Study Chinese with Keats School. Today, we will introduce a Chinese character, which represents “happiness” in English. In China, it is quite popular for people to get married during the Spring Festival or other traditional festivals in hopes that marriages will be blessed and joyful as the festivals. In China, getting married is known as […]
Study Chinese with Keats School. Today, we will introduce two characters which represent “marriage” in English. In ancient times, “结婚” (to get married) was written as “结昏”. In ancient times, Chinese people often held their wedding ceremonies at dusk (黄昏huán? hūn). This is related to the primitive custom of “marriage by capture” (抢婚qiǎn? hūn). As […]
study Chinese with Keats School. Here are a few tips for you to memorize the characters. The character “娶” is used to refer to a groom bringing his bride home to take her hand in marriage. This is also called “娶媳妇(qǔ xífù) ”. The character was written as “取” in the ancient times. The left-hand […]
Guangdong breakfast tea, in southern China, is a food culture with great appeal. The Guangdong menu has remained very consistent and is virtually standardized. It has a great variety of ingredients, taste, cooking methods and can cater to customer preferences. Although it is called “breakfast” tea, it is more like the western “brunch” and can […]
Shanghai shows different sides of herself to different people. It’s just like Shanghainese women: to Westerners they embody the mysterious East, and to Chinese they represent the fashionable West. In sum, the Shanghainese are the best at making people see what they want to see. In the past 100 years, Shanghai has attracted people from […]
The Shanghainese maintain their health by watching their daily diet. They are accustomed to going to the market around 4:00 or 5:00 of a morning. They buy fresh ingredients, and use them that same day because they won’t eat leftovers, even if only a day old. They are particular about food preparation and pay attention […]
Yue Fei’s Mother Tattooed Characters on the Skin of Yue Fei Yue Fei was a patriotic military commander of the Southern Song Dynasty and a national hero in resisting the invading Jin people. As a young man, he was diligent and adept in martial arts. His mother was afraid that after her death some unworthy […]
Study Chinese with Keats School: Longevity 寿(shòu) The top part of the character of the oracle bone script depicts an elderly person with a humpback, while the lower part consists of a hand(寸) and a mouth(口). As a whole, the character resembles a glass of wine being raised to celebrate the longevity of an elderly person. […]
Chinese ethnic minority – the Kirgiz nationality mainly lives in the Kirghiz Kirgiz Autonomous Perfecture in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Kirgiz mainly engage in animal husbandry and take as their sidelines agriculture and livestock product-processing handicrafts. Eating The Kirgiz mainly eat meat, milk products and wheaten food; they also like cabbage, onion […]
The grand Kirgiz wedding ceremony consists of two steps: engagement and wedding. At the engagement, the boy’s family carries gift to the girl’s home on horseback, with some pure white cotton on the horse head as a symbol of engagement for marriage. The girl’s parents treat them to their best food. The Kirgiz wedding is […]
Det bedste ved skolen er instruktørernes tålmodighed og tiden til at fokusere på det grundlæggende som udtale. Jeg synes, det er meget nemt at springe dem over og gå over til ordforrådet. Men ved at lære udtalen føler jeg, at det hjalp mig med at få en bedre forståelse af sproget.
Det er anden gang, jeg kommer. Sidste år var jeg også her i omkring 12 uger. Denne gang var jeg her i 13 uger som en del af et sommerprogram i Kina. Grunden til, at jeg især gerne vil komme på denne skole, var på grund af den individuelle undervisning. Jeg var i stand til at forbedre mit niveau og lære kinesisk hurtigere end i gruppetimer. Hvis jeg får chancen igen næste år, vil jeg helt sikkert gøre det.
Jeg synes, det kinesiske læringsmiljø her er fantastisk. Undervisningsmetoderne er også meget interaktive og sjove. Det, jeg især sætter pris på her, er, at min lærer ikke holder sig til lærebogen. Vi bruger meget tid på at diskutere generelle emner, såsom kinesisk kultur, verdensnyheder og typiske udtryk, der bruges af lokalbefolkningen. Vi diskuterer også sociale og økonomiske emner.
Kunmings landskab er meget smukt. Det er det bedste sted at studere kinesisk i Kina. Min foretrukne læringsmetode på Keats School er én-til-én, fordi den er egnet til alle. Min lærer er meget god, meget omsorgsfuld og dejlig. Mit liv, når jeg lærer kinesisk i Kunming, er meget godt, og vejret er meget godt. Luften er meget god. Det er godt for de ældres krop.
Så i løbet af min første uge på Keats turde jeg ikke tale nogen kinesiske ord. Jeg fandt ud af, at mit kinesiske niveau hurtigt var blevet bedre siden da. Selvom jeg har mange muligheder for at studere i Kina, for eksempel tilbyder nogle andre skoler homestay, opdagede jeg, at jeg kunne fordybe mig og fuldt ud fokusere på at lære kinesisk ved at bo på Keats.
De er virkelig interesserede i, hvad vores interesser er, hvilke spørgsmål vi har, og hvilke krav vi har. Så tilpasser de indholdet af vores kinesiske sprogprogram efter situationen. Én lærer og én elev, så det er nemt at holde fokus i de 6 timers fordybelseslektioner i mandarin. Det er meget bekvemt at studere, bo og spise i én bygning.
Jeg nyder virkelig dette sted, fordi vi har privatundervisning i mandarin. Jeg tog 6-timersprogrammet, 4 timer om formiddagen og 2 om eftermiddagen. Selvom det er ret meget, er undervisningen gratis. Det er meget nyttigt, fordi jeg kan repetere, hvad jeg har gjort før, og lære nye ting. Mine 2 lærere er fantastiske. Vi bor på skolen, så det er praktisk. Det er interessant for mig at møde mennesker fra hele verden.
Alle mine klassekammerater bliver sammen i et år, og vi har forbedret os så meget! Lærerne på Keats er alle rigtig fantastiske. De kan lide at organisere en masse aktiviteter for at hjælpe os med at lære kinesisk. Jeg kan godt lide Keats! Jeg kan godt lide Kunming!