Reading and Reciting, speak out loudly!!!
Part 1 :vocabulary
Ode to snow:咏雪(yǒng xuě)
piece:片(piàn)
1-一(yī),2-二(èr),3-三(sān),4-四(sì),5-五(wǔ),6-六(liù),
7-七(qī),8-八(bā),9-九(jiǔ),10-十(shí)
thousand:千(qiān )
ten thousand:万(wàn)
countless/innumerable/myriad:无数(wú shù)
fly into:飞入(fēi rù)
plum blossom:梅花(méi huā)
always disappear:总不见(zǒng bù jiàn)
Part 2: Text
《咏雪》 清 郑板桥
一片二片三四片, 五片六片七八片;
千片万片无数片, 飞入梅花总不见。
《山村咏怀》 北宋 邵康节
一去二三里,烟村四五家。
亭台六七座,八九十枝花。
Tips:
This is a pastoral poem, describing the view of a countryside.
去(qù):here means look out in distance from where you’re standing.
里(lǐ):a Chinese unit of length,1里=1/2 kilometer
一去二三里:it means you look out in distance, you could only see 2 or 3 miles at your first sight.
烟(yān):smog, here refers to smog mixed with fog.
村(cūn):villages
家(jiā ):here it is used as a measure word for village.
烟村四五家:here it means you can see 4 or 5 villages covered by fog and smog.
亭台(tíng tái):pavilions
座(zuò):a measure word for pavilions.
亭台六七座:there you can see 6 or 7 pavilions are there.
八九十:here it means a lot, not really indicates 8 or 10 branches of flowers.
枝(zhī ):branch, a measure word for flower.
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