• The Incident
  – ESPN Anchor Says "chink in the Armor" – Metacafe, 18 Feb 12

• Background
  – 林書豪講中文 Jeremy Lin speaking Chinese – YouTube, 8 Feb 12

• The Incident
  – Statement on New York Knicks Jeremy Lin Headline – Kevin Ota, ESPN, 18 Feb 12
  – Linsanity! ESPN Apologizes For 'Chink In The Armor' Quote – Fox Nation, 19 Feb 12
  – ESPN Fires Writer for Offensive Headline About Jeremy Lin – The Christian Post, 20 Feb 12

• Background
  – Linsanity – Language Log, 16 Feb 12
  – Jeremy Lin – Wikipedia, 21 Feb 12
  – Linsanity... to Linfinity and beyond! – Linsanity.com, 21 Feb 12

• Entertainment
  – Alzheimer’s patient ‘has heard of Jeremy Lin’ – China Daily Show, 21 Feb 12
  – The Jeremy Lin Word Generator – Linwords.com, 22 Feb 12
  – Creative 'Linguistics' behind the latest NBA phenomenon – The China Post, 22 Feb 12

1.  Check the availability of the video clips.

2.  Translate the following English expressions into Mandarin (characters & Pinyin transcription).

• Linsanity
• a chink in the armor

Note: the more translations the merrier! Please give translations of different kinds, e.g. factual (check Chinese news sources or dictionaries), creative and/or exploratory. Dutch translations are allowed but not compulsory.

3.  Be prepared to discuss the chink-in-the-armor incident on its linguistic merits in class. Please formulate in writing, with attention to details of transcription:

• all relevant meanings of chink
• literal and figurative meanings for a chink in the armor.