數字 Sh*z= Numbers. 學習目標 Learning Objectives Magic Chinese. Lesson 1.1 一二三四五六七 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9

Magic Chinese 1 數字 Sh*z= Numbers 學習目標 Learning Objectives Lesson 1.1 一二三四五六七 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9 Able to know and use basic numbers from 1-100. Lesson 1.2 上午十點 Sh4ngw& sh0 di3n Able to tell date and time. Lesson 1.3 你的電話是多少? N- de di4nhu4 sh= du!sh3o? Able to tell telephone numbers. - 1 -

Unit 1 Numbers UNIT ONE I. 情節發展 STORYLINE The Magic Chinese journey starts when Melissa and her family go to a flea market and buy what they think are a compass. It is old and rusty, with many dials and buttons that seem more like decorations than anything else. Beautiful designs are carved into the lid. Even though the compass doesn t seem to work very well, Melissa still loves it. What she doesn t realize is that the compass is going to change her life and that of her friends. On the day after she buys the compass, Melissa, as always, gets together with her four good friends in Peter s garage. Excitedly, Melissa shows everyone the compass. Peter immediately declares that he knows how to make it work, but Tom barges his way in, snatching the compass and wildly pressing all of the buttons and turning all of the dials. Suddenly, strange, glowing words appear as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them. They ask Peter at once what these words mean. Peter explains that they are times and dates in Chinese, but he doesn t know why they are there or how they have appeared. Melissa exclaims that it doesn t matter. She thinks that everything that has occurred so far is extremely exciting and just like what is told in fantasy stories. Maybe the compass will take them to a magical world! However, something strange happens. When Reggie pushes the upper left key, the compass screen promptly displays English on what looks like a computer screen. It seems to have turned into a translator. - 2 -

Magic Chinese II. 課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE (Melissa is showing this curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it. Tom barges in immediately and begins to press all the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange, glowing words appears as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.) Tom: Look! What s this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is. Peter: I know. I know. That s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. 一二三四五六七八九十 Linda: What? (mimicking) yi, er, san, si, wu, Wow! That s really cool. I want to learn it. Melissa: Great! What date is today? Peter: Look! 今天二 oo 七年十月二十六日 Melissa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this? Time Machine (pronouncing): Peter: That s the time. 下午三點二十六分 Tom: Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen! I ll press them randomly. 一三五七九二四六八十二 oo 七年四月十八日上午十點 Reggie: Wait! Can you press my home phone number? Let me hear how it sounds. Peter: Ok, 你的電話是多少? (Peter presses the button as Reggie is saying.) - 3 -

Unit 1 Numbers Time Machine (pronouncing): ( 六二六 ) 六七八一二五 o (626) 678-1250. Tom: Here we go! PINYIN TEXT Tom: Look! What s this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is. Peter: I know. I know. That s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. Y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9 b1 ji& sh0. Linda: What? (mimicking) yi, er, san, si, wu, Wow! That s really cool. I want to learn it. Melissa: Great!What date is today? Peter: Look! J9nti1n 8r l0ng l0ng q9 ni2n sh0 yu8 8r sh0 li* r=. Melissa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this? Peter: That s the time. Xi4w& s1n di3n 8r sh0 li* f5n. Tom: Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen! I ll press them randomly. Time Machine: Y9 s1n w& q9 ji&. ]r s= li* b1 sh0. ]r l0ng l0ng q9 ni2n s= yu8 sh0 b1 r=. Sh4ngw& sh0 di3n. Reggie: Wait! Can you press my home phone number? Let me hear how it sounds. Peter: Ok,N- de di4nhu4 sh= du!sh3o? (Peter presses the button as Reggie is saying.) Time Machine: Li* 8r li* li* q9 b1 y9 8r w& l0ng Tom: Here we go! TRANSLATION Tom: Look! What s this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is. Peter: I know. I know. That s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. One two three four five six seven eight nine ten. - 4 -

Magic Chinese Linda: What? (mimicking) yi, er, san, si, wu, Wow! That s really cool. I want to learn it. Melissa: Great!What date is today? Peter: Look! Today s date is October 26 th, 2007. Melissa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this? Peter: That s the time. Three twenty-six in the afternoon. Tom: Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen! I ll press them randomly. Time Machine: One three five seven nine. Two four six eight ten. April 18 th, 2007, ten o clock in the morning. Reggie: Wait! Can you press my home phone number? Let me hear how it sounds. Peter: Ok, what is your home telephone number? Time Machine: Six two six - six seven eight - one two five zero. Tom: Here we go! III. 生詞 UNIT VOCABULARY A. 寫字練習 CHARACTER PRACTICE 一二三四五六七八九十今天年月日下午上多少 - 5 -

