1. 今、年 方衍慧 和 艾沙白 制作 九班 二零零八年二月十九日

2. 今年 今年 – jīnnián – this year

3. Writing http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/characte r/simplified_chinese/output3/index.html

4. More on Writing 今 四个 strokes Radical - 人 –Meaning - human, man, person 年 六个 strokes Radical - 千 –Meaning - thousand

5. 今 and 年 今 jīn today; now; the actual moment; the notion of actuality The top means “union” The bottom means “contact” 年 nián Year the year’s harvest; the thousand stalks 千禾

6. “The Moment of Actuality” and “The Year’s Harvest; The Thousand Stalks” http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id= 318&size=550x550_mb&ptp_photo_id=283021 http://www.freewebs.com/thelionandlamb/

7. Usage Notes- 今 Can also be used with words like 天 (tiān, which means “day” in this case). Together, they mean “today.” other examples: 今生 / 今世 j ī n shēng / j ī n shì (“this life”)

8. Usage Notes- 年 When saying the year in Chinese, you would express one digit at a time, so rather than saying 二千八年 (year two-thousand eight), you would say 二零零八年 (year 2-0-0-8). When expressing the date, you would start with the largest unit of time – year, month, day, time. For example ，二零零八年九月十二日晚上 七点。 To ask someone’s age, you would normally ask, “ 你今年多大 ?” However, if the person looks to be under 10 years old, you would ask, “ 你 今年几岁 ?” If the person is very old, you would ask, “ 您多大年纪 ?” or “ 您 多大岁数了 ?” 大前年前年去年今年明年后年大后年 Dà qián nián Qián nián QùniánJīnniánMíng nián Hòu nián Dàhòu nián

9. Phrases/Sentences 今年 - This Year. 今年是二零零八年。 - This year is 2008. 今天是星期二。 - Today is Tuesday. 你今年多大 ?- How old are you this year?

10. Homework: Character Workbook page 38: 今 AND 年

11. Jeopardy Game! Winner gets gum.

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13. Jeopardy! JEOPARDY 今年 今年 BOTH 今年 一一一一 二二二二 三三 三三 四四四四 五五五五

14. 今 FOR 一 What is the pinyin for 今 ?

15. ANSWER Jīn

16. 今 FOR 二 What is the radical in 今, and what does it mean?

17. ANSWER The radical is 人, and it means human.

18. 今 FOR 三 How many strokes are there in the character 今 ?

19. ANSWER 四 个 STROKES

20. 今 FOR 四 The top and bottom of 今 each mean what?

21. ANSWER The top means union. The bottom means contact.

22. 今 FOR 五 今是什么意思 ?

23. ANSWER Today, now, the actual moment, the idea of actuality.

24. 年 FOR 一 What is the pinyin for 年 ?

25. ANSWER Nián

26. 年 FOR 二 What is the radical in 年, and what does it mean?

27. ANSWER The radical is 千, and it means thousand.

28. 年 FOR 三 How many strokes are there in the character 年 ?

29. ANSWER 六 个 STROKES

30. 年 FOR 四 How does the radical 千 make sense in the character 年 ?

31. ANSWER 年 means year, and the character 千, meaning thousand, correlates to the idea of year because the year’s harvest would seem to be about a thousand stalks.

32. 年 FOR 五 年 是什么意思 ?

33. ANSWER Year

34. BOTH FOR 一 “ 今天 ” 是什么意思 ?

35. ANSWER Today

36. BOTH FOR 二 “ 明年 ” 是什么意思 ?

37. ANSWER Next year

38. BOTH FOR 三 Last year 中国话怎么说 ?

39. ANSWER 去年

40. BOTH FOR 四 “ 今天是星期二 ” 是什么意思 ?

41. ANSWER Today is Tuesday.

42. BOTH FOR 五 Together, 今 and 年 have how many strokes?

43. ANSWER 十 个 STROKES

44. 今年 FOR 一 今年是什么意思 ?

45. ANSWER This Year.

46. 今年 FOR 二 True or False: 今年是 二千八年。

47. ANSWER FALSE 今年是二零零八年。 零 : líng

48. 今年 FOR 三 TRUE OR FALSE: 今天是二零零八年二月十九日星期二。

49. ANSWER TRUE

50. 今年 FOR 四 I can’t think of a question for this. Lucky you. You get a free four points!!!

51. 今年 FOR 五 今年是什么动物年 ?

52. ANSWER 今年是鼠年。