Sunday, May 3, 2009
Words to Live By
The first two are actually chapters from the classical text, The Book of Rites, purportedly written by Confucius himself. The Great Learning and The Golden Mean place learning, virtue, and self-cultivation well within the scope of the interests of society and the pursuit of ideas of dialectical and social harmony. In a sense, unlike a radical Grecian or Christian truth that promises to destabilize society, a Confucian truth tends to harmonize all facets of personal and collective existence. The last two books, The Analects and The Mencius, are the Chinese equivalents of Platonic dialogues in which the master Confucius and his disciples (principally Mencius) are shown conversing with important political leaders and their own followers in which they convey proper behavioral and ethical codes. These books were the cornerstones of learning, ethics and courtesy in China for millenia. Their wisdom and stories are part of the Chinese collective memory and still on the tip of many tongues.
Readings:
The Great Learning
The Golden Mean
The Analects
The Mencius
Questions:
(1) Find evidences where personal cultivation and social harmony meet.
(2) How do you negotiate the dynamic between the wisdom of tradition and the virtue brought to bear by the individual?
(3) What does a web of learning look like? And what is meant by man's resting place within it?
(4) What are the attributes of a learned, virtuous man as defined by these texts?
Links:
(1) The Classic of Poetry as the anchor of Confucianism (LiJi 29)
Secondary readings:
*Wing-Tsit Chan. "Neo-Confucianism: New Ideas on Old Terminology" Philosophy East and West vol.17, no. 1/4 (1967): 15-35.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Hooking-Up in Antiquity
Our readings of the Shijing poems (mainly from the opening Guofeng section) will address the potential social functions indicated by the above anthropological method as well as the later Confucian interpretations and allegorizations that solemnized the poems as guides for ethical, proper behavior in civilized, courtly society (v.s. Large and Small prefaces).
Readings:
Odes Of Zhou (1-11)
Odes of Shao (12-25)
Questions:
(1) What is the tone of the various poetic voices in these poems?
(2) What do the poems convey to you about romantic or marital relationships in (pre-) classical China?
(3) How does the fact that the poems were written by men about women's relationships affect our understanding of what is conveyed in the poems?
Links:
(1) Great Preface
(2) Guan-guan
(3) Virginia's dual-language Shijing etext
Secondary references:
* Kern, Martin. "Shijing Songs as Performance Texts: A Case Study of 'Chu ci'." Early China 25 (2000): 49-111.
*Shaugnessy, Edward L. "From Liturgy to Literature: The Ritual Contexts of the Earliest Poems in the Book of Poetry." Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics. Albany: SUNY Press, 1997. 165-197.
* Granet, Marcel. Festivals and Songs of Ancient China. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1975.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Introduction to Chinese Culture, Cinema and Literature
Welcome to CHNS260. This course will be fast and furious and with your participation, maddeningly entertaining. I've posted the syllabus for your perusal and am confident you'll find a number of topics that will both interest and befuddle you. The idea of the course is to introduce familiar, stimulating and controversial topics on China on a daily basis in a salon-like format. Daily readings are the foundations for open, lively discussion on a given topic for that day. Your informed, intelligent opinions (and occasional rants) are urgently solicited. I look forward to meeting and hearing from you all soon.COURSE DESCRIPTION
Informed by cutting-edge approaches to the study of China, this multimedia-enhanced course introduces students to classical and modern Chinese literature, culture and cinema. Topics integral to the history and perception of China guide daily discussion and include: kungfu, nationalism, hiphop, buddhism, basketball, gender, sexuality, insanity, the rickshaw, etc. As students deepen their understanding of the historical significance of these topics they will continuously be challenged to formulate what it means to be Chinese and to interrogate how and why they define it in such ways.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
(1) To increase specific and general knowledge of China’s artistic and cultural history;
(2) To enhance skills to analyze the different artistic genres and cultural phenomena of the Chinese-speaking world;
(3) To learn to produce different kinds of evaluative literature of the arts: (a) collegiate essay, (b) film review, (c) book review, (d) presentation(s);
(4) To develop appropriate, professional communication skills through writing assignments, class discussion and presentations.
