The Meaning of Christmas, 聖誕, in Chinese

聖

Sheng                   holy / sacred

呈

Chéng                   to present to a superior

耳

Ěr                            ear

口          

Kǒu                        mouth

壬

Rén                        ninth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 / ninth in order / letter "I" or roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / nona

誕

Dàn                        birth / birthday

言

Yán                         words / speech / to say / to talk

延

Yán                         to prolong / to extend / to delay

Merry Christmas, 聖誕快樂(sheng dan kuai le)

Learn how to sing the Christmas songs in Chinese

http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2006/12/24/christmas-songs-in-chinese

Autonomous regions of China

Inner Mogolia:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud3a3DS8HUI
Xinjiang:      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgVHRlXnHaM
Tibet:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiE9yrhDyk0

Guangxi  Zhuang Ethnic group 1/2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWWA5MbK4I 
Guangxi  Zhuang Ethnic group 2/2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y--Z5XtidTs&feature=relmfu

Ningxia:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCm2MbDF8JY

More videos about China Province

Shaanxi Province:       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfWT__MtIfw
NingXia Province:      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCm2MbDF8JY

Gannan Gansu 1/2:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOhfcIPigUY
Gannan Gansu 2/2:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYZvycGPTCs&feature=relmfu

Xining Qinghai:          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im2Xo7sMkJ4
Qinghai Tibetan Railway:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1MeeHelMY

Sichuan Province:      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9-h9Olp_g
Sichuan Earthquake5/12/2008:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvDuf9zVPOk

Guizhou Province Dong Minority:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfMaO76IoA
Miao Ethnic of Guizhou 1/2:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DJsmJWnDPU&feature=related
Miao Ethnic of Guizhou 2/2:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDOddfml0bY&feature=relmfu
Guizhou Special/Miao Village 1/2:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbWfEL3J1Jc
Guizhou Special/Miao Village 2/2:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjLv5ywOjbM&feature=related

Yunan Province:         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9Yj6aTYk0
Bamei, Yunnan      :    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq0t4nWSoVc&feature=relmfu

Learn China Provinces Through Videos

The Province of Heilongjiang:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKo4C3fvIKo
The Province of Jilin:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8gy8zelPXw&feature=related
How to fish on the icy lake, Jilin:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvgByVsqCpA&NR=1&feature=endscreen
Jilin Province, China:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8gy8zelPXw&feature=relmfu
Anhui   province, China:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n39LfAzlKY&feature=relmfu
Henan province, China:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBVqR0fcl5o&feature=relmfu
Wuhan, Hubei, China:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBVqR0fcl5o&feature=relmfu
Hunan China:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4zYtbdCDUE
Jiangxi China:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJiQW2UXpps
Documentary about factory workers in China:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzKMqs-iF1o&feature=related

learn China's provinces through puzzles

Puzzle game for China:  http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/China-puzzle.html
Listen to the pronunciation and major city of each province in China :
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/maps/chinese_map.html

web site link to the border cities of China

http://www.youtube.com/p/02E13C9980645D3A?autoplay=1

Chinese conversation-School

http://sina.echineselearning.com/english/contents/survival-chinese/schoolandcourses.html

A blind Chinese singer, Zhang Yu-xia, may inspire you

中國好聲音 (The Voice of China) 2012-07-13 張玉霞 - 獨上西樓

中國好聲音 (The Voice of China) 2012-07-13 張玉霞 - 獨上西樓
 2 .http://blog.udn.com/tomy41/1525995

a great movie to enjoy during the long weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFQjnwo4cn8
The situation is common in both China and Taiwan.  One of Taiwan's excellent president is still in jail.

Chinese Unit I-Self-introduction

Self-introduction:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZS7i34GIY&feature=related
Chinese alphabet  (Pinyin practice):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-rK2e58QuY
How old are you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTT_6R3Ltw&feature=related
How many people are there in your family?http://blog.huayuworld.org/hilonglong/14934/2010/03/18/57853

Middle School Chinese Course Syllabus

COURSE DESCRIPTION

There is no requirement for textbooks or workbooks. However, the lessons will mainly derive from Exploring Chinese (EMC) and Huanying Vol. I (cheng-tsai).  No prior exposure to Chinese language is required.  The emphasis in this class is to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using both Pinyin phonetic system and traditional Chinese characters.

Topics that are intended to cover through the semester are:

Greetings and Expressions of Courtesy; Our School and Classrooms; Geography of China; My neighborhood

The vocabulary will be handed out on Monday and Friday will be quiz day.

The proposed project writing will include the topics of:  Introduction of me and my family, My favorite subject, My favorite city of China, and My dream job.

GRADING POLICY

Class assignment/participation                  40%

Quiz                                                        30%

Project writing                                         30%

What Is a Star?

