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Troubles of a Cantonese Speaker Learning Mandarin

May 15, 2008 at 01:46 AM

Hi CPoddies! I was hoping some of you may have some insight into my Mandarin learning difficulties. To start, let me offer a quick background as I believe it is a si... Read more

Dominic $ Jenny's discussion

May 15, 2008 at 01:04 AM

Okay, we are running a bit late than the others but oh well, we can always catch up aye=) To start off this thread, I would like to make sure that we understand the... Read more

ChinesePod's Creative Commons License

May 15, 2008 at 12:56 AM

ChinesePod's lesson podcasts (at 64kbps) are licensed under a Creative Commons license meaning they anyone can take these podcasts and redistribute them in the o... Read more

Are you Dyslexic... in Chinese?

May 14, 2008 at 09:44 PM

I just ran across a web site (http://www.lsesnet.com/blog/?p=63) describing the symptoms of dyslexia in the Chinese language.  They are as follows: 1.  Con... Read more

Donating form Countries other than China and the US

May 14, 2008 at 04:09 PM

The Chinesepod page http://chinesepod.com/earthquake_relief  gives advice how to donate in China and the US. In Germany the German Red Cross is supporting the r... Read more

South Africa : golf under an elephant trunk

May 14, 2008 at 03:30 PM

--> 瑞士游客南非动物园遭大象“袭击” 近日，两名瑞士游客在南非野生动物园驾车游览时遭到一头体重约6吨的大象的“袭击”，大象用鼻子将汽车的顶棚压变形。幸运的是这只是一场虚惊，游客并没有受伤。 27岁的毕达宁和妹妹安吉拉当天在野生动物园内租用一辆大众高尔夫参观。没想到竟和大象来了个“亲密接触”。毕达宁事后心有余悸地回忆说：“当... Read more

Jezza and Madeleine's discussion

May 14, 2008 at 12:03 PM

Jezza, both our dialogues (growing affections and scheming girls) are so hilarious- we have to compliment each other so much haha! ohwell, I think its a good thing,... Read more

Alex and Catherine's group discussion

May 14, 2008 at 08:15 AM

Hi Catherine, I just finished going through all the other dialogues which helped to put our own into context. "Growing Affections" is just after they meet, hence the... Read more

Message from Irene

May 14, 2008 at 07:34 AM

Hi, everyone! Well done! You are really getting involved in this now! Only one note to all of you, except for one group, most groups concentrated on the dialogues yo... Read more

Fund to Donate to China Earthquake Relief

May 14, 2008 at 06:36 AM

Hi everyone, A fund has been started by the Red Cross to provide aid to those who have been devastated by the earthquake in Chengdu.  Please go to this page to... Read more