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Siberia : river swimming by minus 15
February 02, 2008 at 09:07 AM
--> 玩耍在零下14摄氏度的冰雪世界里 2月1日，在俄罗斯西伯利亚地区的克拉斯诺亚尔斯克，一名男子和他两岁的儿子参加当地一个冬泳俱乐部组织的冬泳活动。克拉斯诺亚尔斯克当天的气温是零下14摄氏度。 新华社/路透 2月1日，在俄罗斯西伯利亚地区的克拉斯诺亚尔斯克，身穿泳装的瓦莲京娜·科里曼科娃和她八岁的女儿在河边的雪地上玩耍。她们...
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The Situation in Guangzhou [photo]
February 02, 2008 at 07:01 AM
Joel at danwei.org scanned the front page of the Information Times yesterday. The photo is stunning, link here: http://www.danwei.org/2008/02/01/JDM080201infoti... A...
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Double negative?
February 01, 2008 at 07:26 PM
Does mandarin have the concept of a double negative? I was listening to the stingy boss lesson and the term cónglái bùqǐng (从来不清）came up...
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what's next Pod?
February 01, 2008 at 05:31 PM
gave this a try, just in case!
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Chapter 1
February 01, 2008 at 03:47 PM
Chapter 1 of "倾城之恋" by 张爱玲. Strictly speaking, this story does not have any subdivisions, but I have arbitrarily divided it into chapters. Each chapter is subdivided...
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The New York Times want to talk to ChinesePod users
February 01, 2008 at 03:22 PM
The NYT is doing an article on language learning and they'd likje to talk to some business people who are users of this here service. Message me if y...
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China disaster relief with a smile
February 01, 2008 at 03:20 PM
--> 用微笑融化冰雪 祝福中国！ 2008，让我们用微笑融化冰雪！全球网友心手相连，用自己的微笑抗击冰雪。截止发稿时止，来自上海、浙江、福建、湖南等地，及澳洲、美国的网友，纷纷上传“微笑”，祝福湖南取得抗击冰雪灾害全面获胜。 2008，让我们与千千万万战斗在抗雪救灾第一线的中国人一起，用微笑融化冰雪，祝福湖南，祝福中国！ &n...
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Design : first magnetic levitation chair
February 01, 2008 at 10:24 AM
--> 英国推出"磁悬浮"座椅 躺着如漂浮在云朵之上 2008年，英国，英国公司hoverit有限公司最近推出一款名为“The lounger”磁悬浮座椅，这是公司推出神奇的悬浮家俱中的第一款，lounger利用磁体使椅子悬浮在座础之上。据椅子的制造者称，躺在这款椅子上闭上眼镜将有完全不一样的感觉，就像漂浮在云朵上。  ...
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Shanghai : Sonjiang futuristic waterhole resort
February 01, 2008 at 10:00 AM
--> 水坑里竟然设计出了这样一座大酒店 本作品为新华网网友提供，本网不负责证实其原创性及真实性，如转载请与作者本人联系。 著名建筑设计团队Akins曾设计了不少著名的迪拜酒店、桥梁、大厦。设计之精美堪称一绝，近来，其在一项国际设计大奖赛上凭借为上海松江大酒店的设计获得了最高奖。 上海松江有个100米深石场，还有一个小湖。Atk...
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Cpod's little brothers!
February 01, 2008 at 09:34 AM
We all know that Cpod is vital to our learning of Chinese. But what is not well known but is as important are the preferred tools that are commonly used by the...
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