課程目標Overview & Goal:

1. Review what we have studied last weeks and complete Test#1;

2. Learn to use the resources from 汉语网hanyu.com.cn and Clavis Sinica Chinese Voices Project;

3. Discuss common “cultural” practices in everyday discourse among Chinese.

公告欄Bulletin Board:

· See Chinese Tutor Schedule at the Learning Ctr.

· Chinese New Year Celebration on 2/5 6:15-8:30 p.m.

· Volunteers needed for Chinese Reconciliation Park Chinese New Year Celebration on 2/5/08 at UPS and on 2/9/08 in Tacoma Dome

Week #3

課前功課Homework Due Before Class

上課內容 In-Class Topics

文化點Culture Point

星期一 (2/4)

· Review 你的中国话说得真好 4^th paragraph

· Discussion Q & A:

1. 你认为外国人能把中文学得很好，还是顶多知道些皮毛而已？

2. 学习中文，哪点最重要: 知道词组和句子？把四声搞清楚？了解中国人的文化？

3. 典型的美国人喜欢在公共场合发表自己的意见吗？

4. 大卫渐渐意识到“对于外来文化的接受在某种程度上也意味着对本土文化的部分放弃。”你同意吗？

· Review 你的中国话说得真好

· 句型

· Discussion Q & A

· Intro to 汉语网hanyu.com.cn
成语
汉语会话中的文化意义

Chinese New Year Celebration on 2/5
6:15-8:30 p.m.

成語
汉语网hanyu.com.cn
The Stories of Chinese Idioms
熟能生巧
汉语中的文化意义
和中国人说话，有时外国人听懂了汉语的词语或句子，却不明白说这句话的意思。这是因为汉语会话中还包含着不少中国民族特有的文化习俗。下面给大家介绍中国人常说的一些话语中所包含的文化内容。

1. 打招呼的时候问话都只是一种问候而已，并非干预对方私事。

2. 称呼陌生人的时候同样可以用有亲属关系的人们之间的“叔叔”“阿姨”“爷爷”“奶奶”等。还有在姓前加一个“老”或“小”（老王、小张），用来表示对人的礼貌或关系亲密。

3. 当别人帮助自已的时候，除了口头感谢之外，可以请客送礼以示谢意。而当自已帮助别人时，常把事情说小说轻，如“小事一桩”，“不值一提”，甚至说成是自已的事“这是我应该做的”。

星期三 (2/6)

· Complete Test #1 (due Wed. 2/6)

Log on to YackPack.net account and record “Xiao Du” tongue twister
Complete take-home assignment
word file | PDF file

· Read 汉语中的文化意义(intro and 1.)

· Review 汉语中的文化意义

· Read 熟能生巧

· Chinese New Year Display:

吃虧是福

星期五 (2/8)

· Read 汉语中的文化意义(2. and 3.)

· Review 熟能生巧

· View Chinese New Year Display:

吃虧是福

· Review 汉语中的文化意义

· Read 熟能生巧

· Intro to Chinese Voices Project

Chinese Voices Project: Choose one of the podcast article to work on over the weekend:

1. Cell Phones in the Classroom (1.0 / 488) Joanna Hsu Text | Audio | Read and Hear Chinese parents buy their kids cell phones for safety and convenience. But teachers find them a serious distraction, and some schools are banning them outright.
2. Beijing's Disappearing Neighborhoods (1.1 / 370) Joanna Hsu Text | Audio | Read and Hear The narrow alleyways and courtyard houses of Beijing's hutongs have been a characteristic feature of the city since the Yuan dynasty. They're being bulldozed aside now to make room for a more modern but perhaps less colorful capital.
3. In Pursuit of the Perfect Face (1.2 / 312) Chun Juan Text | Audio | Read and Hear Judging from the number of newspaper ads, plastic surgery is all the rage among the new rich in Chinese cities. It's still got a stigma attached to it, though, making it one of the few forms of luxury consumption you won't hear them bragging about.

Class note for Wk #3: To be posted

Announcement: (Week of February 4)
Chinese New Year Celebration 2/5 Tuesday 6:15-8:30 p.m.
Wyatt 2^nd Floor Atrium with authentic Sichuan food, Guzheng music, Chinese tea,
and information session about the Chinese Reconciliation Park.
UPS Asian Studies Film Series Eros & Transgression in Asian Cinema
2/6 Wednesday 7 p.m. in Rausch Ju Dou (China, 1991)