a restaurant. We also had a group skit at the end of the week that was very helpful with the pronunciation of the words as well as how to use them in a structured sentence. The skits were fun to watch and interesting to perform. I did not do very well on my Wednesday check-up because I had a very long night the day before, but I am going to redo it and fix my mistakes. This week went pretty well, now I must prepare for 第十二课 for next week. 


再见！

爱姗 :) 

期中周检讨

晚上好！

这个周是期中周。It was pretty stressful and 我是很忙！But it went much better than I expected in terms of my Chinese course. I am sad to say that I will not be continuing onto Chinese 103,  but I am going to make the best of the time I have left this term. This week we focused on review of 第八课，第六课，和 第十课。We focused on going over grammar and hanzi this week and played a lot of fun team activities to review and work in groups. This past friday, my group was actually doing very good in the review games more than normal. But I had a lot of fun learning Chinese this way because it was both challenging and entertaining. Now I have to spend my time tomorrow preview for 第十一课 that we will be learning this week. I am excited about this lesson because we get to learn about foods to order and this will be very useful! Hope everyone has a good rest of the 周末和周。

谢谢！

爱姗

CHI 102 Blog 3 第十课

核心词 (Core Vocabulary)：


每天                 Měitiān                       every day 

每                     Měi                            every, each 
天                     Tiān                           day 
半                     Bàn                            half 
起床                 Qǐchuáng                  to get up 
大学                 Dàxué                       college, university 
生活                 Shēnghuó                  life 
学期                 Xuéqí                        semester 
门                     Mén                           (measure word for school courses) 
点                     Diǎn                          o'clock (point on clock)                           
睡觉                 Shuìjiào                     to go to bed, to sleep 
就                      Jiù                             as early as, precisely 
才                      Cái                            not until, only then 
刻                      Kè                              a quarter ( of an hour) 
分                      Fēn                             minute 
然后                  Ránhòu                      then, after that, afterwards 
图书馆              Túshūguǎn                 library 
下午                   Xiàwǔ                        afternoon 
喜欢                   Xǐhuan                       to like 
打球                    Dǎqiú                        to play basketball/badminton/tennis/table tennis 
球                       Qiú                             ball  
写                       Xiě                              to write 
信                       Xìn                              letter   
电子邮件           Diànzǐ yóujiàn             email 
地址                   Dìzhǐ                            address
祝                       Zhù                               to wish 
年                        Nián                             year 
月                        Yuè                               month 

日                        Rì                                  day  

句型 (Sentence Structure): 

A: 现在几点？

B: 十点五分。

A: 你每天几点起床，几点睡觉？

B: 我每天七点半起床，十二点

A: 今天是几月几号？
    
B: 十一月二十日。

A: 下课以后，你有事儿吗？

B: 有，我有事儿，我去看书，然后去打球。


补充词 (Supplementary Vocabulary)

点种            Diǎn zhòng               o'clock      
钟头            Zhōngtóu                  hour   
小时            Xiǎoshí                      hour 
分钟            Fēnzhōng                  minute     
秒                Miǎo                        second 
过                Guò                          to pass 
差                Chà                          to lack, to be short of 
早上             Zǎoshang                morning  
上午             Shàngwǔ                  morning 
中午              Zhōngwǔ                 noon 
下午              Xiàwǔ                      afternoon 
晚上              Wǎnshàng               evening, night 
现在              Xiànzài                    now  
熬夜              Áoyè                        to burn the midnight oil 


每周反射 (Weekly Reflection):

We are already heading into week five of the term! Time is flying by so fast.  Tomorrow morning I will be spending some time volunteering for the NCC International Festival and helping to host a Chinese booth for children for a little while. This past week I tried to spend a bit more time studying this weeks lesson than usual and I think i did fairly okay this week. Thanks to 孙老师's help, I have decided to use this Chinese Poem for my voice shadowing midterm. I hope all goes well!



再见！

爱姗

CHI 102 Blog 2: 第九课

核心词 (Core Vocabulary):


正在                          Zhèngzài                           (indacates an action in progress)

打电话                     Dǎ diànhuà                         to make a phone call 

打                             Dǎ                                      to call, to make, to hit 

喂                             Wèi                                     (used in greeting) hello,hey  
等一下儿                  Děng yīxiàr                        to wait for a moment, to hang on 
知道了                     Zhīdàole                             "Got it"
知道                         Zhīdào                                to know, to be aware of, to realize

谢谢                         Xièxiè                                 thanks  
吧                             Ba                                       (indicates assumption or suggestion)
对                            Duì                                      correct, right
忙                           Máng                                   busy      
看                            Kàn                                     to look at, to see, to watch
电视                        Diànshì                               television

做                            Zuò                                     to do  
上网                         Shàngwǎng                        to be online   
我就是                      Wǒ jiù shì                          (on the phone) this is he/she speaking 
位                             Wèi                                     (polite measure word for people)
留言                         Liúyán                                 to leave a message 
对不起                      Duìbùqǐ                              I'm sorry  
什么时候                  Shénme shíhou                  when, at what time  
时候                          Shíhou                               (the duration of ) time, (a point in) time
回来                          Huílái                                 to return 
晚上                          Wǎnshàng                          evening, night 
要                              Yào                                    to want, to desire 

给                              Gěi                                     for, to; to give 

句型 (Sentence Structure): 

A: 请问友朋在吗？（Qǐngwèn you péng zài ma?)

B: (1) 在，请等一下儿。(Zài, qǐng děng yīxiàr.)
     (2) 我就是。(Wǒ jiù shì.)   (3) 对不起，他不在。(Duìbùqǐ, tā bù zài.)

A: 你在做什么？(Nǐ zài zuò shénme?)
B: 我在上网。(Wǒ zài shàngwǎng)
A: 你在忙吗？(Nǐ zài máng ma?)

B: 没有，我正在看电视呢。(Méiyǒu, wǒ zhèngzài kàn diànshì ne.)

补充词 (Supplementary Vocabulary)

占线　　　　　　　Zhànxiàn                      to occupy a (phone) line, the line is busy              　　

打错了                    Dǎ cuòle                      to dial a wrong number 
电影                       Diànyǐng                      movie
网络                       Wǎngluò                       Internet 
网站                       Wǎngzhàn                    Web site 
发短信                   Fā duǎnxìn                    to send a short (cell phone) message  
通                         Tōng                              (measure word for telephone calls) 
睡觉                      Shuìjiào                         to go to bed, to sleep 
不客气                   Bùkèqì                          (in reply to thank you) you're welcome, don't mention it

不谢                       Bùxiè                            (in reply to thank you) you're welcome 

每周反射 (Weekly Reflection): 

Chinese 102 is still going okay this past week; I became a bit busy with work and papers for other classes that I did quite poorly on my Wednesday check-up and this is only a matter of more time spent studying. Otherwise, I am feeling pretty good about this weeks lesson and am excited about the new vocabulary i've learned. However, I still don't know what clip I will be voice shadowing for my midterm project but I will be researching this weekend!


在见你下周末！

倪爱姗　:)