New Practical Chinese Reader Lesson 3.36 - Page 1

season

season

climate

complicated

the tropics; torrid zone

frigid zone; the arctic

each; every

heating

down coat

sometimes

move

skirt

had better; it would be best

cool

to end up

except; besides

route; itinerary

grassland

select/choice

Inner Mongolia

the Northeast

modern

great

poet

in one's childhood

recite from memory

in front of the bed, the light of the bright moon shines

I suspect there is frost on the ground

I raise my head and gaze at the bright moon

I lower my hed and think of my beloved hometown

familiar

page

a letter from home is worth a fortune in gold

valuable; precious

(measure word for letters)

Selected Tang Poems

Du Fu (great poet of the Tang Dynasty)

William Shakespeare

a monk knocks on a gate under the moonlight

knock

donkey

describe

a bird spends the night on a tree by the side of the pool

bird

temple

push

sedan chair

pass; go through

government official

pull; drag