TEXTS
To save you money most of the primary readings are made available online (as PDF files or HTML files) through the course websites and library e-Reserves. You need to access the texts well in advance in case there are problems with the websites. There are also two other inexpensive books that you will need to purchase for the course:
(1) Gascoigne, Bamber. The Dynasties of China. London: Constable & Robinson, Ltd., 2003. (~$12)
(2) Berry, Christopher J. and Mary Ann Farquhar. China on Screen: Cinema and Nation. New York: Columbia UP. 2006. (~$20)
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
(***The instructor withholds the right to adjust the syllabus at any time.)
Week I : Cultural Foundations
5/18 M Introduction to Course: What does it mean to study “Chineseness”?
5/19 T Bronze Vessels and Brazen Kings (read The Dynasties of China)
5/20 W Hooking-Up in Antiquity (Selections from the Shi Jing)
5/21 Th Words to Live By (Selections from the Great Learning and the Middle Way)
Week II: The Rise of the Intellectual
5/26 M Confucian Cortegiani (Selections from the Analects, the Mengzi, the Laozi and the Zhuangzi)
5/27 T On Fluttering Sages (Selections from the Liezi and the Biography of Transcendents)
5/28 W Heroic Portraits (Selections from Records of the Grand Historian)
*Book Review (The Dynasties of China, ANGEL)
Week III: Life On the Margins
6/2 T How to be a Hermit (Selections from Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun, Meng Haoran, Wang Wei)
6/3 W My Zen Teacher is Nuts! (Selections from The Platform Sutra and Recorded Conversations of Zen Master Yi Xuan)
6/4 Th So I Married an Axe Murderer (Selections from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and Sketches from the Cottage)
* Presentations (ANGEL)
Week IV: The Art of Governance
6/9 T Presentations
6/10 W Palace Politics (Selections from Story of the Stone)
6/11 Th Monkeys Rule (Selections from Journey to the West)
* Test 2 (Week 4, ANGEL)/* Collegiate Essay (ANGEL)
Week V: Modernity and Liberation
6/16 T Insanity (Selections from Lu Xun’s short stories and essays)
6/17 W “Iron Women and Foxy Ladies” (Selections from Mao’s Red Book, the Historic Liberation of Chinese Women, The White Haired Girl)
6/18 F Selling Punches and Puns: Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan
*Film Review (Raise the Red Lantern)
Week VI: China and the West; a Remix
6/23 F Zhang Yimou and His Girls (Watch Raise the Red Lantern, Media Center)
6/24 M Shakespeare, the Sonnet and China (Watch The Banquet, Media Center)
6/25 W Yao Ming and Olympic Dreams (Selections from People’s Daily)
Final
6/29 M *Test 2 (On China on Screen: Cinema and Nation and what it means to be “Chinese”)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
CHN 120 日記
2011 年 3 月 11 號
活動總結:
今天我們不做什麼──開玩笑──嚴格的說,我們作了好多事,可是它們不算是典型的而已。 不要看書,我們聽孔子的話,看一篇關於日本8。8級強震的新聞報告,還有看了馬龍魚的網頁──那個傢伙真有病。誰要變成一隻美人魚?! 拜託!
然後,我們看 Griffin 和 Karly 唱卡拉ok。他們很棒,是不是? 麥克風 (microphone) 的冠軍 (champ)! 呵呵!"Juliette, 我們結婚吧!"
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Chinese Cinema: Imaginative Modes for Engendering a Nation

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides answers to three broad questions:
(1) What and (2) How does Chinese cinematic history tell us about the quest for national (and transnational) identities?;
(3) What are the changing strategies, modes and contents of particular visual narrations of said identities?
