中国天眼是什么？
What is China's Sky Eye (FAST telescope)?
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你知道吗？中国有一只很大很大的“眼睛”。中国人叫它“天眼”。
它在哪儿？
它在中国的贵州，在山里。
它有多大？
它很大很大！这边到那边，有五百米。它是世界上最大的！
它看什么？
它什么都不看。对，它不看，它听！
天上有很多很多东西在“说话”。它能听见，我们不能。
很多人都想去看它。你也想去吗？去看它，能带手机吗？
不能。你的手机也在“说话”！手机“说话”的时候，天眼听不见天上的“话”。
它不看手机，它在听。你呢？你能一天不看手机吗？
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国 | zhōngguó | China |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are |
| 一 | yì | one; a; an |
| 只 | zhī | only; just |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 大 | dà | big; large |
| 的 | de | sentence-final 的: affirms the statement — "that is how it is" |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 叫 | jiào | to call; to shout; (of animals) to cry, bark |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 在 | zài | to be present; to exist; to be alive |
| 哪儿 | nǎr | where |
Lesson plan: 45 minutes (for the teacher)
HSK 1 · What is China's Sky Eye (FAST telescope)?. By the end, students can read it aloud, say what it is about and use 中国 and 有 in sentences of their own.
Warm-up 5 min
Write 中国天眼是什么？ on the board. Ask what the class thinks it is about, then give the English: “What is China's Sky Eye (FAST telescope)?”.
Key words 10 min
Teach 中国 (zhōngguó, China), 有 (yǒu, to have; there is; there are), 一 (yì, one; a; an), 只 (zhī, only; just), 很 (hěn, very; quite), 大 (dà, big; large). Say each one, the class says it back, then ask for its meaning with the word covered. The rest are in the handout’s table.
Listen 10 min
Play it read aloud from mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-chinas-sky-eye-fast-telescope: once with the text face down, once reading along. Students tap any word there for its meaning.
Read and check 10 min
Students read it alone, then tell a partner in two sentences of Chinese what it says.
Use it 10 min
In pairs, each student writes two sentences of their own, one with 中国 and one with 有, and reads one to the class.
Homework. Students read it again at home and Review its words. Put it in a free class (mandarinthewild.com/teachers/class) and you see who read it.
English (for the teacher)
Did you know? In China, there is a very, very big "eye". Chinese people call it the "Sky Eye".
Where is it?
It is in Guizhou, in China, up in the mountains.
How big is it?
It is very, very big! From one side to the other, it is five hundred metres. It is the biggest one in the world!
What does it look at?
It doesn't look at anything. That's right: it doesn't look, it listens!
Up in the sky, lots and lots of things are "talking". It can hear them, but we can't.
Lots of people want to go and see it. Do you want to go too? When you go to see it, can you bring your phone?
No. Your phone is "talking" too! When a phone "talks", the Sky Eye can't hear the "words" from the sky.
It doesn't look at phones. It's listening. And you? Could you go one day without looking at your phone?