Because of the frequent snowfalls here in Avon, I decide to teach the kids some Chinese words related to the weather conditions. Last week, they learned a riddle about snowflakes and how to write the Chinese characters meaning rain, water, snow and flower (雨、水、雪、花). This week, some of the classes have watched a 20-minute Chinese animated movie called Snow Kid(雪孩子). Here's the synopsis of the movie on Wikipedia:
In a cold winter, mother rabbit was going to look for some carrots outside the house. In case her child would feel lonely, she made a snowman for him, which was fabulous. The snowman started to move the moment she left. He had a great time with the little rabbit. But it was getting colder and colder, thus forcing the baby rabbit to go home and make a fire so as to get warm. Unfortunately, he fell asleep and his quilt fell on the floor, leaving the house in fire. The snowman saw this and rushed into the room without hesitation. Finally, he rescued his friend—the little rabbit at the cost of his own life. When the mother rabbit returned, she was relieved to find that her child was safe and sound, but the lovely Snow Kid disappeared forever.
Original site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Kid
However, it is not at all a tragic story, as described in Wikipedia. The ending shows that the melted hero evaporated and turns into a cloud which looks like the Snow Kid, and mother rabbit told her son that "he'll be with us forever." A touching movie made in the 1980s, the golden age of China's animated films.
Vocabulary:
雪孩子 Snow Kid Xuě háizi
雪人 snowman xuěrén
雪花 snowflake Xuěhuā
小兔 little rabbit xiǎo tù
妈妈 mom māmā
眼睛 eye yǎnjīng
鼻子 nose bízi
松鼠 squirrel sōngshǔ
In a cold winter, mother rabbit was going to look for some carrots outside the house. In case her child would feel lonely, she made a snowman for him, which was fabulous. The snowman started to move the moment she left. He had a great time with the little rabbit. But it was getting colder and colder, thus forcing the baby rabbit to go home and make a fire so as to get warm. Unfortunately, he fell asleep and his quilt fell on the floor, leaving the house in fire. The snowman saw this and rushed into the room without hesitation. Finally, he rescued his friend—the little rabbit at the cost of his own life. When the mother rabbit returned, she was relieved to find that her child was safe and sound, but the lovely Snow Kid disappeared forever.
Original site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Kid
However, it is not at all a tragic story, as described in Wikipedia. The ending shows that the melted hero evaporated and turns into a cloud which looks like the Snow Kid, and mother rabbit told her son that "he'll be with us forever." A touching movie made in the 1980s, the golden age of China's animated films.
Vocabulary:
雪孩子 Snow Kid Xuě háizi
雪人 snowman xuěrén
雪花 snowflake Xuěhuā
小兔 little rabbit xiǎo tù
妈妈 mom māmā
眼睛 eye yǎnjīng
鼻子 nose bízi
松鼠 squirrel sōngshǔ