meanings of phrases (can be found in our previous posts)

种田：farming working
工人：worker
买东西：buy something
男孩：boy
小美气哭了：XiaoMei was angry and cried
我一定会收到很多小鱼的：I will harvest many fishes.
有人笑她：Someone laughed at her.
为什么：why
门牙：front teeth
还会：also can
常常：often

爸爸妈妈带奇奇去爷爷奶奶家拜年：Daddy and Mommy tool QiQi to his grandparents's house to have a NewYear's visiting.
买东西：buy something
新年快乐：Happy New Year!
肉干：barbecued meat slice
很多：many
真好吃：so delicious
开心：happy and glad
我带妹妹去学校：I take my sister to the school.

第三课（Dì sān kè）Lesson Three: 我爱阅读（Wǒ ài yuèdú）I like reading

http://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index1.html

New Year is coming

New Year is coming, New Year is coming!

Many cars, so crowded!

People to and fro to buy goods for New Year.

Lion dancing, dragon dancing and firecrackers flying!

Sending greeting cards, eating Niangao

Wearing new clothes,  and receiving red packets.

Everyone is smiling, and

Saying Happy New Year to the one he meets.

我会写 （Wǒ huì xiě）I can write

带：bring
爷爷: grandpa
奶奶：grandma
肉干：barbecued meat slice
真：can be used before a verb, means "very"

汉字意思（word meaning）----from Better Chinese lesson 38

The camera of my 4s needs improving......

第三课（Dì sān kè）lesson three 核心（Héxīn）focus

Celebrating New Year

New Year is coming!

Daddy and Mommy took QiQi to his grandparents’ home to have a New Year’s visiting. QiQi took two Chinese oranges to his grandparents and said: “Happy New Year!”

https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/audio-recording-on-tuesday-5

http://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index1.html

Grandpa asked QiQi to eat Niangao, and grandma asked QiQi to eat Rougan. QiQi said: “It’s yummy!”

Grandparents gave QiQi a red packet and said to him: “Wish you excel in your studies!”

QiQi was so happy!

What did QiQi do in his new year's day?

https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/audio-recording-on-tuesday-6

http://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index1.html

第二课补充材料（Dì èr kè bǔchōng cáiliào）Lesson Two Supplementary material

https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/audio-recording-on-tuesday-1

A smart rooster

A wolf met a rooster on the road.  The wolf felt lucky for he

wanted to eat the rooster.

The wolf asked :" My good friend, where do you want to go?"  

The rooster answered:" I'm looking for my friend!"

The wolf asked again:" Shall we two  go together?"

https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/audio-recording-on-tuesday-2

The rooster answered:"  Why two of us?  There is a dog behind you!"

The wolf ran away in a hurry after hearing this.

Why do we say this is a smart rooster?

你会写吗 （Nǐ huì xiě ma）Do you know how to write them?

https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/audio-recording-on-thursday

1. also can do 
2. often
3. younger sister
4. the front teeth
5. Someone laughes at her.
6. angry
7. Have you grown up?
8. Xiao Mei cries
9. farmer
10. several months
11. why
12. so many
13. buy something in a hurry
14. I will harvest.  

我会写 （Wǒ huì xiě）I can write

田：（田地）farmland
工人：worker
东西：something (when used in 东西南北，it refers to directions)
男：male (男孩：a boy)

第二课（Dì èr kè）Lesson Two 我爱阅读 （Wǒ ài yuèdú）I like reading

Meaning of the text
What did they see?
Both of Flower sisters went out to have fun.
They saw that farmers were planting vegetables on the farm,  and workers were building houses on the construction site. They also saw that several aunts were shopping at the store, and some boys were playing games on the playground.

https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/what-did-they-see

Meaning:
Both of the sisters were so happy. They also wanted to see what  the students at school were doing.

https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/what-did-they-see-1

我会认 （Wǒ huì rèn）I can recognize:
田：farmland
菜：vegetable
工：（工人）worker
刹：（巴刹）store
东西：something 
男孩：boy

今天作业 （Jīntiān zuòyè）Today's homework

Could you recognize the following Chinese characters? Could you tell the meanings? 

农夫   把   玉米   赶   买   定

今天作业（Jīntiān zuòyè）Today's homework

Please review the nine Chinese characters we have learned in Lesson One.

还， 常， 妹， 吗， 牙， 笑， 气， 哭， 为

Do you know how to write them? Do you know their meanings?

我会写 （Wǒ huì xiě）I can write

几：several
很多：many
买：buy
一定：used for confirmation

第二课 （Dì èr kè）Lesson Two (Core)

Grow fishes
The farmer plants corns in the field.  Several months later, he harvests a lot of corns.
The farmer plants peanuts in the field. Several months later, he harvests a lot of peanuts.

A kitty sees what the farmer has done. And she hurries to buy a few fish and plants them in the field. She thinks:"I will harvest a lot of fish after several months!"
Does this kitty harvest fish after several months?

我会认 （Wǒ huì rèn）： I can know
把：make农夫：farmer
玉米：corn
赶：（赶快）hurry
买：buy
定：(一定) used for confirmation
https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/lesson-two-grow-fishes

我会写 （Wǒ huì xiě）I can write

牙：tooth
笑：laugh
气，生气：angry
哭：cry
为什么：why

我爱阅读 （Wǒ ài yuèdú）I like reading

The front tooth falls
Xiao Mei lost her front tooth. Someone laugh at her and say:" It is ugly without the front tooth." Xiao Mei cries.
I also lost my front tooth. I dare not to open my mouth and I don't laugh at her.

The teacher asks:"Why does Xiao Mei cry?" Le Le wants to answer the question, but his front tooth also falls when he opens his mouth.
The teacher says:"You are growing your new teeth! You have grown up!"
我会认 （Wǒ huì rèn）：I can know
掉：fall
难：not, or a kind of negative 
哭： cry
敢：dare
答：answer
换：change
https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/lesson-one-i-like-reading

我会写 （Wǒ huì xiě）I can write

The meaning of every chinese character:
还：also
常：often
妹：younger sister
吗：a word used for asking a question

第一课 （Dì yī kè）Lesson One ( core)

The meaning for every sentence:
 I've grown up
The nurse measures my height and says:"You have grown up!"
I can sing, and take care of new students. The teacher always says to me:"You have grown up!"

The meaning for every sentence:
I can sweep the floor, wipe tables and take care of my little sister. Mom always says to me:"You have grown up!"
Everyone told me that I have grown up. My classmates, have you grown up?
我会认 （Wǒ huì rèn）I can know:
护士：nurse
台：platform
还：also
照顾：take care of 
常：often
抹：clean
吗：a word used for asking a question
https://soundcloud.com/xiaomai-2/lesson