In this course, we examine the major cinematic modes, genres and themes of Chinese film invested in the construction of national identities from the cinema’s infancy in the late Qing (1905) to the present. Through the investigation of various historical, operatic, realistic and combative modes of cinematic narration, we come to a detailed understanding of Chinese cinematic history and how it participates directly in efforts to imagine various Chinese communities whose roots are in the national. Because such imaginations on screen are visually and rhetorically unique, we approach our analysis of these films with the realization that a coherent national identity can not be taken for granted. In fact, that these films artfully narrate their tales in unique ways is a testament to the continuing evolutionary and pluralistic nature of Chinese national and transnational identities. It is our privilege to experience and to analyze these numerous visual displays of what it can mean to be Chinese in a modern world.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
(1) To enjoy the spectacle of 100 years of Chinese cinema;
(2) To become an educated reader of Chinese cinematic history;
(3) To learn the major cinematic modes, genres, themes and gendered imaginations of Chinese productions in their endeavors to define the national;
(4) To become a proficient writer of the collegiate essay and professional film review;
(5) To inspire you to enjoy the next 100 years of Chinese cinema.
TEXTS
Assignments for the course will consist of a combination of film viewing and the reading of critical, secondary literature. Required films for the course are available on reserve in the library’s media center. All secondary literature is retrievable online (as PDF files or HTML files) through the course websites and library e-Reserves. You need to access the texts online well in advance in case there are problems with the websites.
SCHEDULE
*The instructor may adjust the syllabus at any time. Be sure to refer often to the course website.
Opium War Films 鸦片影片: Historicizing a National Wound
Unit 1
*Rosenstone, Robert A. “The Historical Film: Looking at the Past in a Postliterate Age.” The Historical Film: History and Memory in the Media. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2001. 50-67.
*Chow, Rey. “Introduction: On Chineseness as a Theoretical Problem.” Boundary 2 25.3 (1998): 1-24.
Unit 2 *Bu Wancang’s 卜万苍 Eternal Fame 万世流芳 (1943)
Unit 3 *Zheng Junli’s 郑君里 Lin Zexu and the Opium War林则徐 (1959)
Unit 4 *Li Quanxi’s 李泉溪 The Opium War 鸦片战争 (1963)
Unit 5 *Xie Jin’s 谢晋The Opium War 鸦片战争 (1997)
Shadow Opera 影戏: Staging the Nation as Spectacle
Unit 6
*Gunning, Tom. “The Cinema of Attractions: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde.” Early Cinema: Space—Frame—Narrative. Eds. Thomas Elsaesser and Adam Barker. London: British Film Institute, 1990. 56-62.
*Chen Xihe. “Shadowplay: Chinese Film Aesthetics and Their Philosophical and Cultural Fundamentals.” Chinese Film Theory: A Guide to a New Era. Eds. George S. Semsel, Xia Hong, and Hou Jianping. Trans. Hou Jianping, Li Xiaohong, and Fan uan. London: Praeger, 1990. 192-204.
Unit 7 *Zhang Shichuan’s 张石川The Classic Daughter 女儿经 (1934), *Fei Mu’s 费穆 Remorse at Death 生死恨 (1948)
Unit 8 *Wang Bin’s王滨The White-haired Girl 白毛女 (1950)
Unit 9 *Xie Tieli’s 谢铁骊Azalea Mountain 杜鹃山 (1973)
Unit 10 *Chen Kaige’s 陈凯歌Farewell, My Concubine 霸王别姬 (1993)
Unit 11 *Ang Lee’s 李安Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 卧虎藏龙 (2000)
Socialist Realism现实主义: A Focus on the Family
Unit 12
*Elaesser, Thomas. “Tales of Sound and Fury: Observations on the Family Melodrama.” Home is Where the Heart Is: Studies in Melodrama and the Woman’s Film. Ed. Christine Gledhill. London: BFI, 1987.
*Chow, Rey. “Introduction.” Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films. New York: Columbia Up, 2007. 1-25.
