一、汉语的那些秘密

　　汉字 Chinese character

　　单音节 single syllable

　　汉语四声调 the four tones of Chinese characters

　　阳平 level tone

　　阴平 rising tone

　　上声 falling-rising tone

　　去声 falling tone

　　五言绝句 five-character quatrain

　　七言律诗 seven-character octave

　　八股文 eight-part essay; stereotyped writing

　　二、课本中的四书五经你忘了嘛?

　　四书五经 The Four Books and The Five Classics

　　1、四书 the Four Books

　　《大学》 The Great Learning

　　《中庸》 The Doctrine of the Mean

　　《论语》 The Analects of Confucius

　　《孟子》 The Mencius/The Works of Mencius

　　2、五经 The Five Classics

　　《春秋》 the Spring and Autumn Annals

　　《诗经》 The Books of Songs;The Book of Odes

　　《易经》(《周易》) I Ching; The Book of Changes

　　《礼记》 The Book of Rites

　　《尚书》 (《书经》) The Books of History