Mandarin sentence – How to say “They celebrated the New Year by opening a bottle of champagne: 他们开一瓶香槟庆祝新年。ta1 men5 kai1 yi4 ping2 xiang1 bing1 qing4 zhu4 xin1 nian2. Ta1 men5 (他们 pronoun, they) kai1 (开 verb, open) yi4 (一number, one) ping2 (瓶 measure word for bottle) xiang1 bing1 (香槟 noun, champagne) qing4 zhu4 (庆祝 verb, celebrate) xin1 nian2 (新年 noun phrase, new year).
Dom Perignon, a monk （he2 shang4 和尚） at the Abbey of Hautvillers invented （fa1 ming2 发明） champagne that is a type of sparkling (亮晶晶 liang4 jing1 jing1) white wine （jiu3 酒） comes from the northern region of France called Champagne. It is said that there are 49 million (bai3 wan4 百万）bubbles （泡泡 pao4 pao5) in a regular (一般 yi4 ban1) bottle of Champagne. Next time when you are drinking a glass of champagne, don’t forget to put a piece of raisin （葡萄干 pu2 tao2 gan1）in it and see the raisin go bouncing (弹跳 tan2 tiao4) up and down from the bottom of the glass.
Now at so late at night, I heard fireworks from outside of my window sparking with
magical booming. These spectacles are not just a form of entertainment. Each firework is an assembly of chemicals and fuel, carefully calculated to produce a particular effect – a powerful explosion. Let’s have some serious chemistry moment now:) I don’t like to say it is a lesson, for lesson sounds too serious. Fireworks generate （产生 chan3 sheng1) three forms of energy （能量 neng2 liang4): a tremendous (巨大 ju4 da4) release (释放 shi4 fang4) of sound, bright light, and heat. The tremendous booms （巨响 ju4 xiang3) that we heard are the result of the rapid release of energy into the air, causing the air to expand faster than the speed of sound; It also produces a shock wave at the same time, a sonic boom. Even the fireworks are not as magical or grand as the ones I saw at the Epcot theme park, it is still quite a booming show:)
I hope you had a merriest crazy fresh celebration for the Year of 2012, and wish you a Chinese learning harvest year to come and all the best…
How champagne is made
Enjoy Katy Perry – Firework
Illuminations: Reflections of Earth at Disney world Epicot theme park