Learn Chinese through Stories, Teacher May's Classroom_3 #story #chineselearning

The best way to learn a language is learning by doing and playing and learning stories. I started with Tangram story, then teach some common Chinese words with Tangram patterns. Tangram is a great game for people's brain development.

I used very slow speed and also left time for viewers to repeat. It’s great for beginners to learn Chinese.

梅老师课堂 3

大家好！

Hello everyone!

欢迎来到梅老师课堂！

Welcome to Teacher May’s Classroom!

今天我要给大家讲一个七巧板的故事。

Today I would like to tell you a story about Tangram.

宋朝有个叫黄伯思的人。

There was a man named

Huang Bosi in the Song Dynasty.

他有很多朋友。

He had many friends.

他喜欢请朋友们吃饭。

He liked to treat his friends to dinner.

有时朋友来的多，有时来的少。

Sometimes more friends came, sometimes fewer.

有时朋友来的多，有时来的少。

Sometimes more friends came, sometimes fewer.

他设计了一套宴席用的桌子。

He designed a set of banquet tables.

这套桌子共有七张。

There are seven tables in this set.

有长桌两张、中桌两张和短桌三张。

There were two long tables, two medium tables, and three short tables.

可以根据客人的多少摆不同数量的桌子。

They placed different numbers of tables depending on the number of guests.

本来摆放宴几是为了安排宴席。

Originally, the banquet tables were placed for arranging banquets.

后来，拼宴几图成了一种游戏。

Later, playing the puzzle became a game.

明朝戈汕依照宴几图的原理，

又设计了蝶翅几。

In the Ming Dynasty, Ge Shan designed the butterfly-wing table set based on the principle of the yan ji diagram.

到清初蝶翅图就演变成了七巧图。

By the early Qing Dynasty, the butterfly wing diagram had evolved into the seven-piece puzzle diagram.

七巧图又慢慢地变成了七巧板。

The seven-piece puzzle diagram slowly turned into tangrams.

我们现在一边欣赏七巧板图案，一边学词语。

Now we are learning words while appreciating the tangram patterns.

qī qiǎo bǎn

七 巧 板

tangram

hú li

狐狸

fox

rè qì qiú

热 气 球

hot air balloon

fáng zi

房 子

house

rén

人

person

yú

鱼

fish

jīng yú

鲸 鱼

whale

tù zi

兔子

rabbit

luò tuó

骆 驼

camel

tuó niǎo

鸵 鸟

ostrich

tuó niǎo

鸵 鸟

ostrich

tiān é

天 鹅

swan