Unit 1 Numbers B. 生詞 WORD BANK Vocabulary Pinyin Part of Speech Meaning in English 一 yī num. one 二 èr num. two 三 sān num. three 四 sì num. four 五 w num. five 六 liù num. six 七 qī num. seven 八 bā num. eight 九 ji num. nine 十 shí num. ten 今天 j9nti1n n. today 天 ti1n n. sky 零 /o líng num. zero 年 nián n. year 月 yuè n. month; moon 日 rì n. date; day of the month 下 xià adj. second (of two parts); next (week, etc.) 午 w n. noon; 11 am-1 pm - 6 -

Magic Chinese 下午 xiàw n. afternoon 點 din n. o clock 分 fēn n. minute 上 sh4ng n. First (of two parts) 你 n- pron. you (singular) 的 de particle 電話 di4nhu4 n. telephone 是 sh= v. to be (am, is are) 多少 du!sh3o QW how many; how much 多 du! adj. more 少 sh3o adj. less - 7 -

Unit 1 Numbers LESSON 1.1 一二三四五六七課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE (Melissa is showing this curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it. Tom barges in immediately and begins to press all the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange, glowing words appears as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.) Tom: Look! What s this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is. Peter: I know. I know. That s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. 一二三四五六七八九十 Linda: What? (mimicking) yi, er, san, si, wu, Wow! That s really cool. I want to learn it. PINYIN TEXT Tom: Look! What s this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is. Peter: I know. I know. That s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. Y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9 b1 ji& sh0. Linda: What? (mimicking) yi, er, san, si, wu, Wow! That s really cool. I want to learn it. - 8 -

Magic Chinese TRANSLATION Tom: Look! What s this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is. Peter: I know. I know. That s Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. One two three four five six seven eight nine ten. Linda: What? (mimicking) yi, er, san, si, wu, Wow! That s really cool. I want to learn it. A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION a.1. Counting 1-10 in Chinese Read aloud and repeat again and again. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 一二三四五六七八九十 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9 b1 ji& sh0 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 十九八七六五四三二一 sh0 ji& b1 q9 li* w& s= s1n 8r y9 Number Song: Read the number song below and clap your hands at the same time. - 9 -

Unit 1 Numbers 一二三, 三二一, y9 8r s1n, s1n 8r y9, 1 2 3, 3 2 1, 一二三四五六七 y9 8r s1n s= w& li* q9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. 八九十, 十九八, b1 ji& sh0, sh0 ji& b1, 8 9 10, 10 9 8, 七六五四三二一 q9 li* w& s= s1n 8r y9. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. a.2. Counting 10-100 in Chinese 10-19 十, 十一, 十二, sh0 sh0 y9 sh0 8r 20-29 二十, 二十一, 二十二, 8r sh0 8r sh0 y9 8r sh0 8r 30-39 三十, 三十一, 三十二, s1n sh0 s1n sh0 y9 s1n sh0 8r... 100 一百 y= b3i Tongue Twister ( 繞口令 ) Challenge yourself: Read aloud and the fastest, the best. 四是四, S= sh= s=, 十是十, Sh0 sh= sh0, 十四是十四, Sh0 s= sh= sh0 s=, 四十是四十 S= sh0 sh= s= sh0, 十四不是四十, Sh0 s= b^ sh= s= sh0, 四十不是十四 S= sh0 b^ sh= sh0 s=. - 10 -

Magic Chinese C. 交際活動 TASK PERFORMANCE c.1 Radical Writing: 部首人口人口 (r6n) human being; person; people; mankind 人 "as a radical is normally written at the left side of a character (e.g., 你, 他 ) (k#u) mouth; entrance; gate 口 is usually written on the left side of a character. (e.g., 叫 ) Some of the following characters belong to radical 人 ; some belongs to 口. Make one circle on character with a radical of 人 ; make double circle for any character with a radical of 口. 吹 to blow 眼 eye 他 he 你 you 伯 uncle 吠 to bark 伴 companion 吃 to eat 味 taste 唱 to sing 上 above 吵 noisy - 11 -

