Saturday, March 7, 2015

Podcast 2 -- Chinese Nursery Rhymes no.2

We're back with another podcast of 3 more nursery rhymes! We got our kids to sing 两只老虎 for the introduction, so cute!

Today Ms. Miao Miao will go over these 3 nursery rhymes:


  • Little Snail -- 小蜗牛
  • Little Spotted Cat and Little Mouse -- 小花猫和小老鼠
  • Kangaroo Mama -- 袋鼠妈妈

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Here's a transcript:

Hi, everyone, this is Miao Miao! From teachkidschinese.com. 大家好 !我是 苗苗,来自 teachkidschinese.com.
I hope you’re having a great day! 希望你今天过得很不错!

We are going to learn 3 more nursery rhymes today.
今天我们将要来学习另外3首不同的儿歌 。

Let’s go ahead and get started!
我们来开始吧!


This first one is called Little Snail
第一首名叫小蜗牛
I'm going to read it first in Chinese
我先用中文念出来

小蜗牛
小小蜗牛记性差
出门会忘家在哪
一边爬,一边画
画根银线好回家

Now let's explain what it means.
我们现在来解释儿歌的意思



小小蜗牛记性差
小小蜗牛 means little, little snail记性差 means bad memory
So 小小蜗牛记性差 means The little, little snail has a bad memory

出门会忘家在哪
出门 means to go outside会忘 means will forget 家在哪 means where home is
So 出门会忘家在哪 means He goes outside and forgets where his home is

一边爬,一边画
一边爬means  crawling at the same time一边画 means drawing at the same time
So 一边爬,一边画 means crawling and drawing at the same time

画根银线好回家
画根银线 means to draw a silver thread好回家 means to help to go home
画根银线好回家 means drawing a silver thread to help to go home



So, here is the whole nursery rhyme in English:
The little, little snail has a bad memory
He goes outside and forgets where his home is
Crawling and drawing at the same time
Drawing a silver thread to help to go home

Say it with me again in Chinese!
跟我一起用中文再说一遍!

小蜗牛
小小蜗牛记性差
出门会忘家在哪
一边爬,一边画
画根银线好回家

Were you able to follow me? 你能跟得上我吗?
Good job!


The second nursery rhyme is called Little Spotted Cat and Little Mouse
第二首儿歌名叫 小花猫和小老鼠

I'm going to read it first in Chinese
我先用中文念出来

小花猫和小老鼠

小花猫,喵喵叫
东看看, 西瞧瞧,
小老鼠,吓坏了,
躲在洞里静悄悄。

Now let's explain what it means.
我们现在来解释儿歌的意思

小花猫和小老鼠
小花猫 means little spotted cat和 means  and小老鼠 means little mouse
So 小花猫和小老鼠 means the little spotted cat and the little mouse

小花猫,喵喵叫
小花猫 means little spotted cat 喵喵叫 means went meow meow
So 小花猫,喵喵叫 means the little spotted cat went meow meow

东 看看, 西瞧瞧,
东看看 means  looking to the east西瞧瞧 means looking to the west
So 东看看, 西瞧瞧,means looking to the east and looking to the west

小老鼠,吓坏了,
小老鼠 means little mouse吓坏了 means really scared
So 小老鼠,吓坏了,means the little mouse was really scared

躲在洞里静悄悄
躲 means hide, 在 means at 洞里 means in the hole静悄悄 means very quiet
躲在洞里静悄悄 means hiding in the hole very quietly


So, here is the whole nursery rhyme in English:

The little spotted cat and the little mouse
The little spotted cat went meow meow
Looking to the east and looking to the west
The little mouse was really scared
Hiding in the hole very quietly

Say it with me again in Chinese!
跟我一起用中文再说一遍!

小花猫和小老鼠

小花猫,喵喵叫
东看看, 西瞧瞧,
小老鼠,吓坏了,
躲在洞里静悄悄。

That was great!

This last nursery rhyme is called Kangaroo Mama
最后一首儿歌名字叫袋鼠妈妈
I'm going to read it first in Chinese
我先用中文念出来

袋鼠妈妈
袋鼠妈妈真奇怪,
肚上有个皮口袋,
不放萝卜和青菜,
里面放个小乖乖。

Now let's explain what it means.
我们现在来解释儿歌的意思

袋鼠妈妈真奇怪
袋鼠妈妈means Kangaroo mama 真奇怪 means very strange
So 袋鼠妈妈真奇怪 means Kangaroo mama is very strange

肚上有个皮口袋
肚上 means on her belly有个 means has a 皮口袋 means pocket of skin
So 肚上有个皮口袋 means she has a pocket of skin on her belly

不放萝卜和青菜,
不放 means don’t put in萝卜 means carrots 和 means and青菜 means green leaves
So不放萝卜和青菜, means don’t put in carrots or green leaves

里面放个小乖乖
里面 means inside放个 means put one 小乖乖small baby.
So 里面放个小乖乖 means put a small baby inside.



So, here is the whole nursery rhyme in English:

Kangaroo Mama
Kangaroo mama is very strange
She has a pocket of skin on her belly
Don’t put in carrots or green leaves
She puts a small baby inside

Say it with me again in Chinese!
跟我一起用中文再说一遍!
袋鼠妈妈
袋鼠妈妈真奇怪,
肚上有个皮口袋,
不放萝卜和青菜,
里面放个小乖乖。

Great job!

You all did great today! I hope you had fun learning these nursery rhymes. We will learn some more next time!你们今天做得棒极了!希望你们学的开心!我们下次会继续学更多。


OK, that's it for today, I hope you enjoyed learning nursery rhymes with us today! You can access the transcript of this podcast on our website, teachkidschinese.com. See you next time!

好,今天就到这里。希望你们今天喜欢跟我们学儿歌!你可以到我们的网站teachkidschinese.com下载播音的手稿。下次见!

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