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Posted on: Calling Roll
April 19, 2007 at 10:26 AM

Bazza, Brief system twitch. It's right again.

Posted on: Calling Roll
April 19, 2007 at 10:26 AM

The lessons are still numbered, but using a new system rather than the old system. You can see the number in the links to the MP3s (put the cursor over the link and look in the browser status bar), in the MP3 ID3 tag as the track number, as well as in the PDF.

Posted on: Calling Roll
April 19, 2007 at 8:13 AM

Alex, Yes, I agree that that's a good principle to go on. Thanks for the feedback. We'll keep making improvements...

Posted on: The Clogged Toilet
April 19, 2007 at 7:22 AM

cavadarossi, She's definitely saying 第一遍 (dì-yī biàn). If you can, try to pay attention to the tone as well. 点 (diǎn) would be third tone, where as 遍 (biàn) is fourth. Also, I'm not sure which lesson numbers you're talking about needing updated... could you be clearer?

Posted on: The Clogged Toilet
April 19, 2007 at 7:18 AM

DavidFong, You're weclome! That was David Lancashire's handiwork.

Posted on: The Clogged Toilet
April 19, 2007 at 7:16 AM

RonInDC, 一条路 (yī tiáo lù) refers to "a street" in general. Could be wide or narrow. 大街 (dàjiē) is a "main street." 大道 (dàdào) is a "major avenue."

Posted on: Recognizing an Employee
April 19, 2007 at 7:14 AM

jbradfor, I asked Connie about this, and recommended just saying: 祝你一切顺利! (Zhù nǐ yīqiè shùnlì!).

Posted on: Calling Roll
April 19, 2007 at 6:37 AM

AlexYe, OK, I see what you're saying. The problem is that we don't have a lesson every day for each level. We might be able to configure it so that when you click on "Explore" the default page is your level's page...

Posted on: Calling Roll
April 19, 2007 at 5:54 AM

tracyandcindy, Thanks for helping out with the tech advice! Chinese names are usually two or three characters, like Mao Zedong (毛泽东), Zhang Ziyi (章子怡), Yao Ming (姚明), and Gong Li (巩俐). It's possible to have four characters, since there are some rare surnames that use two characters.

Posted on: Calling Roll
April 19, 2007 at 5:49 AM

AlexYe, Are you talking about the link on your Study page, or the Explore link? We can certainly consider this kind of request... please let me know what you expected or what you prefer.