Announcement for week 2 (Sep. 20)

Dear my class,

I'm really glad to meet you today. I really admire your learning attitudes. Some of you take the course not for yourself, but for your beloved children. Some of you take the course because you want to learn English through different material. Hopefully, this course can be helpful to you in the way you expect.

Here are some announcements and notification for Week 2
1. Remember to give me the list of your group members through leaving a message here. For example, Group 1, 王小明 (Johnson), 97DE000; 王小美 (Mary), 97DE199...

2. For those who haven't "introduced your partner", please get yourself ready for next week. (Pair groups 7 to 15).

3. Please remember to adapt the vowel song according to the vowel (a, e, i, o, u) of your group.
Here is the lyric:
Mary had a red red duck,
Red, red duck,
Red, red duck,
Mary had a red red duck,
And all it said is "e."

4. Please familiarize yourself with the children song "Baa Baa Black Sheep." I will randomly pick up 2 groups to sing for the class--A short presentation. It would be great if you can find out the history about this song. Here are three versions of this song. (Your group can pick up any one from the three versions for the short presentation for Week 2.)

First version. It's the one that you learned today:
You can find its music from the following link: http://www.ilovewavs.com/ForKids/Nursery/KidsNurseryRhymes.htm

The following is the lyric:
Baa baa black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
One for my master,
And one for my dame.
One for the little boy who lives in the lane

Second version.
The music is slightly different, and so is the lyric.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEHFFnV3RY&feature=fvst

Baa baa black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
One for my master,
And one for his dame.
One for the little boy who lives in the lane


Third version.
The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGTocoCUNeY
The lyric:
Baa Baa black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
One for my master,
And one for my dame.
But none for the little boy who cries in the lane.