Unit 1 Numbers c.2 Trace the Chinese character di4n (electricity, electric), and see which part of this character looks like a kite by that Mr. Benjamin Franklin discovered: the principle of writing Chinese character is like practice Chinese Kung Fu Martial Arts, and for that you should follow the Master s General Rules: Moving from left to right; top to bottom; outer first then fill the content inside before you close the box. - 12 -

Magic Chinese c.3 Children s Song ( 兒歌 ) Sing along and see if you catch the beat and the rhythm [Follow the rhythm and play with a friend next to you by clapping hands and alternate to clap your friend s hand as well] 小皮球 Little Rubber Ball 小皮球, 香蕉油, 滿地開花二十一, xi3o p0qi/, xi1ngji1o y@u, m3n d= k1i hu1 8r sh0 y9, Little rubber ball, bananas, pears, the whole ground is covered with flowers, twenty-one. 二五六, 二五七, 二八, 二九, 三十一 8r w& li*, 8r w& q9, 8r b1, 8r ji&, s1n sh0 y9. Two fifty-six, two fifty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-one. - 13 -

Unit 1 Numbers LESSON 1.2 上午十點課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE Melissa: Great!What date is today? Peter: Look! 今天二 oo 七年十月二十六日 Melissa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this? Time Machine (pronouncing): PINYIN TEXT Peter: That s the time. 下午三點二十六分 Tom: Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen! I ll press them randomly. 一三五七九二四六八十二 oo 七年四月十八日上午十點 Melissa: Great!What date is today? Peter: Look! J9nti1n sh= 8r l0ng l0ng q9 ni2n sh0 yu8 8rsh0li* h4o. Melissa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this? - 14 -

Peter: That s the time. Xi4w& s1n di3n 8r sh0 li* f5ng. Magic Chinese Tom: Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen! I ll press them randomly. Time Machine: Y9 s1n w& q9 ji&. ]r s= li* b1 sh0. ]r l0ng l0ng q9 ni2n s= yu8 sh0 b1 r=. Sh4ngw& sh0 di3n. TRANSLATION Melissa: Great!What date is today? Peter: Look! Today s date is October 26 th, 2007. Melissa: (Looking at the time machine) What about this? Peter: That s the time. Three twenty-six in the afternoon. Tom: Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen! I ll press them randomly. Time Machine: One three five seven nine. Two four six eight ten. April 18 th, 2007, ten o clock in the morning. A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION a.1 How to say year in Chinese? For the year, say the four digit numbers just like you say the telephone numbers, and end the phrase with 年 (ni2n, the word for year ). For example: - 15 -

Unit 1 Numbers year 1990, 一九九 o 年 y9 ji& ji& l0ng ni2n year 1865, 一八六五年 y9 b1 li* w& ni2n year 2002, 二 oo 二年 8r l0ng l0ng 8r ni2n year 2008, 二 oo 八年 8r l0ng l0ng b1 ni2n year 2012, 二 o 一二年 8r l0ng y9 8r ni2n a.2 How to say month and date in Chinese? The character 月 (yu8, The moon ) stands for month; while 日 (r=, The sun ) stands for the day or date. For example, the eighteenth day of September is written 九月十八日. In speaking, however, the word 號 (h4o, number) sometimes replaces 日. Thus, 九月十八號 is also frequently used to say September 18th. From January to December, you can just go by the order of the numbers from the first month to the twelfth. January February March April 一月二月三月四月 y9 yu8 8r yu8 s1n yu8 s= yu8 May June July August 五月六月七月八月 w& yu8 li* yu8 q9 yu8 b1 yu8 September October November December 九月十月十一月十二月 ji& yu8 sh0 yu8 sh0 y9 yu8 sh0 8r yu8-16 -

Magic Chinese Now, what are these dates? Give the English translation for each of the following: 四月九日十一月二十號七月六號八月三十一日九月八日十二月十八號 a.3 Give information on year, month and date Simply follow this order: from large to small. Year + month + date For example; September 30 th, 2008, 二 oo 八年九月三十日 Please provide the English translation for each of the following dates: 一七八五四月六日一八九三年十月十五日一九九六年八月二十九日二 oo 九年三月十六日 - 17 -

Unit 1 Numbers Now interview some of your family members, your classmates or your friends, ask for the date of birth, and fill in the chart. Name ( 姓名 ) In English Date of Birth ( 生日 ) In Chinese characters - 18 -

Magic Chinese a.4 To state the time of the day Simply follow this order: from large to small. day section + hour + minute For example: 9:10 AM 上午九點十分 3:20 PM 下午三點二十分 Now, write down the following times in Chinese pinyin: - 19 -