Astronomy Lecture 1:  What Is a Star?      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5550124087565365883By Professor David Helfand from Columbia University Life cycle of stars:      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzE7VZMT1z8&feature=relatedHow stars are formed:         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YM-SClesGI&feature=endscreen&NR=1 Life cycle of a star:           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0gEaDqoH58&feature=related                              

Chinese nursey rhyme

哈巴狗   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZyfzJ2cbw&feature=related 

两只老虎 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=vrYCw6F3p7M  

拔萝卜  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOwdoBEOBWs&feature=related

 蜗牛与黄鹂鸟    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOxQo_9fDu4&feature=related

A Journey into a Black Hole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9CvipHl_c&feature=related

Introduction to neutron stars, pulsars, and quasars:

1.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow9JCXy1QdY

2.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl_jL4WfVUM

3.     http://phys.org/news/2011-06-astronomers-universe-distant-quasar.html

4.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9Nnr86dVQ&feature=related
5.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBX6WOK72Kg&feature=related      (pulsars and neutron stars)
6.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LmIyMyAuN0&feature=related   (quasars detail)

The definitive guide to the milky way galaxy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKE4Bt8ylhM&feature=related

asteroid belt, kuiper belt, Mars

asteroid belt:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdUIFBMalQo
 kuiper belt:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_RAEESmsrs
Mars:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDCGeDUfGUw&feature=relmfu

Chinese mother's day songs

Music for母親妳真偉大 http://www.youmaker.com/video/sv?id=0df8373d61514bee9421cc0213a6b9bd001
songs and lyrics :   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPinIKkkUg

 小兔子乖乖:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM__OSVwBSI&feature=related
 游子吟: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF-giR7ZDmE&feature=related

an intrduction to our solar system and planets

historical perspective:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmyMQ_SdpNc&feature=related
introduction:  http://www.videojug.com/film/the-planets-explained
Images only:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bhhpc9jPLs&feature=fvwrel

the Universe ( Full Documentary by History Channel)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdUqv-wQrVY

solar eclipse/lunar eclipse; rotation/revolution

lunar eclipse:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuhNZejHeBg
solar eclipse:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1B3RLf1A1s&feature=related
rotation/revolution:  http://www.brightstorm.com/science/physics/circular-motion-and-rotational-mechanics/rotation-and-revolution/
spring tide/neap tide:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8PPg5t4YyY

the sun and related videos

Star size comparison:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpZ1gIEHhY&feature=related

The biggest star in the universe:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LUQVzerseI&feature=related

The sun (4 related videos):   http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun_and_planets/sun#p005xg9b

Exploring the sun:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6RYgQ2jxCU&feature=related

Cosmic Journeys: Attack of the Sun 24 minutes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMUHkz5nx8g&feature=related

what causes the ocean tides

http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/tides1.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRPtNAA-9UE&feature=related

What is a planet?

http://missionscience.nasa.gov/nasascience/what_is_a_planet.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQU2Q-CU6lY

6B Chapter 14 Part II Exam 03/27/2012

1.       Name five common sedimentary rocks. 10% P.474-475

2.       Name five common metamorphic rocks and their Parent rocks. 10% P.497

3.       Name six types of sediments from the largest to the smallest. 12%  P.473

4.       Define physical and chemical weathering.  Give examples of each. 20% P. 466, 467, 470

5.       What special conditions are necessary for the formation of coal? 10% P.475

6.       What is foliation? 5% P. 478

7.       What is exfoliation? 5% P.467

8.       What is oxidation? 5% P.470

9.       What is abrasion? 5% P. 467

10.   Write down the answers for the multiple choice questions 1-18.  18% P.484-486

Wonders of China

Xian, Terracotta:            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69pMsNaLSfk&feature=related
Shanghai:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-W-P1hfTtU&feature=related
the Great Wall:       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLMVZohnCwA

Forbiddencity documentary (complete)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=ldbdq9PyLZI

Chinas Ghost Army The Terracotta Army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV19yTkVtsQ&feature=related

useful Chinese conversation web-site for traveling

www.nciku.com/conversation

An introduction to Mount Airy Granite in NC

http://www.visitmayberry.com/Worlds_Largest_Open-Face_Granite_Quarry.aspx

Introduction to metamorphic rocks

http://geology.com/rocks/metamorphic-rocks.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrimDbTUalg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRUwchlza88

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2U5TUux-cQ

learn famous Chinese songs from you tube

我的心你要稱頌耶和華

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci6EiYPwF0U&feature=related

輕輕聽 Listen Quietly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcUhpC7nV8&feature=related

野地的花Flowers of the Field

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX72_HALoxM&feature=related

天父必看顧你 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNm6D8PiBAA&feature=related