龟兔赛跑

大家好，
这个星期的作业是：

1. 复习生词
2. 做练习册P.104,106,107,108,109

感恩节快乐！

小猫钓鱼

大家好！
这个星期的作业是：
1. 复习生词。
2. 做练习册第96, 99, 100, 101页。

我去加拿大的旅行 （第五天）

By Erik Ma

       第四天，我全家休息（我们第四天没做太多东西，所以，我就在这里面总结一下)，玩了扑克牌和打了网球。

我们第五天的旅行，到Jasper National Park，去看哥伦比亚冰川的Glacier Adventure和Glacier Skywalk。在冰川的Glacier Discovery Center每人买了一个超级票，能让全家人游览上面提到的那两个景点，以及Banff Gondola和Banff Lake Cruise。

我的妈妈和爸爸选择了这一天去Glacier Adventure和Glacier Skywalk，因为它们是最远的两个地方。开车花了四个小时到了那里。因为早到了30分钟，我们去了中心的礼品店。我姥爷买了几张明信片，我买了一个有关班夫风景的图片方块儿。

大巴把我们从中心带到了在山上的Ice Explorers（巨型雪车）中转站。从那里，人们需要做Ice Explorers到冰川。

去冰川的路上，司机兼导游给我们解释了关于冰川、冰川都怎么做的和Ice Explorers。Ice Explorers是有6个1米宽、1米厚的巨大轮胎的车。每个Ice Explorers有36个坐位，能坐72个人。我们被告诉了整个世界上一共有23辆。其中的一个是在Banff Gondola做展览。另一个在美国军队当移动装备的车。剩下的都在Glacier Adventure。

冰川已经失去了原来的85%的冰。有预言在下一个世纪，冰川可能会彻底消失。如果一个人在冰川的顶上倒了一杯水下来，三分之一去大西洋，1/3经过哥伦比亚河通向太平洋，和剩下的水就去了北冰洋。

我们到达了目的地的时候，每个人都有25分钟的时间探索冰川，摸冰川的冰、拍照片、接冰川的水，还有很多别的可做的东西。虽然那时候是夏天，并且华盛顿阳光灿烂，但是在冰川上还阴雨连绵，穿的厚厚的羽绒衣还有寒冷的感觉。那里有让人接水的小泉。过了一会儿，司机把我们带到了中转站，然后在那里坐大巴回到了中心。

然后，我们坐了另外一辆大巴去了Glacier Skywalk。到山顶的时候，发现没有导游，但有提共多种语言的电子导游播放器。我们选择了中文，并且按牌子上写的数字，那个机器就会给你解释那个牌子在讲什么的。过了很多牌子后，我们终于到达了Glacier Skywalk的主要景点，天桥。它是一个透明玻璃的桥比地面高大约918英尺，并且还有很好的Canadian Rockies美景。今年5月份刚开的美景。我们很幸运，能看到这个桥。

我们回到中心。我的家人被告诉这个中心是世界上其中一个最大的厕所。它有64个马桶在女厕所和28个在男厕所！！！！！！！！！！

然后，我们回到我们的度假村。这有是一个有趣的一天。

My Trip to Canada

(Day 5)

My family and I rested on the fourth day (didn’t do much on the fourth we day, so I am just summarizing it on the essay of the fifth day). We played card games and rounds of tennis.

On the fifth day of our trip, we went to Jasper National Park to visit the Columbia Icefields Glacier Adventure and the Glacier Skywalk. We bought a super ticket at the Glacier Discovery Center, which allowed my family to visit the two listed above, Banff Gondola, and the Banff Lake Cruise.

My mom and dad chose to do the Glacier Adventure and Glacier Skywalk this day because they were the farthest ones. It took us four hours to get there by car. Since we had an extra 30 minutes before our Glacier Adventure ride, we went to the gift shop at the center. My grandpa bought a few postcards and I bought a picture cube that has picture of Banff scenes.

Shuttles transferred us from the center to the Ice Explorers’ transit station on the mountain. From there, people need to take Ice Explorers up to the glacier icefields.

On the way to the glaciers, the driver or tour guide explained to us about the glaciers, how everything was made, and the Ice Explorers. Ice Explorers are giant 6 wheeled vehicles with1 meter wide and 1 meter thick tires. The capacity of each Ice Explorer is about 72 people or 36 seats. We were told that there are only a total of 23 Ice Explorers in the whole world. One of them is at the Banff Gondola for display. Another one serves at the US army as a moving equipment vehicle. The rest of them are all at the Glacier Adventure.

