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达赖的那点事

February 19, 2010 at 10:29 AM

      达赖到处窜访，我想就和很多明星一样，为了抬高自己的人气而不断的制造诽闻。我想既然能当上一个国家的领导人，就绝不会因为一个和尚的几句话就去跟他风风火火闯九洲的了。       大家也都明白，是想通过达赖来制衡中国，为什么... Read more

Scrambled mp3 file on Praxis server

February 19, 2010 at 09:05 AM

The following mp3 file of an englishpod lesson seems scrambled after 10:12. How is it possible ? http://s3.amazonaws.com/englishpod.com/NE0109/68... Read more

Connectors in Madarin

February 19, 2010 at 08:05 AM

There's this guy called Anthony Lauder and he's got a small website about Czech, called anthonylauder.com . While it's about his learning Czech, it really applies to... Read more

地 vs 得

February 19, 2010 at 04:43 AM

I still try to figure out the different uses of de (地) and de (得). Of course I know that 地 precedes a verb and 得 follows a verb. However the difference in meaning is... Read more

The level between Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate

February 18, 2010 at 01:18 PM

After living almost 16 months in China, I learned to speak intermediate Chinese. With Chinese pod I am trying to get to the upper-intermediate level. I still find my... Read more

The Americanization of China: how far are you from Starbucks?

February 18, 2010 at 10:34 AM

We had the pleasure of entertaining friends from Lanzhou earlier, one of whom is originally from the Boston area (if you're from there, think Merrimack NH). The form... Read more

Starbucks

February 18, 2010 at 09:42 AM

Hi, Does anybody starbucks vocabulary in pinyin?  When I go to starbucks, it's hard to order in Chinese for things like "chicken caesar wrap" or "iced latte."&n... Read more

Exchange our language

February 18, 2010 at 07:47 AM

Hi,I am Chinese ,and I am a student of English . Can we make  friends?My qq is 997207860. Read more

Interesting Chinese Names used by Laowai Survey

February 18, 2010 at 05:34 AM

Taking my inspiration from Xiaophil's great post today  I thought it would be worth looking at the reverse situation....interesting Chinese names adopted b... Read more

If you met x and had the opportunity to ask one question,what would it be?

February 18, 2010 at 04:43 AM

Ok,if you got to meet some famous Chinese person and ask one question,what would it be? [A separate subthread for each person can be added below].Also I think a stab... Read more