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Lesson 1 Bible Verses

John 3:16

神爱世人，

甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，

叫一切信他的，

不至灭亡，

反得永生。

1^st Chronicles 4:10

雅比斯求告以色列的神说，

甚愿你赐福与我，

扩张我的境界，

常与我同在，

保佑我不遭患难，

不受艰苦。

神就应允他所求的。

Isaiah  40:31

但那等候耶和华的，

必从新得力，

他们必如鹰展翅上腾，

他们奔跑却不困倦，

行走却不疲乏。

Romans 8:28

我们晓得万事都互相效力，

叫爱神的人得益处，

就是按他旨意被召的人。

Matthew 11:28

凡劳苦担重担的人，

可以到我这里来，

我就使你们得安息。

Matthew 6:9-13 

所以你们祷告，要这样说，

我们在天上的父，

愿人都尊你的名为圣。

愿你的国降临，

愿你的旨意行在地上，

如同行在天上。

我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们。

免我们的债，如同我们免了人的债。

不叫我们遇见试探，

救我们脱离凶恶,
因为国度，权柄，荣耀，全是你的，

直到永远，阿们。

Psalms 23:1-6

耶和华是我的牧者。

我必不至缺乏。

他使我躺卧在青草地上，

领我在可安歇的水边。

他使我的灵魂苏醒，

为自己的名引导我走义路。

我虽然行过死阴的幽谷，

也不怕遭害。

因为你与我同在。

你的杖，你的竿，都安慰我。

在我敌人面前，

你为我摆设筵席。

你用油膏了我的头，

使我的福杯满溢。

我一生一世必有恩惠慈爱随着我。

我且要住在耶和华的殿中，

直到永远。

Isaiah 64:4

从古以来人未曾听见，

未曾耳闻，未曾眼见，

在你以外有什么神

为等候他的人行事。

Lesson 2 Collective Nouns

An army of ants

An army of frogs

A bed of clams

A brigade of soldiers

A bale of turtles

A class of students

A fleet of ships

A team of horses

A pride of lions

A litter of pigs

A network of computers

A colony of ants

A galaxy of stars

A pack of wolves

Definition

An article goes in front of a noun.

There are two types of article in English:

• the definite article [the]
• the indefinite article [a or an].

Examples

Use

When using the indefinite article

a is used before nouns which begin with a consonant
an is used when the noun begins with a vowel.

This convention is based on ease of speaking. It is easier to say

an apple than a apple, and a new book than an new book.

The definite article the remains the same in all cases,

although speakers do vary the pronunciation according to

whether a vowel or a consonant follows. For example:

Articles in English are fairly simple compared with some other European languages. English articles vary only according to ease of speaking,

whereas in French they have to agree with the gender of the noun.

For example

Students of English as a foreign language are relieved to find that the articles stay fairly constant with the exception of the variation between a and an.

However, English wasn't always like this. Old English or Anglo-Saxon had as many variations as Latin or modern German. These have very gradually disappeared as word-order has become more crucial.

Even today, some people say an historic occasion or an hotel.

This is a remnant of Middle English when, because of the French influence, the aitch was not articulated, making the initial syllables of these words effectively vowels.

[End of history lesson.]

Lesson 4    Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Robert Harris
Version Date: December 10, 1997

As their name implies, conjunctions join together

elements of thought: words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs.

Coordinating conjunctions are the simplest kind, and they denote equality of relationship between the ideas they join.

Their relatives, correlative conjunctions, not only denote equality, but they also make the joining tighter and more emphatic.
 

Examples:

• John and Sally built a fish pond.
• The train was late, and Tom was tired.
• Just as the smell of baking brought back memories, so too did the taste of the cider.

Coordinating and correlative conjunctions are great when two ideas are of the same importance, but many times one idea is more important than another. Subordinating conjunctions allow a writer to show which idea is more and which is less important. The idea in the main clause is the more important, while the idea in the subordinate clause (made subordinate by the subordinating conjunction) is less important. The subordinate clause supplies a time, reason, condition, and so on for the main clause.
 

Examples:

• Sally steamed the corn while Fred fried the steaks.
• After the rain stopped, the dog ran into the mud to play.
• The snowman melted because the sun came out.
• Even though John fell asleep, the telephone salesman kept talking.

Conjunctive adverbs make up an even stronger category of conjunctions. They show logical relationships between two independent sentences, between sections of paragraphs, or between entire paragraphs. Conjunctive adverbs are so emphatic that they should be used sparingly; however, when used appropriately, they can be quite effective.
 

Examples:

• If the salmon is grilled, I will have that; otherwise, I might have the chicken.
• James has a garage full of wood working tools. He might, however, have some metric wrenches, too.
• I do not recommend that you play with a stick of dynamite lit at both ends. Rather, a ham sandwich would be better for you.

Relative pronouns and relative adjectives are also used to join ideas together by creating adjective or noun clauses, which allow a writer to create smoother, more flowing and effective sentences by combining ideas.
 

Examples:

• This is the man who sells peanuts.
• Tell me what you want.
• Hers is an idea that I would like to think through.
• The shirts, which are in the laundry, will need ironing.

Adverbs of time, place, and sequence are actually transitions of logic, but as such they also have conjunctive force, because they connect ideas by showing a time relationship.
 

Examples:

• The twilight glides away. Soon night will awake.
• First, get a pad and pencil. Next, find a quiet place to think.

Expletives are closely related to conjunctive adverbs. The "official" line on expletives is that they convey no meaning of their own but instead serve only to emphasize the statement to which they are attached. As such, then, they technically do not show a logical relationship like time or cause between ideas, and that fact prevents them from being true-blue conjunctive adverbs. But it could be argued that expletives create a relationship of emphasis between ideas: this new idea is important in light of what preceded it. Indeed, that is why they are included here.
 

Lesson 5 Chinese Stories

Lesson 6  chinese lessons

The "secret" to learning Chinese

Lesson 7  BASIC CHINESE COUNTING

Counting 1 to 10 in Chinese

Lesson 8    TBA

Lesson 10   TBA

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