The glacier lost about 85% of the original glacier. There are predictions that the glacier might disappear in the next century. If a person pours a cup of water down the peak of the glacier, one-third goes to the Atlantic Ocean, 1/3 goes to the Columbia River which leads into the Pacific Ocean, and the rest goes to the Arctic Ocean.

After arriving at our destination, everyone had 25 minutes to explore the glacier, feel the ice, take pictures, get water, and lots more.  Even though it was still summer and it was sunny in Washington, it was raining with freezing cold weather there, even with thick down coats on. There was a small glacier water spring that people could get water from. After a while, the driver took us back to the Ice Explorer Transit station, where we rode a shuttle back to the center.

Then, we went to another bus to go to the Glacier Skywalk. Once we arrived on top of the mountain, we found out that there was no tour guides but electronic guiding devices that provides multiple languages. We selected Chinese and we pressed the numbers that each sign at the attraction said and the device will explain the content of the sign. After we passed and listened to several signs, we finally reached to the Glacier Skywalk’s major attraction, the Skybridge. It is a transparent glass bridge that is about 918 feet above ground level with a great view of the Canadian Rockies. This attraction just opened in May, of 2014. We were lucky to visit this amazing architecture.

We returned to the Discovery Center. My family was told that this center has one of the biggest bathrooms in the whole world. It has 28 men stalls and 64 stalls for women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 We then went back to our resort. It was another fun day.

热闹的联欢会

大家好。
这个星期的作业是：
1. 复习生词，下次课考试。
2. 做练习册 第89页和92页。

南辕北辙

大家好。
这个星期的作业有：
1. 复习生词
2. 练习册 P84-87
3. 看这个动画片。http://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrnkan58.html

神奇的网络

大家好。
这个星期的回家作业有：
1. 复习生词
2. 做练习册 p.77-80
3. 口头作业： https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wlR49ywXRWhlE0Vttifz9U0C3_rq4-Ca_F4Pkpg2_yw/edit?usp=sharing

闻鸡起舞

Hi Everyone,
We read two 成语故事today. Please review the new words and do the exercises on p.70-73.
If you have time, you can also watch the following video.
Enjoy!

你知道中国吗？ （二）

Hi Everyone,

Homework for this week:

1. Review new words of the lesson again, and please focus on writing characters. We will have another quiz next week.

2. Do exercise book P.64-66

3. Record 5 facts of China on Google Doc.

你知道中国吗？

Hello everyone,
Since we have got a lot of new words for the new lesson today, homework this week will be
1. study for the quiz.
2.practice writing the characters on Ex book P.62

我去加拿大的旅行 （第二天）by Erik

 

睡了一夜的好觉后，我们起了床和吃了早餐。我爸爸已经做好每天的安排，他决定第二天应该休息，因为昨天开了很长时间和明天要开很长时间到加拿大阿尔伯达省的卡尔加里。

早上，我们玩了传统的中国扑克牌游戏和休息。然后，在下午，我们报名参加了一个度假村组织的一个Scavenger Hunt。我们去找他们给我们的一张纸上列出的东西。但是，不是找已经藏好的东西，而是必须使用你的想象力去找或做找不到的东西。

然后，我全家人去了室外游泳池，因为室内游泳池正在装修。室外游泳池有大的水滑梯和带有会喷水的动物头的柱子给小孩玩。游泳池的水是加温的，但其它活动的水很冷。过了一会儿，我觉得玩的东西有点无聊了的，所以我们离开了。

然后我们去商店买一些冰激凌。我们选择了菠萝味。买完后，我们回到度假村。回去之后，我们准备做晚餐。饭后，我们再次玩扑克牌一直到睡觉的时候。

After a good night sleep, we got up and ate breakfast. My dad had already made the schedule of what we were doing every day, and he decided that the second day should be a day to rest due to the long car ride from yesterday and tomorrow to visit the city of Calgary in Alberta province.

In the morning, we played traditional Chinese card games and relaxed. Then, in the afternoon, we signed up for a scavenger hunt organized by the resort. We went looking for stuff listed on the sheet they gave us. But instead of finding stuff that had already been hidden, you have to use your imagination to find or make stuff that you cannot find.

After that, my family went to the outdoor swimming pool since the indoor swimming pool was being remodeled. The outdoor swimming pool had a giant water slide and poles with animal heads that spit out water for the little kids to play with. The water of the swimming pool was heated, but the other activities’ water was freezing cold.  After awhile, the stuff got a little boring, so I decided to leave.

