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pchenery
Posted on: Taking the HSK
July 3, 2008 at 2:54 AMAlthough I have just beginners level skill in Mandarin, I will take the HSK test next year.
After I pass, I will consider job offers from the folks at Chinesepod.
Just a realistic dream-goal I have to replace Clay on QingWen and have Amber and Connie as my co-workers.
Posted on: Fortunate Cookies
June 22, 2008 at 5:21 PMSurprisingly, the worst Chinese food I ever had was in a 中餐馆 in Hong Kong.
And they didn't even have the decency to give us 幸运饼干.
Posted on: One-on-One Basketball
June 1, 2008 at 4:37 AMIn the expansion and exercises, 有种 (you3zhong3) has the pinyin written as you3zhong4.
I know that 种 can be either the 3rd or 4th tone.
But I think the PDF transcript is correct (you3zhong3) ?
Posted on: Chicago
May 10, 2008 at 8:47 PMJust a minor technical note : the sound files in the 3rd lesson set don't seem to be working.
Posted on: Chicago
May 7, 2008 at 2:11 AMActually, Chicago is called the "Windy City" because of its history of being home to "windy" politicians blowing a lot of hot air. The weather association is a bit of a myth.
Posted on: Chicago
May 7, 2008 at 2:03 AMI ran in the 1995 and 1996 Chicago marathon. The entire 26 mile course ran through downtown and through every ethnic neighborhood, including Chinatown, where they had the biggest fan support. One of my favorite American cities.
Posted on: 对症下药
May 2, 2008 at 3:09 AMadenoma, 你是不是想得太多了。中文播客主要是提高你的语言的流利。没有真相这又什么？有别的课程"Cold Will Kill You",一个人说“吃冰的东西容易感冒”。冷静一下。
Posted on: Country Standings
April 22, 2008 at 2:17 AMstream, 谢谢你的回答，明白了！
Posted on: Roommates and What Chinese Think of Foreigners
April 20, 2008 at 12:15 AMI took the test and scored 100% on all of the babes but 0% on the guy faces. For myself, maybe I'm a racial expert but perhaps there's a gender bias ?
Posted on: Taking the HSK
July 3, 2008 at 3:17 AMSo, if I pay someone to impersonate me and if that person was trained by New Oriental, I will have my HSK certificate in time for Christmas. Sweet !
By the way, one of the politicians at my workplace just got publlicly humiliated for using the term "oriental". Seems like you can use this term for referring to food but not to people. Is this true ?