Unit 1 Numbers B. 語法註解 GRAMMAR NOTES b.1 Difference between 一月 and 一個月 The word 個 (g8) is a generic measure word. So while 一個月 (y0 g8 yu8) means one month, 一月 means January. For example: 一個月有三十天 Y0 g8 yu8 y#u s1n sh0 ti1n. There are thirty days in a month. as opposed to 一月有三十一天 Y9 yu8 y#u s1n sh0 y9 ti1n. There are thirty-one days in January. b.2 Special rules of counting 年 (ni2n)" and 星期 (x9ngq9)" When counting the number of years 年 ", please never take a measure word. Thus, a year is 一年 " rather than 一個年 " - 20 -

Magic Chinese For example: 一年有三百六十五天 Y= ni2n y#u s1n b3i li* sh0 w& ti1n. There are 365 days in a year. The word for week 星期 " on the other hand, takes measure word 個 " as a counter sometimes. For example: 三個星期有二十一天 S1n g8 x9ngq9 y#u 8r sh0 y9 ti1n. There are 21 days in three weeks. Now, can you translate the following into Chinese pinyin? There are 366 days in the year 2008. There are 29 days in February this year There are four weeks in a month. There are 52 weeks in a year. - 21 -

Unit 1 Numbers C. 交際活動 TASK PERFORMANCE Let s play a game twelve o clock is the time that the big grey wolf gets really hungry run! Naughty boys and girls circled around and tease the big grey wolf inside by saying: xxx, xxx, what time is it? The big grey wolf says It s xxx o clock! It s up to the big grey wolf to decide when to call out 12 o clock which is the time he gets the meat to eat if one of the boys and girls does not ran fast enough away from him. The person who plays the role of 大灰狼 (the big grey wolf) can say the time randomly. But when s/he says 十二點了 (twelve o clock), others need to run and hide as fast as they can so as to avoid being caught. The one who is caught by 大灰狼 should then play the role of 大灰狼 for the next round. 大灰狼, 大灰狼, 幾點了? d4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le? 大灰狼, 大灰狼, 幾點了? d4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le? Big grey wolf, big grey wolf, what s the time? 三點了 S1n di3n le. 大灰狼, 大灰狼, 幾點了? 十二點了 Three o clock. d4 hu9 l2ng, d4 hu9 l2ng, j- di3n le? Big grey wolf, big grey wolf, what s the time? Sh0 8r di3n le. Twelve o clock. - 22 -

Magic Chinese LESSON 1.3 你的電話 (h4om3) 是多少? 課文對話 UNIT DIALOGUE Reggie: Wait! Can you press my home phone number? Let me hear how it sounds. Peter: Ok, 你的電話是多少? (Peter presses the button as Reggie is saying.) Time Machine (pronouncing): ( 六二六 ) 六七八一二五 O (626)678-1250. Tom: Here we go! PINYIN TEXT Reggie: Wait! Can you press my home phone number? Let me hear how it sounds. Peter: Ok,N- de di4nhu4 j- h4o? (Peter presses the button as Reggie is saying.) Time Machine: Li* 8r li* li* q9 b1 y9 8r w& l0ng Tom: Here we go! - 23 -

Unit 1 Numbers TRANSLATION Reggie: Wait! Can you press my home phone number? Let me hear how it sounds. Peter: Ok, what is your home telephone number? Time Machine: Six two six-six seven eight-one two five zero. Tom: Here we go! A. 擴展練習 MAGIC EXPANSION a.1 To state a telephone number in Chinese. To state a telephone number in Chinese just says each digit in order. Remember numbers are keys words in a sentence; you need to pronounce each number clearly and correctly. 415-833-9706 四一五, 八三三, 九七 o 六 s= y1o * w&, b1 s1n s1n, ji& q9 l0ng li* (*Note: 1 also can be pronounced as y1o while saying telephone numbers.) TASK: Now, interview some of your classmates, friends for their phone numbers in Chinese by using the sentence pattern below: Q: 你的電話是多少? N- de di4nhu4 sh= du!sh3o? What s your telephone number? A: 我的電話是 W# de di4nhu4 sh= My telephone number is - 24 -

Magic Chinese Then make a directory book. Name ( 姓名 ) Telephone Number ( 電話號碼 di4nhu4 h4om3) In Arabic Numerals In Chinese characters Follow-up Activity: Pick three numbers in second column, read these numbers one by one. Anyone s number being read should raise his/her hand or respond with 我的 (W# de. meaning That s mine! ) - 25 -