Unit 13 *Yuan Muzhi 袁牧之 Street Angel 马路天使 (1937)
Unit 14 *Sang Hu 桑弧New Year’s Sacrifice 祝福 (1956)
Unit 15 *Allen Fong’s 方育平 Father and Son 父子情 (1981)
Unit 16 *Chen Kaige 陈凯歌Yellow Earth 黄土地 (1984)
Unit 17 *Zhang Yimou 张艺谋 Raise the Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂 (1990)
Kung-fu Flicks and New Violence武侠片: Experimentations in Loyalty
Unit 18
*Louie, Kam. Theorizing Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China. New York: Cambridge UP, 2002. 1-22.
*Tasker, Yvonne. Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre, and the Action Cinema. London: Routledge, 1993.
Unit 19 *Lo Wei’s 罗维Fists of Fury 精武门 (1972)
Unit 20 *Gordon Chan’s 陈嘉上 Fist of Legend 精武英雄 (1994)
Unit 21 *Ronny Yu’s于仁泰Fearless霍元甲 (2006)
Unit 22 *Chang Cheh’s 張徹 Five Shaolin Masters 少林五祖 (1974)
Unit 23 *Lau Kar-leung’s刘家良Drunken Master II醉拳二 (1993)
Unit 24 *Zhang Yimou’s 张艺谋Hero 英雄 (2002)
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
(1) 2 FILM REVIEWS (10% EACH; 20% TOTAL): Two one-page popular film reviews that address the history, plot and opinions of a production will be required during the course of this session. Any film within a proper category may be selected for this assignment. These reviews will roughly be based upon the conventions of New York Times film reviews, which will be explained in a detailed handout in the first week of the course. All assignments will be typed, single-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, and handed in at the beginning of class on the final day of each categorical unit.
(2) 2 COLLEGIATE ESSAYS (10% EACH, 20% TOTAL): Two one-page essays that address, question, or complicate issues raised by the films and assigned readings will be required during the course of this session. The instructor will state the topic and set the critical parameters of the essay a week before the assignment is due. All assignments will be typed, single-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, and handed in at the beginning of class on the final day of each categorical unit.
(3) 4 QUIZZES (5% EACH; 20% TOTAL): Four pop-quizzes will be administered that will test the student’s knowledge of the films assigned in each category. Quizzes will vary in length from 5-10 questions. All questions will require short answers.
(4) FILM PROJECT (40%): As an alternative to the standard final, this course allows for the creative synthesis and expression of the larger themes of this course. Any group of 3-4 students may combine their efforts to produce a short film (5-10m) and present it (script and all) at an end-of-the-semester film festival. Three components of the project will be graded: (1) the script (10%); (2) the cuts (initial and edited)(10%); (3) engagement of themes of the course (10%).
or, FINAL EXAM (40%): The final will be a comprehensive examination consisting of three sections (short answers, short essays and long essays) that review the specific details of Chinese cinematic history and the broad questions proposed in the course description. The details of the final exam will be confirmed by the instructor.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Fantastic Bodies: Contemplations of the (Super-) Human in Classical Chinese
COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSE OBJECTIVES
(1) To increase our specific and general knowledge of classical Chinese language, literature and culture;
(2) To enhance our understanding of key grammatical components of classical Chinese;
(3) To broaden our vocabulary of ancient Chinese words;
(4) To hone our ability to translate accurately and interestingly into English ancient Chinese materials;
(5) To develop our ability to offer clearly and cogently studied opinions on philosophical and cultural questions in a formal setting.
SCHEDULE
*The instructor withholds the right to adjust the syllabus at any time.
