Saturday, May 22, 2021
Thursday, May 6, 2021
四合院幼儿园
阅读一:
(from HSK 5 Standard Course)
四合院,是中国华北地区民居中的一种组合建筑形式。所谓四合,“四”指东、西、南、北四面,“合”就是四面房屋围在一起,中间形成一个方形的院子。 四合院在中国汉族民居中历史最悠久,分布最广泛。不过,只要人们一提到四合院,便自然会想到北京四合院,这是因为传统的北京四合院都有一套固定的样式,十分具有代表性,在各种各样的四合院中,北京四合院可以代表其主要特点。 北京有各种规模的四合院。最简单的四合院只有一个院子,比较复杂的有两三个,而有钱人家的,通常是由好几座四合院并列组成的。
大门一般开在东南角或西北角,院中的北房是正房,比其他房屋的规模大,一般包括长辈的卧室和具备日常起居、接待客人等功能的客厅。院子的两边是东西厢房,是晚辈们生活的地方。 在正房和厢房之间建有走廊,可以供人行走和休息。院子是十分理想的室外生活空间。有的人家喜欢种草、养花、种竹子,有的人家则喜欢用大盆养金鱼。院子不仅拉近了人与自然的关系,也让家里人在此得到了感情的交流,对创造生活情趣起了很大作用,因而最为人们所喜爱。 只要关闭起大门,四合院内便形成一个封闭式的小环境。住在四合院里的人不常与周围的邻居打交道。
在小院里,一家人过着与世无争的日子,充分享受家庭的乐趣,自然有一种令人感到自在亲切的气氛。但也有多户合住一座四合院的情况,被称为“大杂院”,住户多为普通劳动人民。邻里之间有时虽然也有矛盾,但更多时候是互帮互助,不是亲人胜过亲人,这种浓浓的情感是许多老北京人无法忘记的。
什么是“四合院”?为什么人们叫它“四合院”?
四合院的大门 一般 开在什么地方?(a.东北角,b.东南角,c.西北角,d.西南角)
“正房” 是哪个房间?是谁住的房间?
“厢房”在 四合院的 什么地方?是谁生活的地方?
人们常常在院子里做什么?
“大杂院”是什么意思?大杂院里人们的关系怎么样?
阅读二:
https://i.ifeng.com/c/81V2ypApVQj
1. 马岩松从小 是在哪里长大的?
2. 马岩松设计的幼儿园从天空中看上去像什么?
3. 他为什么这样设计这家幼儿园?
4. 新的幼儿园是怎样建的?幼儿园的运动场在哪里?
5. 从新的幼儿园怎样可以到四合院里去?
6. 现在的北京高楼大厦多,还是传统建筑多?
7. 你觉得保护老建筑重要吗?为什么?
8. 你觉得我们应该怎么保护传统建筑?
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Common Chinese suffixes and prefixes:
Please read these articles first:
- making "-ity, -ness" nouns by Indicating a characteristic with "xing"
Thursday, April 8, 2021
总是,通常,平常,经常
- 总是 is just plainly always.
- 平常 is usually or ordinarily, as in being part of normal life. For example, 我平常做很多运动。 would literally be "I do lots of exercise as part of my life", interpreted as "I exercise often". If you want to say "Fast food is usually unhealthy", the usually would not be in the sense above, so 快餐平常都不健康 would be incorrect. Rather, that would have a weird meaning like "Fast food is unhealthy most of the time (but it is healthy today)".
- 通常 is generally and in the sense of being the more common/likely/normal/general case/or "for most of the times". It is used to describe things that would probably happen when certain circumstances are met. But the thing it describes doesn't necessarily happen in a high frequency. For example, 叶子通常是绿色的 would literally be "Leaves are normally/generally green", and translates to "Leaves are usually green". The same fast food example would work for 通常: 快餐通常都不健康 would be "Fast food is usually unhealthy".
- 经常 means often. 我经常运动 would be interpreted as "I exercise often". However, the former directly states “I exercise often", while the latter (我平常做很多运动。 )states "I do exercise as part of my life", so note the difference.
- An extra example:
- 我经常跌倒 means "I fall often", and the average person would not say 我平常跌倒 as it would be like "I usually fall".
- 我平常走路都会跌倒 "I would fall when I walk in the usual manner" would be more legit.
- 我走路通常会跌倒 would be "When I walk I usually fall".
adapted from: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/17246/are-总是-平常-通常-and-经常-all-interchangeable
Fill in the blanks by using 总是,通常,平常, or 经常
1. 我 _______ 收到 垃圾 短信 。
4. 我_______去这家超市买东西。
reference answers:
1.经常/总是
2. 平常
3. 通常
4. 经常/总是


