Read This If You Want To Learn Chinese

Chinese Writing

By: Kelly Chen

A Break Diver in Texas, USA

就由大家所知,现在越来越多的人想学习中文,中文已经算是一种国际化的语言了。因为中文的汉字复杂的结构,发音的音调与其他语言截然不同,中文也算是一门很难学的语言。刚开始学习中文你会觉得中文的每一个字似乎都不样,虽然都长的方方正正,可它的意思往往会在你的意料之外;不同的音调是中文的特色,带有个性的卷舌音,儿化音需要一个人不断的练习。刚开始学习中文的路一定不会是平坦的,这一路上一定会有些许的坎坷与磨难,你必须要有坚定的决心去克服这些困难。只要你帮自己开辟一条路,你会慢慢地发现这条路会走得越来越顺,你也会越走越远。 我从小就在中国长大,学习中文,所以我有一个牢固的基础。我会花更多的时间阅读书籍,增添我的词汇量,语法和理解能力。比较难参透的中文字就要数多音字了,你需要根据一句话里的意思分辨这个字什么时候该读什么音。告诉你们一个可以帮助你对中文增添兴趣的方法,如果你不想读一些枯燥的课本,你可以选择读一些关于中国的文化历史,传说,节日来历等等一些有趣的话题。我个人就很喜欢看一些成语故事,这样不仅能练习了阅读理解能力,还学会成语。

As everyone knows, more and more people want to learn Chinese these days, and Chinese is considered an international language.

But because of the complex structure of Chinese characters, the pronunciation that is very different from other languages, and since Chinese is also a difficult language to learn, it’s quite a challenge to get started.… Read More

圣诞的歌声响起来 (The Sounds Of Christmas Have Arrived)

by Claire Hanbing Lu
Volunteer, Break Diving’s Chinese Fluency Project

1225日是圣诞节,它是西方国家一年中最盛大的一个节日。每到这天降临,不论你是谁,桌上总会横七竖八地摆满贺卡,写满祝福的语句。

放学后,同学们莫不在便利店买彩带、买气球,冒着鹅毛大雪点缀教室和走过的每处路段。而学校往日的严肃学风取而代之的则是圣诞节浓郁的气氛。还有那久违了的安谧恬静无处不存在着欢乐,把平日里大家伙之间激烈的竞争抛在脑后。快看啊!那远方就像是被蜡笔涂抹,配上纷纷扬扬的大雪,衬托出圣诞节的纯真无邪。

来到大街上,每个角落都让人感受到过节的气氛。几乎所有的商场都摆放着一颗高大的圣诞树,有的摆在大厅,有的放在门口 。那塔形的圣诞树似穿着一件绿衣裳,身上挂着的一个个小铃铛,轻轻一碰,叮当、叮当发出动听的声音;五颜六色的小灯,好像天上眨眼的星星;红彤彤的小灯笼,一闪一闪的,漂亮极了!

圣诞老人,我衷心地期望您在圣诞树上为我悬挂成千上万个圣诞铃铛!愿我的祝福像风铃,给所有我爱的人们带去叮叮铛铛的快乐!当铃铛响起那是我为家人祈福的声音。十二个月里的风会敲响祝福的音符,把我轻轻的祝福送给不管是身边还是遥远的家人,愿他们福如东海、万事胜意、身体健康! 圣诞老人,请您在圣诞树上为我挂上平安蛋!掬一把温馨的祝福给我心系的家人,但愿关怀与祝福永远与你们同往!圣诞老人,请您在圣诞树上挂上可爱的圣诞帽和圣诞围巾还有些可爱的小礼物。所有的小朋友就在圣诞节里快快乐乐,开开心心迎接新年!

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汉语/Chinese Language Resources

Compiled & recommended by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving’s Fluency Project

我是一个学习汉语的美国人。我用这些工具为了提高我的汉语。

An ever growing list of hand-picked tools tested and approved by Fluency Project founder Monroe Mann:

APPS/app

BOOKS/书

  • Developing Chinese listening, reading, and writing courses
  • Road to Success textbook series
  • Boya Chinese textbook series
  • Living Language Chinese (Great to start with)
  • Assimil Chinese (I ADORE THIS SERIES, FOR EVERY LANGUAGE)
  • Chinese Breeze Graded Readers
  • HSK Test Syllabi – HSK1 – 6 (The Commercial Press)
  • Learn Characters with Ms.
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Proof That Your Foreign Language Vocabulary Probably Stinks — Take This Quiz!

by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, ME, LLM
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc. (& The Fluency Project)

Here at the Break Diving Fluency Project, we recognize what most language schools do notone of the biggest reasons you can’t fully communicate in the foreign language you are studying is because you have a terrible level of vocabulary–wholly deficient.  Read More

你会说中文吗?参加我们把!

作者: Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, MBA, Esq
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.

大家好!

请告诉我吧:你喜不喜欢学习汉语?如果你很喜欢的话,我要邀请你跟我们练习你的汉语!

第一: 你可以在这个网站参加我们的组织: www.breakdiving.io

第二: 如果你已经会写非常好的汉语, 我也邀请你替我们写一些作文!你对这个建议感兴趣的话, 请告诉我们吧!

第三: 如果你要提高你的汉语水平,我们在BreakDiving的FluencyProject可以帮你啊! 我们有一个很有意思的一个月的课。 很强烈!很厉害!

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