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HiPiHi.com - Chinese Second Life
May 04, 2008 at 08:11 PM
Has anyone taken a further look at http://www.hipihi.com/ and downloaded the public beta? I am not too much into second life and virtual worlds. Is there anyone else...
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Songs that'll make you cry
May 04, 2008 at 10:48 AM
I was listening to this song this morning and was wondering if you needed to understand all the lyrics of a song to experience the full emotion of it. Maybe Cassie c...
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Simplified vs. Traditional Characters
May 03, 2008 at 04:16 PM
I study Chinese mainly because of "personal heritage" as it says so nicely on the CP sign -up page. With my mother being from Taiwan and my father being 中国...
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This is your brain on Chinese
May 03, 2008 at 02:23 PM
<p> An article in Friday's (May 2nd) <i>Wall Street Journal</i> discusses how reading activates different parts of the brain depending on the l...
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China : EV71 enterovirus epidemic outbreak
May 03, 2008 at 07:41 AM
--> 2008年05月03日 英文 EV71病毒感染 中国紧急列为传染病 安徽阜阳某医院住满怀疑感染EV71病毒病人(1/5/2008) 卫生部派专家组到阜阳应付疫情 因应近日安徽阜阳市儿童感染EV71型肠道病毒数字持续增加，中国把手足口病紧急...
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HP scientists develop new memory component
May 02, 2008 at 04:12 PM
--> 2008年05月01日 英文 科学家设计出全新记忆电子元件 “记忆器”芯片将是未来电子工业的关键元件。 一种能被用来制造出更小、更高效率芯片的全新电子元件已被科学家成功破解。 惠普实验室的研究人员将这一元件称为"记忆器"（memristo...
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Newsreaders fined for mispronunciation
May 02, 2008 at 03:44 PM
CCTV has introduced a fine system for its presenters according to ElPais. (http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/telediar... For each mispronounced word, newsreade...
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Canada : youngster invents two-wheels power unicycle
May 02, 2008 at 06:54 AM
--> 加拿大18岁小伙发明世界首辆独轮摩托车 加拿大多伦多市一名小伙日前发明了世界上首辆独轮摩托车。这种摩托车实际上有两个轮子，不过两个轮子并排在一起，靠的很紧，看起来就像是一辆独轮摩托车。 发明者18岁的本·盖拉克是在几年前访问中国之后萌发了设计独轮摩托车的想法的。当时，他在中国看到很多人都骑着自行车。本便希望能设计出一个既...
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Oprah Show
May 02, 2008 at 05:08 AM
hey guys, I just know Oprah Winfrey from the book I has been reading recently. I watched one show about Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet just now. And I found it was rea...
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Follow the Torch Through China
May 02, 2008 at 03:04 AM
This is pretty cool. This is from the BBC. Follow the torch's journey through China. By clicking on a city, you'll be sent to an article with more info...
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