Even better web sites for learning 拼音(pin yin)

These two links were provided by Vijay.
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinInitials.cfm

http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinFinals.cfm

The next link was found from YouTube. It is originally for Chinese children to learn 'pin yin'. The advantage of this link is that it provides four tones. It is fun as well! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ayvjy-DgsDgs

Web site for listening to all Pin Yins

From University of Vermont

http://www.uvm.edu/~chinese/pinyin.htm

Advantages: comprehensive, clear sound files.

Shortcomings: The font too small (use View function from the Internet Explorer to change it). The Interface can be improved. Every time you have to click 'Backspace' to go back the home page.

A website using signs to teach you Chinese

I found this site today. It has different imags, mainly signs in Chinese. In addition to images, it also provides detailed explaination for the characters in images. Although part of the site is still under development, it's a good place to practise your reading skills. You probably only wish that it provided the sound files as well. :)

The link: http://lingua.mtsu.edu/qing/signs/

Mid-Autumn Festival/中秋节

今天是中秋节。 There are different stories about this festival.

中秋节快乐！

Or,

但愿人长久，千里共婵娟-- From a well-known poem written in Song Dynasty.

Pictures from China

David kindly sent me some pictures he took in China. The first picture shows his breakfast in China. I have added Chinese names and pronunciations to them. Their English names are:
A. Dumplings with soup
B. Fried pancakes topped with sesame seeds.
C. Fried dumplings

Here is the question for you. Can you match their Chinese names with their English names (you can leave your answers as comments in this blog)? You can click on the picture to get a bigger version to see more details.

The followings are two beautiful pictures taken in a town called Zhouzhuang.

周庄夜景 (Zhouzhuang at night)

周庄 日出(Zhouzhuang sunrise)

Where is the British Library

Vocabulary/ New words (p12)

Speech Patterns (p13)

Additional vocabulary (p13)

P.S. Don't forget your homework. :)

Buying things & Prices

Vocabulary (Each word/phrase was repeated once. You can find the them on Page 41).

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