Topic Text Grammatical Focus
Beauty
Unit 1 “關雎,” 詩經 (“Guanju,” Shijing) 之
Unit 2 “桃夭,” 詩經 (“Tao
Unit 3 “摽有梅,” 詩經 (“Pao you mei,” Shijing) 兮
Unit 4 “野有死麕,” 詩經 (“Ye you si jun,” Shijing) 無,而
*Recitation I due
Moderation
Unit 5 “為政,”論語 (“Wei zheng,”Lunyu) 以,何
Unit 6 “里仁,” 論語 (“Li ren,” Lunyu) 者,也
Unit 7 “辭過,”墨子 (“Ci guo,” Mozi) 是
Unit 8 “梁惠王上,” 孟子 (“Liang Hui Wang,” Mengzi) 焉,乎
Unit 9 “盡心下,” 孟子 (“Jin xin xia,” Mengzi) 所,非
*Critical Translation I due
Languishment
Unit 10 “終風,” 詩經 (“Guanju,” Shijing) 則, 莫
Unit 11 “山鬼,” 楚辭 (“Shan gui,” Chuci) 得
Unit 12 “離騷,” 楚辭 (“Li sao,” Chuci) 為,亦
*Recitation II due
Pain
Unit 13 “兼愛中,” 墨子 (“Jian’ai zhong,” Mozi) 然, 夫
Unit 14 “弱民,” 商君書 (“Ruo min,” Shang jun shu) 故
Unit 15 “行軍,” 兵法 (“Xing jun,” Binfa) 勿, 凡
Unit 16 “五邪,” 靈樞經 (“Wu xie,” Ling shu jing) 乃, 若
Unit 17 “廉頗藺相如列傳,” 史記 (“Lin Xiangru,” Shiji) 矣, 皆
*Critical Translation II due
Transcendence
Unit 18 “黃帝,” 列子 (“Huang di,”Liezi) 已, 如
Unit 19 “湯問,” 列子 (“Pang wen,” Liezi) 惟
Unit 20 “養生主,” 莊子 (“Yang sheng zhu,” Zhuangzi) 哉, 時
Unit 21 “達生,” 莊子 (“Da sheng,” Zhuangzi) 奚, 將
*Final
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
(1) ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPATION (40%): Role will be taken at the beginning of every session. This class requires daily preparation and exposition of classical texts as well as participation in in-class discussions and assignments. In order to maximize these points, students must regularly attend, be prepared and be actively involved in the day’s activities.
(2) IN-CLASS RECITATIONS (10% EACH, 20% TOTAL): As a time-tested method of fostering appreciation for a text and increasing our capacities of memory to progress in our classical studies, this course will require students to recite two short passages in front of their peers. Extra points will be given for stylistics.
(3) CRITICAL TRANSLATIONS (10% EACH, 20% TOTAL): Twice during the semester, a critical, annotated translation of a classical text will be submitted to the instructor. The translation will include: (1) the original Chinese text with a literal interlinear English translation; (2) a stylized, interpretative English translation; (3) a critical exposition of the material; and (4) an end-note apparatus defining all relevant grammatical structures, words and consulted secondary sources.
(3) FINAL (20% TOTAL): The final will require students to select a classical passage of their choice that addresses the course’s theme, and recite and expound upon its content to the class (~20minutes).
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
CHN 120 日記 (2011)
2011年4月29号,星期五
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老師把新課的生詞給學生介紹一下,老樣子用奇怪,可疑 (ke3yi2; suspect) 的活動。這次,他封锁 (feng1suo3; cordon off) 了教室右边的黑板指定用于寫字。我們把黑板當作 (dang1zuo4; treat as) 漢字長城。我們的長城比中國北部,真正的長城還酷 (ku4; cool) !下課了以後,Lucas 親切地為我拍照片 (pai1zhao4pian4; take a picture) 。以下有世界上新的長城。hmmmm,我在想。。。我們應該把生詞寫在肉商紙上了,然後把紙在牆上貼起來。下次吧。。。
這個周末是我和我太太的結婚紀念日 (ji4nian2ri4; anniversary). 我們太忙了,所以我們只留在家吃飯。 我們做了四道菜的晚飯。好好吃。出去吃飯好玩,但是在家裏吃飯也不錯。更 (geng1; more) 便宜 (pian2yi; cheap)),更舒服 (shu1fu; comfortable).
