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Animal dung makes for most expensive coffee

April 12, 2008 at 08:43 AM

--> 狸猫粪制成奢侈咖啡 50英镑一杯令人咋舌 “猫粪咖啡”：一杯售价50英镑。（来源：国际在线） “猫粪咖啡”由印尼一种狸猫的排泄物制成。（来源：国际在线）日前一种每杯售价50英镑的号称世界上售价最贵的咖啡即将在英国伦敦销售，然而令人咋舌的是这种咖啡竟然是由产自印度尼西亚的一种狸猫的排泄物制成的。这种咖啡的生产工艺十分独... Read more

Dubai : world highest building

April 12, 2008 at 05:35 AM

--> 高度已达629米迪拜塔成为世界最高建筑 2008年4月初，迪拜，建设中的迪拜塔。（来源：东方IC）新华网阿布扎比４月８日电（记者潘剑李志平）据阿联酋《海湾时报》８日报道，迪拜艾马尔房地产公司宣布，正在修建的迪拜塔已经是世界最高建筑。艾马尔公司说，迪拜塔的高度目前已经达到６２９米，超过了高度为６２８．９米的美国北达... Read more

Watch Kevin Rudd speaking Mandarin in THIS "Media" lesson!

April 12, 2008 at 12:56 AM

Hello. I'd like to give this its own thread to make it easier for less advanced learners -- who might not be able to read the all-Chinese title of the latest &qu... Read more

Please restore the S:T. thread

April 11, 2008 at 05:49 PM

There were lots of interesting and valuable posts in it about small kids learning Chinese.   It is definately OK to delete zhangyanlin's posts (better: his... Read more

澳大利亚总理说普通话

April 11, 2008 at 01:23 PM

我觉得他很棒。身为外国人而且已经很久没接触过汉语的他能够把汉语说得那么流利是算不错的。   Read more

New Topic Suggestions (Part 2)

April 11, 2008 at 04:59 AM

With more than 100 entries the first New Topic Suggestions post was getting too long. This is part 2. Part 1 is available at http://chinesepod.com/connections/viewpo... Read more

Fashion and mental anorexia

April 10, 2008 at 01:45 PM

--> 英女孩为减肥一天步行12小时瘦成“骷髅” 英国埃塞克斯郡威萨姆市26岁女孩劳伦·贝利从少女时代起就患上了一种罕见的神经性厌食症，导致她的体重最低时只剩下19公斤，为了继续消耗身体能量达到 “减肥”目的，形似骷髅的劳伦每天还要坚持在大街上步行12小时，从早晨6点一直走到晚上6点！劳伦多次因为性命垂危被送进医院。据报道，劳... Read more

Media & Movie Madness won't go away

April 10, 2008 at 12:02 PM

Hi guys,   I'm not at a level yet to go through the media & movie madness podcasts so I want to save them for later. Currently they automatically get bo... Read more

Good job is waiting for you!

April 10, 2008 at 09:07 AM

On the job listing for my company in China, I noticed they very often add 好工作 (hǎo gōngzuò) along with the job title, e.g. 医药代表好工作 (yīyào dàibǐ... Read more

Feature request: Excercise shuffling

April 10, 2008 at 05:00 AM

Day after day I virtuously do the Exercises after going through the Expansion.  They are fine and I consider them mildly helpful. But. The tasks are usually pre... Read more