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Song: 林笛 - 数数

July 08, 2008 at 08:00 PM

This is pretty cool. 歌词: 一个人开门，三个人进门，六个人对着电脑不觉得闷，九个人对着电视机不觉得闷。两个人坐着，四个人走着，八个人站在桥上拥抱亲吻，十个人看着别人拥抱亲吻。一个人睡了，两个人累了，三个人隔着墙壁听鼾声，五个人隔着玻璃听哭声。数数的手臂酸了，数数的眼睛疼了，数数没有以前... Read more

Western Diet (Partially) to Blame for Obesity in China

July 08, 2008 at 01:22 PM

More than 25% of adults in China are now considered overweight or obese.  That number really shocked me.  I believe the obesity rate in the US is around 35... Read more

Problem Displaying Characters

July 08, 2008 at 10:53 AM

Hey folks I'm having a problem having Chinese characters display properly- I'm using Safari 3.0.4 on Mac OSX Leopard.   Characters usually come up alright but i... Read more

Aussie vocab

July 08, 2008 at 10:40 AM

Alright! We got some new members here now so how about kicking the ball off with some 'Aussie' words that would we'd use in our everyday conversations   Sydney... Read more

Traditional or simplified

July 08, 2008 at 10:12 AM

A question for you Jenny. I want to learn chinese but, I'm not sure whether to start with traditional chinese characters or with simplified. I personally perfer the... Read more

Frontline the young and the restless

July 08, 2008 at 07:21 AM

This program can be watched on PBS online.  It is about 9 young Chinese people from varying backgrounds living in China.  This documentary follows them for... Read more

Site Maintenance

July 08, 2008 at 06:53 AM

"We will be doing some routine maintenance between 11pm and 1am Pacific Standard Time. Most of the site will still be up and running during this period, but apologie... Read more

Site Maintenance

July 08, 2008 at 06:29 AM

We will be doing some routine maintenance between 11pm and 1am Pacific Standard Time. Most of the site will still be up and running during this period, but apologies... Read more

Cheap (and reasonable!) hotels in Shanghai

July 07, 2008 at 11:27 PM

Hey all.  Anyone have any tips on cheap hotels to stay in while visiting Shanghai?  We're looking for a place where a family of four could stay together, w... Read more

bookmarked lessons

July 07, 2008 at 08:59 PM

So, I bookmarked some lessons.  Where can I see a list of my bookmarked lessons? Read more