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🌻Alisa

【万思乐学V-learn小西妈双语工程 1807期 No.290 Alisa】
学习单元： 3A Unit 10 、清汉第六册：第三单元
1️⃣音频：汉语文化主题音频
2️⃣动画 ：清汉动画、主题动画、科普与文化延伸
3️⃣Reading：牛津树7
4️⃣分级指读：
5️⃣中文绘本：

☑️ On the types of moon cakes

Alisa, Do you know what day it is today?
It’s Mid-Autumn Festival. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. In Chinese, it’s called Zhong Qiu Jie. Mommy and Daddy have one day off. We don’t go to work today. We can stay and play together. Are you happy?
Yes. I’m very happy.
Today we can make something delicious to eat. Then, we can play something interesting. Do you know what it is?
No, Mommy. I want to eat first.
Can’t you wait to eat? OK. Let’s make some mooncakes first.
提前带去甜品店选了很多自己喜欢的口味月饼
There’re many kinds of mooncakes in the bakery.
Per regions:
Beijing-style, Cantonese-style, Yunnan-style, Chaoshan-style, Suzhou-style, Taiwan-style, Hong Kong-style, or even Japanese style mooncakes.
Per the flavors:
there’re sweet, salty, salty sweet, spicy and hot flavors.
Per the fillings:
there’re Five Kernel and Roast Pork, Red Bean Paste, Lotus Seed Paste, Snow Skin, Fruit and Vegetable, Chocolate, Ice Cream, Green Tea, Seafood flavors etc.

Five Kernel and Roast Pork mooncake 五仁叉烧月饼

Red Bean Paste mooncake 红豆沙月饼
Lotus Seed Paste mooncake 莲蓉月饼
Snow Skin mooncake 冰皮月饼
Fruit and Vegetable mooncake 果蔬月饼
Chocolate mooncake 巧克力月饼
So many kinds of mooncakes, which one is your favorite?

☑️ Make Mooncakes ：The ingredients

Today we’ll make the traditional mooncakes - Lotus Seed Paste Mooncakes. Let’s start.....
· Mooncake Skin powder (冰皮月饼粉): 200g
· Boiled water (开水): 200g
· Fillings (馅) (choose the flavors you like): 400g
· Mold (模具): 50g mooncake mold. You can make 16 mooncakes.
1. Pour the mooncake skin powder into the boiled water.
2. Stir with an eggbeater (打蛋器) or chopsticks (筷子).
3. While it’s not too hot, roll it into smooth dough.
4. Separate the dough into 16 equal parts, each 25g. Roll them into balls. Cover the saran wrap and set it aside for 1 hour.
5. Prepare 16 fillings, with weight 25g each. Roll them into balls as well.
6. Wrap each filling with the snow skin completely and roll them into balls.
7. Shape the filled dough with the mold
8. Put the filled dough into the mold, press, and the mooncake is ready.
9. If you want to make colorful mooncakes, add some fruit and vegetable powder in step 2 before separating dough.

☑️ Make moon phases
Today we are going to make moon in different shapes.
What we need
We need:a bule paper,green paper,black paper and yellow paper,oranger paper.
We also need scissor,and cicle mold.
Steps:
Step1:Let’s cut oranger paper into a cicle shape which is the earth and .
Step2:Let’s cut 8 black cicles.One is round shape,two are ovals.
Step3:Let’s cut yellow paper into different shaps.
As the nights go by , we can see changes in the moon , sometimes it looks like a big round ball , sometimes it is just a sliver of light in the sky . The moon changes in different shapes . You know why ? beacause it goes around the earth, and as it travels round , we can only see certain parts of it .
The moon will present us different shapes in different time, like crescent moon , quarter moon and full moon and so on .

