Learn by Songs 2 — Worksheet — Day 1

Seeing Meng Haoran Off to Guangling from Yellow Crane Tower

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1) Trace the Characters (in stroke order)

故人 — gù rén (old friend)

Watch "故" build stroke by stroke

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Watch "人" build stroke by stroke

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黄鹤楼 — Huánghè Lóu (Yellow Crane Tower)

Watch "黄" build stroke by stroke

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Watch "鹤" build stroke by stroke

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Watch "楼" build stroke by stroke

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孤帆 — gū fān (a lone sail)

Watch "孤" build stroke by stroke

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Watch "帆" build stroke by stroke

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碧空 — bì kōng (the blue-green sky)

Watch "碧" build stroke by stroke

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Watch "空" build stroke by stroke

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长江 — Chángjiāng (the Yangtze River)

Watch "长" build stroke by stroke

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Watch "江" build stroke by stroke

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天际 — tiān jì (the edge of the sky, horizon)

Watch "天" build stroke by stroke

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Watch "际" build stroke by stroke

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2) Look and Write

故人

黄鹤楼

孤帆

碧空

天际

3) Fill in the Blank

故人西辞___鹤楼，

My old friend bids farewell to the west, at Yellow Crane Tower,

烟花三月___扬州。

in the misty blossoms of the third month, he travels down to Yangzhou.

孤帆远影___空尽，

The lone sail's distant shadow fades into the blue-green sky,

唯见长江___际流。

I see only the Yangtze River flowing on toward the edge of the sky.

4) Arrange the Words into a Sentence

黄鹤楼西辞故人

My old friend bids farewell to the west, at Yellow Crane Tower,

下扬州烟花三月

in the misty blossoms of the third month, he travels down to Yangzhou.

碧空远影尽孤帆

The lone sail's distant shadow fades into the blue-green sky,

流长江唯见天际

I see only the Yangtze River flowing on toward the edge of the sky.

5) Write the Character from Pinyin

gù rén — old friend

Huánghè Lóu — Yellow Crane Tower

gū fān — a lone sail

bì kōng — the blue-green sky

Chángjiāng — the Yangtze River

tiān jì — the edge of the sky, horizon

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