Lesson+11-12

Lesson 11 Part 1 Examine these characters for a few seconds. Are there similarities? 七八九十百千 Print off this handout and write along with the video: Click on this lesson to learn enough numbers to read, write and count to 99. : media type="file" key="05_7_9.avi" width="300" height="300"

Part 2 Now read this language weave slowly, making sure you understand: 明天 is my朋友's birth日. She was born on 十二月 on 二十五 日. What 日 is that? It's Christmas! My mother was born on 一月 the 一 日. 这 was a very special 日 for her family. They were 太 poor to pay for a doctor, but because she was the first born in the new year, the medical bills were paid. My father was born on 二月十四 日. That was a 大 日 for his family. My birth日 is 三月十九日. My parents tell me it was snowing on my birth日. 一百个人gave my parents presents at my birth. That was 太kind. 四月三十日 was the 日my little brother was born-- 一 year after me. It was 明明 that my brother and I would be best 朋友! 五月二十六 日 a very famous 文人 came to our home and offered my mother an opportunity to work with her. 这 was very important for my mother and our family. We would now have enough money to buy a 大 house. In China it cost 九千 dollars to buy 一 个 大 house--much cheaper than in the U.S.A. 一 个 大 house in China is 一 个 house with three rooms. 六月二十七 日 is my little sister‘s birth日. She is also my very good 朋友. 七月四日 my family went to the U.S.A. and watched very 大 fireworks. Fireworks were invented in China. 八月二十日 I went to kindergarten this year. I felt so 大. 九月二十八 日 was the first 日 that I didn't want to go to school--my 朋友had told me I was mean and I cried. 十月三十一 日 we watched a movie about Halloween. 十一月二十七 日 was watched a movie about Thanksgiving. Today is 十二月二十四 日. 明天 is my 朋友‘s birthday and Christmas. It's a 大大 日.

**From this story, what have you learned about numbers? Did you notice that numbers are absolutely consistent? 11 is said, 十一, 12 is 十二 twenty is 二十, thirty is 三十. Write these numbers in Chinese characters then check them with the answers below: 23 34 51 47 82 64 75 96** When you write any number with thousands or hundreds, you must put a number before the thousand(s), the hundred(s), the ten(s) and the ones. Try to write these numbers in Chinese 1,111 2,345 3,567 8,999 984 653 421

Answers: 23　二十三 34 　三十四 　　51　　五十一 47 四十七　 82 　八十二　　 64 六十四　 75　七十五 96 　九十六 1,111 一千一百一十一　 ３,345　三千三百四十五 3,567 三千五百六十七 　　8,999 八千九百九十九 984 九百八十四 653 六百五十三　 421　四百二十一

WOW! You can count of 99! Good job!

Lesson 12 Part 1: Click on this file to review the characters:

Now see how well you can read this Powerpoint: Wow! You are making progress! Congratulations!