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今天的活動:
*小謝
* 句子
* 20-2
* 20-8
* 20-7一起 (来还是去)
* p.339, use table to do charades
* 对话
中文120
2011年四月27号,星期三
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星期三老師有了很多的計劃,可是他最後勉強丟了它。因爲天氣的關係,我們得馬上離開,去地下躲避 (duo3bi4; hide; find cover)。這個星期的天氣真不好,起碼 (qi3
ma3; at least) 有了三個龍捲風 (long3jiao3feng1; tornado) 警告。以前沒想到kentucky的天氣真麽不穩定 (wen2ding4; stable), 易變的 (yi4bian4; unpredictable)。 我們在地下等著惡劣 (e4lie4; awful) 的天氣吹過去, 有的人聊天兒,有的人把iPhone拿出來看天氣報告 (bao4gao4;report),預報 (yu4bao4; forecast). Lucas很想知道 joke's on you 中文怎麽說:你是笑柄,Lucas--聖誕節快樂。。。我們從地下室出來大家突然看到外面刮大風,下一個暴雨,我們幾個人決定偷 (tou1;steal) 用垃圾袋放在头上躲雨。
中文120
2011年4月26号,星期二
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昨天Griffin没来上课真巧(zhen1qiao3; what a coincidence) 因為Karly告訴我們他生病了。可怜 (ke3lian2; pitiable) 可是還是有助于我們的課。好像Griffin不舒服,咳嗽,疲倦 (pi2juan4; exhuasted),頭疼。也許 (ye3xu3; perhaps) 他今天回來上課? 不知道。好了的話,他肯定會來。他特別乖乖 (guai1guai1; good, obedient),可靠,有信用。昨天我們也有一個客人 (ke4ren2; guest) 來參加,可是他不是普通 (pu3tong1; normal) 的客人而是我的老闆 (lao3ban3; boss)!哎呀!他旁聽的原因 (yuan2yin1; reason) 是觀察課程,評價我的工作。結果呢?不錯。他覺得我們的課挺好的。呸呸!你們都做得很好。
我們昨天也看了麥儅勞的廣告和另外一個horsedragonfish的漫畫。看麥儅勞的廣告我們認爲中國人都不吃飯,只用薯條 (shu3tiao3; fries),奶昔 (nai3xi1; milkshake) 奏音樂。麥儅勞的東西好用作鼓!潜水员加油加油!horsedragonfish的漫畫,虽然很恰當 (qia4dang1; appropriate) 的,可是也真奇怪 (qi2guai4; wierd):你病了,可是。。。唧唧。。。唧唧。。。看我的帽子吧:)讓不讓人開心?
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臺灣廣告
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白银之匙漫画
今天的活動
*兩個聽寫
*表演
*習題
*电影
中文120
2011年4月25号,星期一
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昨天早上我们开始彼此问:你舒服不舒服?那里不舒服?可是没有人回答,只有一些蟋蟀 (xi1shuai4;crickets)做唧唧。。。唧唧。好像没有人生病,我们都很健康。太好了。反正 (fan3zheng4;anyways)我们联系说话不意味着我们应该说真的。上课说假的 (jia3de;bogus)也可以阿,没问题 (mei2wen4ti2;no problem)。后来你们懂了这点,开始说谎 (shuo1huang3;tell lies):老师,我头疼,发烧,明天要看医生!他咳嗽,胸部不舒服。。。等等。
你们还是记得 (ji4de;remember)昨天看的horsedragonfish的漫画吗?有一个年轻人走路,看到一句涂鸦 (tu2ya1;graffitti)。他说:我好想知道涂鸦说什么。所以,他去那儿看一看。最后发现到涂鸦说什么?。。。他不高兴了,难过的回家了(nan2guo4; sad). 故事 (gu4shi;story)的寓意 (yu4yi4)呢?别 (bie2;don't)好想看涂鸦。涂鸦就是魔鬼 (mo2gui3;devil)的工具!哈哈!