一起做了月相图，可以每年拿出来玩一下

Let's get to know different phases of the moon:
This is the new moon， It looks like there's hardly any moon.
This is waxing crescent moon ，It looks like a curved moon.
This is First quarter moon ，It looks like a semicircle.
This is waning gibbous ，It looks a little like an ellipse.
This is full moon，This is the round moon.
This is waning gibbous again，It looks a little like an ellipse.
This is last quarter moon ，It looks like a semicircle.
This is waxing crescent moon ，It looks like a curved moon.
And finally back to the new moon.
Now let's demonstrate it. ☑️ Moon Phases Demonstration
Look baby, the moon rises. What shape is it?
It’s round.
Yes, you’re right. It's said that the moon is the brightest and roundest on this day. It means family reunion (团圆). But have you ever seen other shapes of the moon?
Yes.
Correct. The moon looks different at different times throughout the month. Sometimes the moon looks like a banana, and other times it looks like half of a circle, and other times it looks like a big round ball.
Today I’ll show you how this happens.
What we need in this model is: the table lamp, which represents the Sun, the white foam ball representing the moon, your head representing the earth, a pencil and a dark room (the darker, the better). 1.Now, come inside the room. I’ll turn off the light, and turn on the lamp. look at me. I hold this ball and turn around. /What can you see? /What’s the difference between this side and the other side? Yes, you’re right. This half ball is bright, and the other half is dark.
2. In this position, I can't see any of the bright side of the moon. Can you see it? No? You’re right. We call this a new moon.
3.Then I make the ball (moon) orbit to my left. What can you see now? Can you see the tiny lighted side, just like a sickle (镰刀) or banana? We call that a crescent moon.
4.As the ball (moon) keeps moving, we can see more and more of that lighted side. In this position, we can see half of the lighted side. We call it a quarter moon. As it is our first time to see it, it’s called a first quarter moon.
5.As we keep moving, we see almost the whole lighted side. We call it a gibbous moon. 6.Then we can see the entire light at half of the moon, that’s a full moon.
7. As the moon continues to orbit, we begin to see less and less of that lighted side. We're back to a gibbous moon at this position. But this time the light is on the opposite side, then another quarter moon, last quarter moon (another crescent), and finally back to new moon and the cycle begins again. Is it interesting? Do you want to hold the ball and turn around by yourself? Have a try, please. Fantastic! Let’s turn on the room light, turn off the lamp and get out.
From this activity, do you know if the moon makes light?
No.
每年一次奥利奥月相，大概是最爱的

Yes, how clever you are! The moon makes no light. It gets light from the sun, just like the earth. It reflects sunlight towards the earth. Do you want to show everyone what you have seen just now? Now let’s go on the next interesting activity.

☑️ All about Mid-autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month，usually in September or October.
中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日，在农历八月十五号，通常在阳历的九月或十月。
A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house.
在节日来临的前几天，家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子，把房子装扮得漂漂亮亮的，灯笼挂在屋前。
On the evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the union.
After dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily.
At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating mooncakes.
It looks like the moon. There are many kinds of mooncakes. They are small round cakes with meat, nuts or something sweet inside. Eating mooncakes has been our custom.
Mid-autumn Festival: 也叫Moon festival；Mooncake Festival；Zhongqiu Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of August in the lunar calendar with full moon at night. The moon is the brightest and roundest on this day which means family reunion.
On the mid autumn day, all the family members will get together and enjoy the glory of the full moon and a grand dinner.
Moon cake is one of the most important symbol for the Mid Autumn Day, it Symbolizes longevity and family reunion. ☑️ Free talk topic :Mid-Autumn Festival

二、The custom on Mid-Autumn Festival

Afterwards. It became a Chinese custom to enjoy the full moon and the Mid-autumn festival appeared.
Look at the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival activities?
Top 6 Mid-autumn Festival Activities：
Eat Mooncakes
Appreciate the Full Moon
Worship the Moon
Mid-autumn Reunion Dinner
Drink Osmanthus Wine
Make aand Hang Festival Lanterns 1、中秋节风俗No.1 Offering Sacrifice to the Moon 祭月
In ancient times, the emperors usually offered a sacrifice to the moon at the place called The Altar of The Moon.
The Altar of the Moon in Beijing was where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties[ˈdainəstiz] offered a sacrifice[ˈsækrəˌfaɪs] to the moon
Through the passage of time, this custom has been adopted into folk lore and now the sacrificial ceremony is usually held in family units.
However, nowadays this activity continues only in certain rural[ˈrʊrəl] areas or at attraction sites and no longer by the majority of Chinese families.
Following tradition, the major offerings for the sacrificial ceremony were mooncakes.
Besides, there were watermelons cut into the shape of a lotus[ˈloʊtəs] flower, grapefruits, boiled green soybeans ['sɔɪbinz] , oranges and wine, etc, mostly edible[ˈɛdəbəl] things that are round in shape.
The offerings would be set on a table that the moonlight could reach, or facing the general direction of the moon on cloudy or rainy nights. =

In front of the table, was an incense burner, with lighted red candles on each side.

