Happy Spring Break! You have two weeks off.
Don't forget to finish your little book at home. I am looking forward to seeing your art work.
For this story homework assignment( click on the video), you are going to hear a story which is a picture book titled "The Day I Got Up Early"(早起的一天). The transcription is included below, so if you don't understand it in the audio part, you can still read it along with the audio or separately.
Here is your task: to answer the following questions after viewing it.
Q1. How many people are mentioned in the story?
Q2. Whose birthday is it on that day?
Please leave your answers in the reply section. The people who answer them correctly can get two stamps.
Q3. How old do you think the main character in this story is? If he is an animal, what animal could it be?
Here is the transcription and some notes:
我今天好早好早就起床了。
哥哥還在睡覺。爸爸還在睡覺。媽媽也還在睡覺。
奶奶呢?奶奶已經起床了。
我今天好早好早就起床了,因為我要幫(help)奶奶的忙。
天都還沒亮呢(the sky is not bright yet)。原來有人這麼早(so early)就起來(get up)工作了。
公園裡好多人在做運動。啊!
爺爺在那兒練氣功(exercise)。
「這不是小珍珠(little pearl, a name)嗎?你這麼早要去哪裡呀?」
公車司機是我的叔叔,原來他也起得這麼早。
「早安,叔叔。我今天要幫奶奶的忙(help grandma)。」
太陽起來了,蝴蝶起來了,小鳥也起來了......
好像大家都起來了。市場好熱鬧(busy, noisy)。
看!有我最愛吃的紅豆麵包(bread)。
原來姑姑(aunt)在這兒開花店(flower shop)。好多花,又香又漂亮(pretty)。
媽媽已經起床了。爸爸......也起床了。
只有哥哥還在賴床。(sleep in)
我今天好忙(very busy)好忙,還(also)畫(draw)了一張卡片(a card)呢。
傍晚(at dusk),爸爸回來了。
媽媽回來了。叔叔(uncle)也來了。
「啊!姑姑(aunt)也來了。」大家都來了。
我和奶奶準備(prepare)很多(a lot of)好吃的東西,因為(because)今天是一個特別(special)的日子。
「爺爺,生日快樂!」
我今天好早好早就起床了。所以,我現在好睏(very sleepy)......
「爺爺,送給你的(a gift for you)!」