Unit 1 Numbers B. 語法註解 GRAMMAR NOTES b.1 多少 (how many?, or how much?) versus 多 (more) and 少 (less) When 多少 is used as a word, it means how many, or how much. For instance, How much is this? How many pens do you have? Zh8 ge du!sh3o qi2n? N- y#u du!sh3o zh9 b-? TASK: 多 or 少 : Count and Compare Count the number of objects in the pictures first. Write in the blank with 多 (du!) if you consider the number is bigger; write with 少 (sh3o) if you consider the number is smaller on the right column. left right More or less on the right - 26 -

Magic Chinese b.2 Verb 是 sh= (to be: am, is, are) Unlike western languages, verbs in Chinese are remained the same for whether the subject is a singular or a plural form. For example, both I and We would use the same verb ( I am a student or We are students. The verbs here in English are different). In Chinese, we use 是 the same verb. See more on this in Unit 2. - 27 -

Unit 1 Numbers For instance: 你的電話 ( 號碼 ) 是幾號? 今天是幾月幾號? N- de di4nhu4 (h4om3) sh= j-h4o? J9nti1n sh= j- yu8 j- h4o? C. 交際活動 TASK PERFORMANCE c.1 Phone Numbers TASK: Practice saying a phone number with home number, city code, and a country code. Ask a friend in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Beijing, Shanghai and in Taipei what is your phone number? then invite him/her to respond with the number listed below one by one (by reading out loud). You can reverse the roles too. Q: 你的電話 (h4om3) 是多少? N- de di4nhu4 (h4om3) sh= du!sh3o? What s your telephone number? A: 我的電話是 W# de di4nhu4 sh= My telephone number is San Francisco 415-338-3120 415-456-9087 415-386-2909 New York 212-456-8760 212-341-2875 212-456-9873 Boston 617-560-3214 517-786-3210 617-445-8762-28 -

Magic Chinese Beijing Country code-city code- home number 86-10 - 5207-9513 86-10 - 4532-7649 Shanghai Country code - city code - home number 86-21 - 8320-1120 86-21 - 9864-2331 Taipei Country code-city code- home number 886-2 - 2546-7830 886-2 - 6790-5431 c.2 Song: Little Monkey s Weekly Activities J9nti1n x9ngq9 y9, h@uzi chu1n x9ny9. 今天星期一, 猴子穿新衣 J9nti1n x9ngq9 8r, h@uzi d*zi 8. 今天星期二, 猴子肚子餓 J9nti1n x9ngq9 s1n, h@uzi y4o p2sh1n. 今天星期三, 猴子要爬山 J9nti1n x9ngq9 s=, h@uzi y4o k3osh=. 今天星期四, 猴子要考試 J9nti1n x9ngq9 w&, h@uzi y4o ti4ow&. 今天星期五, 猴子要跳舞 J9nti1n x9ngq9 li*, h@uzi q* li* li*. 今天星期六, 猴子去溜溜 J9nti1n x9ngq9 ti1n, h@uzi l8 f1n ti1n. 今天星期天, 猴子樂翻天 Today is Monday, Monkey wears its new clothes. Today is Tuesday, Monkey is hungry. Today is Wednesday, Monkey will climb the hill. Today is Thursday, Monkey will take a test. Today is Friday, Monkey wants to dance. Today is Saturday, Monkey will go to stroll. Today is Sunday, Monkey is extremely happy. - 29 -

Unit 1 Numbers 文化知識 CULTURAL NOTES A. Chinese believe that some numbers are more auspicious than others. Six and Eight represent good fortune for Chinese, much as the number seven is considered a lucky number for Westerners. 6 represent 順,8 represent 發 Westerners consider thirteen to be an unlucky number while for Chinese number 4 is considered unlucky. The pronunciation of number 4 is homophonic (that is it sounds the same) with the word for death, and is therefore often avoided. B. Chinese Number Gestures 1 一 y9 2 二 8r 3 三 s1n 4 四 s= 5 五 w& 6 六 li* - 30 -

Magic Chinese 7 七 q9 8 八 b1 9 九 ji& 10 十 sh0 TASK: 1. Challenge your friend to read out loud upon the change of your hand signals. 2. Now, invent some rules and challenge your friend to play that into a game with these signs in just one hand. - 31 -