绿绿绿 -Go Green!

My kids and many other primary aged kids have a high level of intrinsic motivation for ‘saving the planet’. So when Groovi Pauli brought his ‘Green Album’ out, my kids had some fun songs to help reinforce those ‘green’ ways of saying things in Chinese!

He has made a video to one of the songs on the green album, that is free to watch on YouTube, about putting rubbish in the bin! My little girl is so into the wonders of the sea, and worries about cigarette butts and plastics ending up in the sea choking animals…and maybe that’s what makes her and her brother sing this over and over, it has the same meaning and significance to them in Chinese.

Here is the cool song:

A fun activity to use the song to reinforce Chinese sentence structure, is to replace ‘rubbish’ with names of family members in Chinese, see if kids can work out which word needs to be replaced to say ‘throw little brother in the bin’ 🙂

Here are the lyrics: (you can buy Groovi Pauli’s Green Album on iTunes)

垃圾丢在垃圾桶 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng) X2 Put the trash in the trash can.
不要乱丢 (bú yào luàn diū)Don’t litter
垃圾丢在垃圾桶里 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng lǐ) Put the trash in the trash can.

Verse 1
你渴了 (nǐ kě le)You are thirsty
喝果汁 (hē guǒ zhī)(You) drink (some) juice
喝完(hē wán)You finished
丢哪儿(diū nǎ ér)Where do you throw it?
丢在垃圾桶里 (diū zài lā jī tǒng lǐ) Throw it in the trash can

Chorus
垃圾丢在垃圾桶 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng) X2 Put the trash in the trash can.
不要乱丢 (bú yào luàn diū)Don’t litter
垃圾丢在垃圾桶里 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng lǐ) Put the trash in the trash can.
Verse 2
你饿了(nǐ è le)You are hungry.
吃了汉堡包 (chī le hàn bǎo bao)You ate a hamburger
吃完(chī wán)You finished
丢哪儿(diū nǎ ér)Where do you throw it?
丢在垃圾桶里 (diū zài lā jī tǒng lǐ)Throw it in the trash can?

Chorus
垃圾丢在垃圾桶 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng) X2 Put the trash in the trash can.
不要乱丢 (bú yào luàn diū)Don’t litter
垃圾丢在垃圾桶里 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng lǐ) Put the trash in the trash can.

Verse 3
你热了(nǐ rè le)You are hot
要冰淇淋 (yào bīng qí lín)(You) want ice cream
包装纸(bāo zhuāng chǐ)The wrapper
丢哪儿(diū nǎ ér)Where do you throw it?
丢在垃圾桶里 (diū zài lā jī tǒng lǐ) Put the trash in the trash can.

Chorus
垃圾丢在垃圾桶 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng) X2 Put the trash in the trash can.
不要乱丢 (bú yào luàn diū)Don’t litter
垃圾丢在垃圾桶里 (lā jī diū zài lā jī tǒng lǐ) Put the trash in the trash can.

 

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