With the announcement by the host, the ceremony began.
Two deacons walked slowly to stand one each side of the offering table.
a person who helps a minister with church business affairs
Followed by the officiant (usually the oldest woman in the family or the hostess) and the other attendants (family members), who all went down on their knees in front of the offering table.
The officiant then took over three burning joss sticks from the deacon and made some wishes.
and then placed the joss sticks in the burner. This would be done three times.
Then the officiant poured a cup of wine in front of the offerings and read prayerstoward the moon.
words that you say to God giving thanks or asking for help
The paper with written prayers was then burnt, together with moonlight papers (the incense papers painted with the moon palace and goodness of the moon).
After, all attendants genuflected three times.
Finally, the attendants burnt the incense, made wishes and worshiped [ˈwɜrʃɪpt] the moon one by one.

2、中秋节风俗No.2 Appreciating the Moon 赏月
Compared with the moon sacrificial ceremony, the custom of appreciating the moon is much more popular among modern people.
The family members sit around a table and appreciate the moon, while talking to each other and eating the offerings from the ceremony, etc.
The custom was actually derived from the sacrificial ceremony, which made a serious activity into a relaxing one. 3、中秋节风俗No.3 Eating Moon Cakes 吃月饼
After the moon sacrificial ceremony, the officiant cut the biggest moon cake into even pieces based on the number of family members and passed them around to each of them.
Even those who could not make it home on the night had a piece reserved for them because the moon cake signified[ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪd] reunion.
即使是那些晚上不能回家的人也有一块留给他们的，因为月饼象征着团聚。
and the cake sacrificed to the moon was considered auspicious.
Nowadays, although most families do not hold the sacrificial ceremony, family members still gather together to share the delicious moon cakes on the festival night.
4、中秋节风俗No.4 Play with festival lanterns玩节日花灯
In addition to these common customs, there are also some popular customs in some specific areas. 除了这些常见的习俗外，还有一些在某些特定地区很流行的习俗。
In southern China, children play with festival lanterns. 5、中秋节风俗No.5 fire dragon dances 火龙舞
In Hong Kong, one of the most important activities is the fire dragon dances.
Fire Dragon Dance takes place from September 23-25 every night.
Hong Kong is famous for her Dragon Dance and Lion Dance.
However, only a few locals know that Hong Kong also has Fire Dragon Dance and fewer have ever watched themselves.
Over a century ago, the Fire Dragon Dance saved lives of Tai Hang village from a dead plague and then was kept by the villagers as a tradition.
It starts to be known in recent year since Hong Kong Tourism Board tried hard to promote this tradition.
It has been listed as China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2011.
Every year during Mid-autumn Festival, there will be three consecutive nights of celebration with Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance. 6、中秋节风俗No.6 burn incense buckets烧香斗
in Shanghai, people go out for moon appreciation instead of staying inside and they burn incense buckets

7、中秋节风俗No.7 Steal vegetables 偷菜
In Taiwan, people set off sky lanterns and single girls steal vegetables, which hopefully can bring them a 'Mr. Right.’
It is said that if an unmarried girl steals vegetables and onions from other gardens on Mid-Autumn night, she will find a good husband.
Women who haven't had children after marriage will have a fat baby next year if they can pick up a melon and carry it home in their garden on Mid-Autumn night.

8、中秋节风俗No.8 Watch Qiantang River tide 钱塘江观潮
In addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qiantang River tide watching is the most grand event of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every year, the 18th day of August in the lunar calendar is the best time to watch the tide.

9、中秋节风俗No.9 Burn Kong Ming Lantern 燃孔明灯
To pray for God to bless the next year's happy and prosperous life. Every year, on the 15th day of August in the lunar calendar, there is also the custom of lighting Kong Ming Lanterns in many places.
It's easy to cause fire, so it's not recommended that you celebrate the festival in this way.

10、中秋节风俗No.9 Burn pagodas烧宝塔
Burning pagodas is a custom activity carried out during the Mid-Autumn Festival in southern China, such as Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival, people express the joy of harvest by burning pagodas, and wish life as promising as the flame of the Santa Pagoda.

11、中秋节风俗No.10 The Rabbit Master 兔儿爷
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, people in Beijing will worship "The Rabbit Master".
It has human shape, rabbit's mouth and ears.