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麦当劳广告
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horsedragonfish
今天的活动:
*习题,功课本
*一起年初对话
*即兴表演
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昨天早上老師發起騷動 (sao1dong4; drop a bomb)! 因為老師來晚了三分鐘,大家以為 (yi3wei2; think mistakenly) 不會上課,可是他們錯了! 老師來了,也打出他的 “a” 水平 (da3chu1 "a" shui3ping2; bring your "a" game). 開玩笑 (kai1wan2xiao4; just kidding)--其實不然。老師宣布出中文120的慢學階段 (jie2duan4; phase). 從今天以來,沒有小考,也沒有對話。為了好好地邁出第一步,我們被分成三個小組。老師任命三個學生替他當老師,教同學第十九的生詞,筆畫,定義 (ding4yi4;definition),等。 Lucas 覺得有一點尷尬 (gan1ga1;awkward),James 順利地接管權力,還有Sandy 哈哈地逗樂 (dou4le4; entertain) 他的同學。明天也會這樣下去。
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今天的活動:
。學生導致
。一起作功課
上個星期五作完街上藝術品以後,我們回去教室聼Jordan和Brian的表演。老師以爲是關於上海,可是不是--很丟臉, 真沒面子!他們説明一下上海同性戀驕傲的運動怎麽樣,也教我們一些生詞:同性戀,同志,雙性戀,等。Jordan說上海大學老師罵他那件事,老師就生氣了說:“Centre 付出那個人的薪水嗎?。。。我應該跟她說兩句話。” 老師就要提出挑戰,開始壓啪顱骨。Jordan也告訴我們他畢業了以後要回去上海在IBM工作。
昨天江龍說他的週末過的非常好。所以,老師問他為什麼? 週末怎麼這麼好玩。他老樣子盯著我看,像青蛙一樣,。。。嗨。。。有沒有人? 江龍,。。。你好? 你在不在?老師放棄了問他的室友Luke江龍怎麼了。Luke只搖頭說他不知道。他回家參加朋友的婚禮, 不知道江龍做什麼,可是有可能江龍喝醉了。Luke 進一步說明推測江龍喝了33杯啤酒。 老師懷疑說不可能,江龍的酒量無法那麼厲害!他太小,太矮的。我們在旁邊辯論他的事的時候,江龍一直沈默,盯著我們看。有一點令人毛骨悚然的。我們開始學生詞詞源的時候,江龍戲還是繼續。 Luke跟他爭吵誰要寫火車。孩子孩子孩子,冷靜一點兒,好不好?! 我們都可以用火車。
星期二有小考,星期三有對話,星期五自由了! 老師不在!
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http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2011-04/11/content_22554350.htm
http://comic.kukudm.com/
昨天我們開始看一個影片。他是關於 (guan1yu2;about)一位非常有名的中國藝術家 (yi4shu4jia1;artist),AiWeiWei. 他最近被中央警察逮捕 (dai4bu3;arrested),現在不 知道在哪兒坐牢 (zuo4lao2;incarcerated)。 他的設施藝術品很美,真讓人考慮,反省 (fan3xing3;ponder,reflect)。影片理他說一句有意義的話:人生命不保證,所以 (suo3yi3;so,)最好趁著機會做到與眾不同 (make a difference)。
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/world/asia/05shanghai.html?_r=1
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Youtube 四川搞笑片
時候,我問你們這句話大家就齊聲 (qi2sheng1;in unison)說 “老師好”, 真讓我感到驚訝 (jing1ya4;surprised)。 後來我想一想,為甚麼回答那麼熱情的,是因為那天課程八點半才開始 (kai1shi3; begin)。八點半比 8:00 那裡好;半個小時而已 (er2yi3: only). 反正 (fan3zheng4;still,anyway),事實就是這樣。八點半上課你們都更清醒 (qing1xing2;awake),高興。
生氣鳥。。。小心 (xiao3xin1;beware)好了,然後我們看了一些運動廣告:一個有人跑步,拿報紙丟到鄰居的房子--很可怕!那個傢伙 (jia1huo3;dude)扔 (reng1; chuck)東西扔得太蒙,給穿浴衣人的胳膊撕裂了。惡心 (e3xin1;disgusting). 第二個是一個橄欖球員,他滿意 (man3yi4;content to)把自己的身體往山坡下 (shan1po1;mountainside) 扔掉。 他雖然撞到了好幾棵樹, 還是高興采烈地站 (zhan4;get up)。 作運動的人有病 (you3bing4;have issues),是不是?
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