Lesson 2

Compass Prep 2012 Spring

Ｌｅｓｓｏｎ　２

Song：Sing to the tune of “This land is my land“

	Lesson 2 Everyone is born with a purpose; Success is birthed in failures
3	tian sheng wǒ cái bì yǒu yòng, shi bài shì chéng gong zhi mǔ 天生 我材 必有 用，失败 是 成功 之母 God has a purpose for my being; Failure is the mother of success.

1. Chinese is learned through obedience. There is no logic or sequence for new
   
   
    students to venture on their own, the teacher bridges the gap until the students are
   
   
    well on their way. Invention is not encouraged at this stage of learning. After 
   
   
   you've learned the strokes, meaning and usage of the words, then you can apply 
   
   
   them in daily situations and literature with much creativity.
   
   
2. The purpose of teaching is to preserve the good, and correct the error, achieving 
   
   
   clarity and avoid confusion. “Good “ is ensured in the future in purpose, in the 
   
   
   present in usage and in the past in recording.
   
   
3. Communication is done through the tedious strokes of each characters and the
   
   
    composition of these characters for accurate understanding.
   
   
4. The teacher imparts the spirit of established common ground through Chinese 
   
   
   tradition. Precept upon precept, and stroke upon stroke
   
   
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   日，月，丹，目，且，自，旦，all need to be clearly distinguished in 
   
   
   
   
   handwriting. Stroke matters.

Self introduction:

１	gè wèi tóng xué, 各位 同学， Fellow classmates,	dà jia hǎo 大家好， greeting to all
２	Wǒ jiào lǐ Xiǎolónɡ。 我叫 李小龙。 My name is Li Xiao long.	wǒ shì měi guó rén 我是 美国人。 I am American
３	wǒ hěn gao xìng gen nǐ mén yì qǐ xué zhong wén 我很高兴 跟你们 一起 学中文。 I am very glad, being together with you all , to learn Chinese.

Characters：

2.	Rén 人 person	rù 入 enter	shén 什 what	Tài 太 exceed	Tian 天 heaven	Fu 夫 husband	Ba 八 eight	Ér 儿 son	nǐ 你 you
	cóng 从 follow	dà 大 big	me 么 interrogative	quǎn 犬 dog	wú 无 void	shi 失 lost	liù 六 six	ér 几 few	xiǎo 小 small