Then we went to the grocery store to buy some popsicles. We chose pineapple flavored ones and went back to our resort.

Once we got back, we prepared, cooked, and ate dinner. We then played card games till bed time.

老虎学本领

Courtesy of 上海美术电影制片厂

Dear All,
Homework for this week:
1. Study the new words for the quiz.
2. Do Exercise book P. 58-60
3. If you are interested, you can watch the cartoon movie  HERE

小雪和小白

Dear All,
The homework for this week will be similar to what it was the last week.

1. Study the new words  on Quizlet .
2. Do Exercises on p. 51-53
3. Oral homework： Record the sentences you made on P.52 (4 sentences，change “俩” to “陪伴” )
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13rjRwMWPB4TOnPsLftyaubWD_FKhwRkzHGHacIBiWV4/edit?usp=sharing

我和爸爸去博物馆

Hi Everyone,  

Here is the homework for this week:
1. study the new words and get ready for the quiz next time.
2. Do the exercises on p.40, 44-46 of your exercise book.
3. Do oral homework HERE.

出生的秘密

Hello Everyone,
I can't believe the new semester has already started. Did you have a great summer vacation?
Now let's continue with our Chinese study.
For this week's homework, please watch the following video "The Secret of Birth" and then answer the following questions in Chinese:
1. Where did Tutu's mom tell him babies are from?
2. Why does Tutu tell the pregnant woman to be careful?
3. What does Tutu ask the doctor to do in the end of the story?
Also, type up 5 complete sentences  (not phrases) you hear,  which have to be different from your classmates' .
Please post your answer here.

My Fishing/Crabbing Trip by Erik

在8月 7 日，星期四，我和我朋友的爷爷去钓鱼和螃蟹了。我钓到了5条 鱼：4 条Buffalo Sculpin（也叫bullhead) 和一条比目鱼。我朋友的爷爷钓到了6只螃蟹，所有的螃蟹都是红石蟹，因为那个地方的太平洋蟹太小。

比目鱼是一种爬在海底、两个眼睛长在一边和有个大白肚皮的鱼。Buffalo Sculpin有像公牛的尖角。红石蟹是红色的。如果有人想要留下抓到的红石蟹，它的背壳必须是5 英寸或更长，不分公母。太平洋蟹是黑灰色的壳与紫色的腿。钓这种螃蟹的规则是背壳要有6 ½ 英寸或更长，母蟹不允许带走，必须放回大海。

辨别公母的螃蟹的方法是，在白色的一面上，看下腹部。如果是瘦和尖的腹部，它是一个公的。如果是宽和圆的腹部，这个螃蟹是一个母的。

那一天，有另一个家人在钓鱼。他们有两个孩子，名字叫Luke和Robert。当我钓到了那条比目鱼的时候，那两个小孩也很想钓一条。

             14 岁以下的小孩可以不买鱼证，在任何允许钓鱼的地方钓鱼。所以孩子们可以免费钓任何鱼。

             钓鱼是一个非常有趣的活动，需要耐心。如果你着急的话，鱼会害怕，它们就不会吃鱼饵了。

             我认为钓鱼是很好玩的活动。

On Thursday, August 7^th, I went fishing and crabbing with my friend’s grandpa. I caught 5 fish, 4 Buffalo Sculpin (also known as a bullhead) and a flounder. My friend’s grandpa caught 6 crabs, the crabs were all “Red Rock”, because the Dungeness crabs at that place are too small.

Flounders are fish that lay on the sea floor, has both of its eyes on one side, and a big white belly. Buffalo Sculpin have sharp horns like bulls’. Red rock crabs are red. If someone wants to keep a Red Rock crab, it has to meet this requirement, size of 5 or more inches across the shell, but it doesn’t matter if it is male or female. Dungeness crabs are blackish-gray with purple legs. The rule for catching this species of crab needs a size limit of 6 and ½ inches or more across the shell, and females are not allowed to be caught and must be put back to the ocean.

To see the difference of a male or female crab, look on the white side and see how the abdomen is shaped. If it is skinny and pointed, it is a male. If it’s wide and round, it means it is a female.  

When I went that day, there was another family fishing. There were 2 kids in that family named Luke and Robert. When I caught the flounder, those two kids really wanted to catch one.

Without a license, kids under 14 years of age can fish anywhere that allows fishing. So kids can fish for any fish for free.

Fishing is a really fun sport that includes patience. If you rush it, fish would get scared and they would not bite.

I think fishing is a nice thing to do.