Tag: Vocabulary

Humor in Chinese for Beginner to Elementary Chinese students – 穷人和强盗 [The Poor man and the Robber]

穷人和强盗   一个穷人在睡觉. 突然, 一个强盗闯了进来. 穷人被惊醒. 强盗用枪指着穷人说, “别动！我只找钱，你要是乱动，我马上杀了你！＂ 穷人苦笑着说：＂我不乱动，我只想起来，跟你一起找钱．＂   [vocabulary table] Simplified Chinese     Traditional Chinese     Mandarin Pinyin

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he is a teacher

他有一份工作，他是一位老师，他的工作就是教学生，他教的学生是孩子，孩子们很听话。他教孩子们学英语，他教孩子们学汉语，他每天都很早来到学校，等孩子们上课。他教孩子们拼写单词，他教孩子们唱歌，孩子们学的很快，孩子们可以说流利的英语和汉语，老师很高兴，他很喜欢他的工作。 He has a job. He is a teacher working on primary school. He teaches kids learn english and chinese.

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Folk dance of the Dai people 傣族民族舞

Folk dances of the 840,000  Dai Ethnic Group(傣族Dăizú) enjoy not only wide popularity but great diversity. Most of them imitate the movements of subtropical(subtropisch; the places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions) creatures. The percussion instruments used for accompaniment include elephant-foot drums, gongs, and bronze drums. Different dances have their one special drumbeat and drum vocabulary. The drumbeat is not only the tempo of a dance but a kind of language for people to communicate their feelings.

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