Written
Assignment 3: Due 3/2/09 (Monday)
Be sure to
proof-read and eliminate homophones mistakes. To reduce homophone errors,
try to use multisyllabic words and not single
characters as the units of input and do not put spaces between the characters in
a word. To type a character with the vowel ü, use ‘uu’
in Njstar and ‘v’ in Word.
The last
question needs to be hand-written in addition to being typed.
1．Character Analysis:
a. Find at least one character having the following sound clues in the current
lesson (do not include irrelevant characters):
寺
般
青
同
便
重
員
b. Find all the characters having the following radicals in the current
lesson (whether or not they are obvious meaning clues):
bamboo:
grain (禾)
show （礻）:
grass:
rice:
fire:
2. Fill in
blanks (one character per blank):
中國最___要的傳統節日有春節﹑元宵節﹑端午節和中秋節。
中秋節在農___的八月十五。
這真是個動___的故事﹗
燈節的時候，人們會做各___各樣好看的燈掛在門口。
中秋節的晚上，一家人常常坐在院子﹐一邊吃___象徵着團圓的月餅﹐一邊賞月。
屈原的故事好___聽我們的老師說過。
姑媽說戴荷包只是過去的一___風俗習慣。現在只是戴着___﹐不一定有什麼特別的用處。
吃粽子跟屈原___關係嗎﹖
賽龍舟象___着人們爭先恐後___去救屈原。
屈原是中國___偉大的詩人之___。
他寫的詩表現了他的___國精神。
楚國國王不但___聽屈原的話﹐反而把他___到南方去了。
屈原看___來秦國雖然表面___對楚國不錯﹐可是實際上早晚要來打楚國。
八月___五的月亮最圓﹑最亮。
在外面工作的人﹐盡可能___回家過節。
3. Complete
sentences:
_________都象徵團圓。
Walt Whitman是_________。
正月十五是_________。
八月十五是_________。
_________跟中秋節沒有關係。
他根本不_________。
除了吃粽子以外，端午節還_________。
_________。我是跟朋友一起去的。
今天是農曆_________。
_________是兩千多年前的兩個國家。
4. Describe a traditional festival
(different from the ones in the lesson).
Be sure to include the following aspects. A hand-written version is required for this
question.
這個傳統節日叫什麽？
是什麽國家的節日？
是在什麽時候？
放假嗎？放幾天假？
有哪些傳統的習俗（風俗習慣）？
這個節日跟什麽有關係？
這個節日有故事嗎？有什麽故事?
有什麽特別要吃的東西？吃的東西豐盛嗎？
有什麽象徵性的 (symbolic) 東西嗎？
在外面的人們要趕回家跟家人團圓嗎？
How to submit your file:
Important: Do
not forget to rename the file with your full name; otherwise, your file may
wipe out other files or be wiped out by others’ files!
Be sure to use
Internet Explorer, not Firefox!
1. Go to:
http://sisyphus.sdsu.edu/larclab/Links.html
or:
2. Click on: Submit your class
materials
3. Username: zhang_CHIN202-01 (for 10AM
class)
3. Username: zhang_CHIN202-02 (for 11AM
class)
4. Password: larc_zhang
5. You will see
the following:
FTP root at
larcmaterials.sdsu.edu
To view this
FTP site in Windows Explorer, click Page,
and then click Open FTP Site in Windows
Explorer.
6. Follow the instruction and put in the username/password combination again.
7. Drag your file onto the blank space on the server.