Natural Chinese > courses > Fun Video Lectures for Kids > Poems and Songs/诗歌(shī gē) > Lecture 1 Ode to Goose/咏鹅

Part 1: Vocabulary

to chant/ode:咏(yǒng):a verb

goose:鹅(é)

Ode to the goose:咏鹅

to bend/曲(qū):弯曲(wān qū)

neck/项(xiàng):means 脖子(bó zi)

toward/向(xiàng):means 朝向(cháo xiàng)

sky/天(tiān ):天空( tiān kōng),天上(tiān shàng)

sing/song/歌(gē):v&n,唱歌(sing a song),歌唱(sing)

white/白(bái ):白色(bái sè)

feather/毛(máo):羽毛(yǔ máo),皮毛(pí máo),毛发(máo fà)

float/浮(fú):漂浮( piāo fú

green/绿(lǜ):绿色( lǜ sè

water/水(shuǐ ):水上(shuǐ shàng)

red/红(hóng):红色(hóng sè)

palm/掌(zhǎng):foot palm/脚掌(jiǎo zhǎng),hand palm/手掌(shǒu zhǎng)

row/move/拨(bō):拨动(bō dòng)

clear/清(qīng):清澈(qīng chè)

wave/波(bō):波纹(bō wén)


Part 2: Reading and Reciting

咏鹅
鹅鹅鹅,曲项向天歌。
白毛浮绿水,红掌拨清波。