Mandarin lesson – How to say “They celebrated the New Year by opening a bottle of champagne: 他们开一瓶香槟庆祝新年。How champagne is made video, enjoy Katy Perry – Firework with lyrics, and Illuminations: Reflections of Earth at Disney world Epicot theme park

Posted on 01/01/2012 by Chinesetolearn

Mandarin sentence – How to say “They celebrated the New Year by opening a bottle of champagne: 他们开一瓶香槟庆祝新年。ta1 men5 kai1 yi4 ping2 xiang1 bing1 qing4 zhu4 xin1 nian2. Ta1 men5 (他们 pronoun, they) kai1 (开 verb, open) yi4 (一number, one) ping2 (瓶 measure word for bottle) xiang1 bing1 (香槟 noun, champagne) qing4 zhu4 (庆祝 verb, celebrate) xin1 nian2 (新年 noun phrase, new year).

Dom Perignon, a monk （he2 shang4 和尚） at the Abbey of Hautvillers invented （fa1 ming2 发明） champagne that is a type of sparkling (亮晶晶 liang4 jing1 jing1) white wine （jiu3 酒） comes from the northern region of France called Champagne. It is said that there are 49 million (bai3 wan4 百万）bubbles （泡泡 pao4 pao5) in a regular (一般 yi4 ban1) bottle of Champagne. Next time when you are drinking a glass of champagne, don’t forget to put a piece of raisin （葡萄干 pu2 tao2 gan1）in it and see the raisin go bouncing (弹跳 tan2 tiao4) up and down from the bottom of the glass.

Now at so late at night, I heard fireworks from outside of my window sparking with
magical booming. These spectacles are not just a form of entertainment. Each firework is an assembly of chemicals and fuel, carefully calculated to produce a particular effect – a powerful explosion. Let’s have some serious chemistry moment now:) I don’t like to say it is a lesson, for lesson sounds too serious. Fireworks generate （产生 chan3 sheng1) three forms of energy （能量 neng2 liang4): a tremendous (巨大 ju4 da4) release (释放 shi4 fang4) of sound, bright light, and heat. The tremendous booms （巨响 ju4 xiang3) that we heard are the result of the rapid release of energy into the air, causing the air to expand faster than the speed of sound; It also produces a shock wave at the same time, a sonic boom. Even the fireworks are not as magical or grand as the ones I saw at the Epcot theme park, it is still quite a booming show:)

I hope you had a merriest crazy fresh celebration for the Year of 2012, and wish you a Chinese learning harvest year to come and all the best…

How champagne is made

Enjoy Katy Perry – Firework

Illuminations: Reflections of Earth at Disney world Epicot theme park

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Mandarin sentence – How to say – What’s your zodiac sign? My sign is pisces. in Chinese: 你属於那个星座？我是双鱼座。Greek mythology story about Orion constellation, Orion（lie hu zuo, 猎戶座), as well as Mayday Starry starry sky song and OMG! 美语 What’s your zodiac sign? Do our signs match?

Posted on 12/31/2011 by Chinesetolearn

Mandarin sentence – How to say -Which sign of the zodiac are you? I’m a pisces. in Chinese: 你属於那个星座？我是双鱼座。ni3 shu3 yu2 na3 ge5 xing1 zuo4? wo3 shi4 shuang1 yu2 zuo4. ni3 (你 pronoun, you) shu3 yu2 (属 shu3 ,verb, belong; 於 yu2, preposition, in or at; 属於 shu3 yu2 – belong to) na3 ge5 (那个 na3, pronoun, which, ge5 measure word; na3 ge5 – which one) xing1 zuo4 (星座 constellation)? wo3 (我 pronoun, I) shi4 (是 verb, am) shuang1 yu2 zuo4 (双鱼座 noun, pisces).

People have been fascinated (着迷 zhao2 mi2) with the night sky since the dawn of history （li4 shi3, 历史）. Many stars and constellations (星座， xing1 zuo4) were labeled with names from old mythologies. For example, the constellation Orion（lie4 hu4 zuo4, 猎戶座），or “The Hunter （猎人 lie4 ren2)”, got its name from Greek mythology, which means hunter. It is one of the largest constellations in the sky. The central star in Orions’ Belt, Alnilam, is more than 1,300 light-years (光年，guang1 nian2) from the Sun （tai4 yang2, 太阳）.

In the Greek mythologies, Orion was known as the “dweller of the mountain”, and was famous for his prowess as a hunter and as a lover. But he was too sure of himself, and he boasted that he would eventually get rid of all the wild animals from the earth. Apollo, disliked Orion, and also concerned that Orion had designs on his sister, Artemis. So, Apollo told the Earth Goddess (女神 nv3 shen2) about Orion’s boast. So, the Earth Goddess sent the scorpion （蝎子 xie1 zi5）to kill Orion with its sting. Apollo witnessed Orion’s battle with the scorpion and did not want him to escape so easily. So, Apollo challenged his sister Artemis, who was an excellent shot (射手she4 shou3), and tricked her to shoot a small black object far away in the sea, Apollo said it was the head of an infamous bad guy. Artemis struck the object with the first shot, then She swam to look for her victim’s corpse, and discovered she had killed Orion. Artemis begged the gods to restore Orion’s life, but Zeus objected （拒决 ju4 jue2). So Artemis put Orion’s image in the heavens as an eternal (yong3 heng2 de5 永恒的） hunter.

Do you enjoy today’s mythology story about Orion? I hope you do and I also hope you learned some useful Chinese phrases along the reading too. Let’s listen to a grand song by a super famous Taiwan rock band Mayday (wu3 yue4 tian1 五月天) called Xing1 Kong1 星空 Starry Sky. If you would like to see the English and pinyin of the song, it is at
http://www.chinesetolearn.com/?p=1609


Also OMG! 美语 What’s your zodiac sign?

OMG! 美语 Do our signs match?

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