12、中秋节风俗No.11 Guess lantern riddles 猜灯谜
Mid-Autumn Festival riddles are generally related to the moon, Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes, reunions, festivals and so on.
中秋节灯谜一般是和月亮，中秋节，月饼，团圆，节日等相关的。
1.十五的月亮(打成语一): 正大光明
2.华夏共赏中秋月(打旅游用语一): 集体观光
3.海上升明月:天涯共此时(打山西地名一): 大同
4.中秋佳节大团圆(打电影名一): 喜相逢
5.佳节团圆笑哈哈(打花名一): 合欢
6.中秋赏菊(打成语一): 花好月圆
7.中秋月饼(打电脑名词一): 软盘
8.明月照我把家还(打流行歌曲一): 月亮走我也走
9.中秋佳节结良缘(打我国城市名一): 重庆
10.月儿圆圆喜开镰(打成语一): 丰收在望
11.十五月亮照海滩(打成语一): 一盘散沙
12.举杯邀明月(打礼貌用语一): 请光临
13.抬头望明月(打外国首都名一): 仰光
14.皓月当空(打广东市名一): 高明
15.月光普照(打五字俗语一): 大白于天下
16.望星空(打成语一): 高瞻远瞩
17.一轮明月照窗前(打礼貌用语一): 光临舍下
18.吴刚捧出桂花酒(打歌曲名一): 迎宾曲
19.中秋旅游度蜜月(打成语一): 喜出望外
20.中秋赏月晚会(气象用语一): 明天夜里多云 Other Customs 其它风俗
赏桂花 Enjoy the osmanthus fragrans
饮桂花酒Drink osmanthus wine
☑️ Chinese Mid-autumn Festival —— Origin of the Mid-autumn Day
关于中秋节的由来，看了两个版本的中文动画，能讲出来里面的人物，情节看懂了，讲出来估计有点复杂，睡前读了一遍英文版，算是听个热闹.....
Once upon a time, there were 10 suns in the sky， People suffered from severe heat and lived in hopeless. Then, a hero Hou Yi showed up, he shot 9 Suns down and left one in the sky. After that, human life came to usual .
The Queen of Heaven gave him a pack of pills, which were the reward for his philanthropic act. Anyone who takes the pills will be immoetal.
Hou yi and his wife Chang Er were deeply in love and were known as the divine couple,so Hou Yi refused to leave his wife to be an immortal, instead, he asked Chang Er to keep the pills.
When Hou Yi was hunting outside, a devil man Peng Meng forced Chang Er to give him the pills, at the desperate hours, Chang Er took the pills quickly and her body floated in the air soon to the moon.
　　Hou yi was really sad when he knew what happened to his wife, so he got a habit of enjoying moon when it was round ,and offered some fruits, cakes which his wife loved .
　　Chang Er was lonely in the moon palace, so she liked to dance when full moon and people in the world would like to enjoy it. Afterwords, it became a custom to enjoy full moon. ☑️ Thinking of the one. Far Away in the Moonlight
The moon, grown full now over the sea,
Brightening the whole of heaven
Brings to separated hearts
The long thoughtfulness of night.
It is no darker though I blow out my candle.
It is no warmer though I put on my coat.
So l leave my message with the moon
And turn to my bed, hoping for dreams
The poem was created 1000 years ago by Zhang Jiling, expressing his homesickness
on the Mid-Autumn Day.
关于诗词的美，只可意会不可言传的感觉，暂且也只能听听而已.
晚上，一起庆祝节日的仪式感，以后每一年都想陪你过不一样的中秋节......

☑️ 英文分级

牛津树阅读生词词汇量增加，阅读进度变缓，加入新的分级

英语词汇量识字比中文快一点，目前认识词量

270，指读很顺利

喜欢主题形式延伸，自己编故事

☑️ Math

数学是最爱，琢磨数字拆分.....

100以内单双数规律

都都数学D级别、逻辑狗、摩比数学

☑️ 汉语进展：

第六册单元游戏和延伸
四五快读第三册扫生词游戏 +第四册
汉语文化延伸和综合复习

对汉语文化很感兴趣：吸收度和融入度很高
综合表达阅读与练习：语质提高明显，平时所见所感描述词语质量提升不少

总结：汉语放入重点模块，进入3+2模式后，整体汉语提升很多，兴趣也增加很多，平时随意讨论和兴趣延伸知识点积累不少，开始慢慢能应用起来

月明人尽望，秋思落天涯，最是世间温情美，人月两团圆。 中秋节日文化了解和诗词学习 体验中国文化和双节文化，每年过一个不一样且有纪念意义的节日