Monthly Letter April, 2011

电脑学中文通讯 Compu Chinese Monthly Letter 4/11
1900 S. Norfolk St., #240, San Mateo email:compuchinese@yahoo.com
（九）对众 In a group
一、他人正谈话，不在中间插话。
When others are speaking, do not butt in.
二、两人对谈，不向中间穿走。如要走，要客气说借道。
When two people have a conversation, do not walk between them. Say: “excuse me” if it’s the only way to go.
三、不高声喧哗扰乱他人视听。
Do not talk loudly so you would not disturb other people’s audio-visual senses.
四、不横坐，不横腿，不扪脚。
Do not sit with your legs on the arm. Do not sit with one ankle on your knee, and do not keep touching your feet.
五、不隔席谈话。
Do not hold a conversation with someone sitting two seats away from you.
六、坐不翘椅。
Do not sit with your chair tilted.
七、衣帽不加于他人之衣帽上。
Do not place your coat and hat on top of other people’s coats and hats.
八、要离席上卫生间，须打招呼。
Tell the people with whom you have conversation that you go to the bathroom.
九、不向人呵欠，舒伸，咳嗽, 打嗝。
Do not yawn, stretch, sneeze, or hiccup in front of others.
十、不当众抓痒，搔头，抠耳，挖鼻。
Do not scratch head, ears, and tweak ears, nose in front of others.

Notice

Dear parents and students,


Here are something that I want to keep you informed:
1. My school is now registered as a heritage school in California. Please see the web page of the Department of Education:

http://www3.cde.ca.gov/hsrs/display.aspx

2. March and April are good time for open classes. Please help me to advertise my school, and ask your friends and classmates to visit my school. I plan to enroll more students for 200-800, but will close 100 in the next school year.

3. I will introduce " 成长汉语”into class 100 to 500. Please watch the course:

http://english.cntv.cn/program/learnchinese/growingwithchinese/index.shtml

You are asked to download the video for homework. So, I will teach you how to download them in the class. Please let me know if you have any questions.

4. I will introduce 特别中文 to class 500-800. Please listen to the audio:

http://english.cntv.cn/program/learnchinese/20110214/104988.shtml

5. I will record the presentations in the class. So, students should be well prepared for a better performance.

6. Watching TV series is a good way to learn Chinese. Here are 3 TV series for different levels. Time should be 15-30 minutes a day, but 7 days a week.
a. 大头儿子和小头爸爸 for 100-300
b. 还珠格格 for 300-500
c. 杜拉拉升职记 for 500-800

Please try the following links:

大头儿子和小头爸爸
http://tv.sohu.com/s2011/dtezxtbb/

还珠格格
http://so.tv.sohu.com/mts?wd=%25u8FD8%25u73E0%25u683C%25u683C%25u5168%25u96C6

杜拉拉升职记
http://so.tv.sohu.com/mts?wd=%25u675C%25u62C9%25u62C9%25u5347%25u804C%25u8BB0%25u7535%25u89C6%25u5267


Thanks,


Teacher Mei