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!”

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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?

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

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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?"

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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?

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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.

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

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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?