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Russian bombers intrude into Japan airspace

February 10, 2008 at 12:41 PM

--> 日本强烈抗议俄国远程轰炸机侵入日本领空日本外交部今天发表声明说，一架俄罗斯图95远程轰炸机今天早上短暂侵入日本领空。进入地点在东京以南650公里处。日本22架战机紧急起飞驱赶。这些日本战机中有数架F15战机。据指出，俄罗斯图95远程轰炸机侵入日本领空持续三分钟。事件发生后，日方首先向俄国驻日大使馆提出强烈抗议。随后，... Read more

The next project, the next level...

February 10, 2008 at 09:56 AM

Last year's was grammar. And I will defininately continue with that quest.   This year, though, I plan on a focused attack on written Chinese once again. I... Read more

Hangzhou : olympics mascot hat parade

February 10, 2008 at 08:07 AM

--> 杭州市民戴“鸟巢”逛公园游人争相追逐 2月8日，一位头顶“鸟巢”的市民出现在杭州公园，成为游人争相追逐的“明星”。据悉，该帽是杭州市冬泳协会的杜仲明设计，请师傅用藤条做出的“鸟巢”，放上“五福娃”，特意为08新年冬泳“亮相”而装扮。中新社发引炜摄     2008年02月10日   &nb... Read more

Happy Birthday Bazza! 生日快乐！

February 10, 2008 at 06:58 AM

Just wanting to wish you a happy birthday and thank you for all you do to make ChinesePod a better place.  Read more

Mandarin IGCSE past papers

February 09, 2008 at 08:30 PM

I don't know if anyone finds this sort of thing useful, but there are some old IGCSE exam papers at  http://www.cie.org.uk/qualifications/academic/mi... You... Read more

Hunan : PLA deployment to restaure electricity

February 09, 2008 at 06:22 PM

--> 郴州电力大救援万人爬冰卧雪拯救电网“孤城” 2月6日，电力工人在冰天雪地中将重达1吨的大型水泥电线杆运上山。从1月13日开始，暴风雪和冰冻摧城拔寨，用几天时间毁灭了几十年来建立起的郴州电网。郴州电网一度被迫脱离了湖南电网，“孤网”运行不到3天，地方电站与电网之间的联系也被冻断，郴州１１个县（市、区）、500万人口多数... Read more

Communication Channels at CPod...

February 09, 2008 at 04:19 PM

I post this as I still continue my Grammar posts and want to add additional stuff in the future: We have quite a few Communication channels provided by either the CP... Read more

U.S. : another campus shooting in Louisiana

February 09, 2008 at 01:31 PM

--> 美国又发生一起校园枪击案美国又发生校园枪杀案，一名女学生今天在路易斯安那技术学院开枪射杀了两名女同学后，掉转枪口饮弹自尽。这是一个星期以来最新一起枪击致命事件。法新社引述路易斯安那州巴顿鲁治市警方说，他们在技术学院的一座教室内发现了三名女子，显然都是遭到射杀致死。该市警察负责人凯利告诉记者，死者中有一人似乎是真正的... Read more

SHE 中国话

February 09, 2008 at 01:20 PM

For the passionate ones learning Chinese, we have a song for you! Plus, it was performed in this year's CCTV ＣＮＹｅｘｔｒａｖａｎｇａｎｚａ．Ｅｎｊｏｙ！ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Read more

New Zealand : small passenger plane hijacked

February 09, 2008 at 07:57 AM

--> 新西兰一飞机遭劫持劫机女子已被逮捕 2月8日，新西兰航空公司的一架小型客机停在新西兰克赖斯特彻奇的机场跑道上。当天，一名妇女试图劫持这架19座的国内航班客机。她刺伤了两名飞行员并威胁机上装有炸弹。在飞机安全降落在克赖斯特彻奇机场后，警方采取行动逮捕了这名女子，解救了其他6名乘客。新华社/路透 2月8日，新西兰克赖斯... Read more