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春假活動 Spring Break Activity #1

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:53:52 -0600

經典中文兒童節目 Great TV shows for you young students… in Chinese!

以下是一些經典的中文兒童節目，可從 YouTube 或 RTHK 香港電台網站或手機 App 播放，很適合各位同學們和家長和祖父祖母一起觀賞！

This are great shows for you to watch with your parents and grandparents! All episodes are available for free over YouTube or directly as video podcasts from RTHK website and mobile app!

小時候 (經典重溫) When We Were Young

節目介紹：http://www.rthk.hk/tv/dtt31/programme/whenwewereyoung2014
Playlist on RTHK: http://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item_all.php?pid=650&lang=zh-CN (may also download for offline viewing!)
Playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=919mxb0Aa6w&list=PLHCH0uaMK1mO-EhVgC--tKdzaOrnb22Gd

Harry 哥哥好鄰居 We Are Good Neighbours

Harry哥哥帶來全新兒童節目，內容包括唱遊、魔術、講故事等，逢星期一至五與你見面。

All new show by Harry “Gor Gor”, with songs, games, magic and story time, for both young and old “neighbours” like you and me! new episodes daily from Monday to Friday! (Episode 87 as of today)

節目介紹：http://www.rthk.hk/tv/dtt31/programme/wearegoodneighbours
Podcast Playlist on RTHK (SD 480p): http://podcasts.rthk.hk/podcast/item_all.php?pid=1138&lang=zh-CN
Playlist on YouTube (HD 720p): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFgbc_9gcTo&list=PLuwJy35eAVaKKN8iqaDginT25v0l3Rh3r

For all of of you who know 辛尼哥哥 (Sunny Gor Gor) and his classics TV show 跳飛機 (Hopscotch), episode 25 of “Harry Gor Gor Good Neighbours” is especially recommended! (I watched it with tears of joy streaming down my face.)

If you have a Google Chromecast, Roku, or a Smart TV, you may “cast” the videos from YouTube onto your big-screen TV for the whole family to enjoy!

Alternatively, you may download the “RTHK Screen App” from the App Store or Google Play, see:

Video intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s-6jGEgw2U
Links for download:
- http://rthk.hk/tools/appstore/screen/c_about.htm (Chinese instruction)
- http://rthk.hk/tools/appstore/screen/about.htm (English instruction)

歡迎！Welcome!

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:00:00 -0700

This is the start of our experimental website that allows you to review what we have learned in our weekly Chinese classes from the comfort of your own home. :-)

Please check out the following contents:

1. Video: 文字的創造 The Invention of Chinese Written Characters

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影片來源 Source: https://www.hkedcity.net/etv/resource/558246372, ETV (Educational Television), EDB (Education Bureau), Hong Kong

您也可以在 YouTube 上觀看此影片。
You may also watch this video on YouTube.

2. 課文：〈渥太華〉 Lesson Review: “Ottawa”

See the full lesson review here.

〈渥太華〉“Ottawa”

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:00:00 -0700

This work-in-progress page aims to help you learn the lesson text. An audio recording is now added, and more stuff like stroke order (筆順) will be added later this week, hopefully? 😄

　　渥太華

　　渥太華是加拿大的首都。
它有國會大廈，是總理和國會議員
討論國家大事的地方。

　　市中心的麗都運河，景色如畫；
春天河岸上開滿了鬱金香；
夏天可以在那裏划船和釣魚；
冬天它是世界上最長的溜冰場。

　　渥太華真是一個美麗的城市，
吸引很多遊客來觀光。

錄音 Audio Recording

男聲 Male voice

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女聲 Female voice (courtesy of Google Translate)

Faster:
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Slower:
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Study Aid: CantoDict

Note: A Chinese learner-turned-educator from the U.K. created a website called CantoDict which provides a very useful resource that parses any Chinese text and gives the corresponding meaning and pronunciation (Jyutping) of the text.

(courtesy of CantoDict)

Our own literal translation

(逐詞、逐字翻譯 word-by-word, and sometimes character-by-character)

　　渥太華是
　　Moisten(渥)-highest(太)-flowery/magnificient(華) ak1-taai3-waa4 (= Ottawa) is

加拿大的首都。
Add(加)-take(拿)-grand(大) gaa1-naa4-daai6 (= Canada) ’s
head(首)-city(都) (= capital, from Latin caput = head).

它有國會大廈，
It has (the) National(國) Assembly(會) (Parliament) Buildings(大廈),
(“Parliament” comes from the French word Parlement, where parle means “speaking”.)

是總理
is (where) (the) all/general/chief(總)-manage(理) (= Prime(首) Minister(相))
(The Prime Minister of the U.K. is called 首相, whereas
the Prime Minister of Canada is called 總理.
See the article on 總理 on Chinese Wikipedia for more information.)

和國會議員
and National(國) Assembly(會) Debating(議) Members(員) (= Members of Parliament)
(In Hong Kong, 議員 are known as “legislators”, or Members of the Legislative Council.)

討論國家大事的地方。
discuss nation(國)-home(家) (country) major affairs ’s place.

　　市中心的
　　market/town(市)-centre(中心) (= downtown) ’s

麗都運河，
beautiful(麗)-major-city(都)
(Cantonese: lai6 dou1, Mandarin: Lìdōu, sounds like “Rideau”)
transport(運)-river(河) (= Canal ⇒ human-made channels for water conveyance (supply), or to service water transport vehicles.)

景色如畫；
(the) scenery(景)-colour(色) (= scenery) (is) like(如) picture(畫) (= picturesque)

春天河岸上開滿了
(in) spring river banks on open full “-ed”

鬱金香；
feeling-depressed(鬱)-golden(金)-fragrant(香) (= tulips);

夏天可以在那裏划船和釣魚；
(in) summer (people) can in/on there row(划)-boat(船) and hook/“fish for”(釣) fishes(魚);

冬天它是世界上最長的
(in) winter it is (in/above the) world (the) most(最) long(長) (= longest)

溜冰場。
glide(溜)-ice(冰) (= skating) field/rink.

　　渥太華真是一個美麗的城市，
　　Ottawa really is a beautiful city,

吸引很多遊客
inhale(吸)-lead(引) (= attracting) very many travelling(遊)-guests(客) (= tourists)

來觀光。
(to) come (to) view(觀)-light(光) (= sightsee).

筆順 Stroke order

Courtesy of the Hong Kong Education Bureau. Coming soon! From http://www.edbchinese.hk/lexlist_en/

More to come, hopefully?