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Can't go to Xi'an to see the terracotta soldiers?  Well, the next best thing is to see them in NYC.
Read today's NYTimes article.

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Chinese proverbs/sayings that involve numbers: link
含有一的數字成語
一帆風順一表人才一本正經一馬當先
一語道破一筆勾銷一目了然一蹴而就
一塵不染一面之交一覽無疑一無所知
一廂情願一元及第一了百了一刀見血
一言為定一葉知秋一事無成一竅不通
一飯千金一刀兩斷一網打盡一蹶不振
一丁不識一介不取一手遮天一孔之見
一見如故一文不值一文不名一無所長
一決雌雄一木難扶一毛不拔一丘之貉
一成不變一落千丈一針見血一股作氣
(see link above for complete list)

 
Hello, Kids,
How's your vacation so far?  I was enjoying the beautiful warm spring at home and found this wonderfully written article about...English grammar!  Read on.  It is very helpful.

Make-or-Break Verbs
By CONSTANCE HALE  NYTimes 4/16/2012
A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting.

What makes the difference? The verb.

Verbs kick-start sentences: Without them, words would simply cluster together in suspended animation. We often call them action words, but verbs also can carry sentiments (love, fear, lust, disgust), hint at cognition (realize, know, recognize), bend ideas together (falsify, prove, hypothesize), assert possession (own, have) and conjure existence itself (is, are).


 
This is one of the favorite songs last year's Mandarin 4 liked.  It has lyric in both pinyin and characters.  Hope you like it.  Learn it over the break.  Have a wonderful break!

 
 
The Butterfly Lovers Story