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Posted on: Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant
February 21, 2008 at 11:29 PM

Wow, look what I started. :) Thanks for the commentary, guys.

Posted on: Group Photo
February 21, 2008 at 4:00 AM

Wow. That is impressive.

Posted on: Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant
February 21, 2008 at 3:45 AM

咱们 = "we"? That's a new one for me.

Posted on: Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant
February 21, 2008 at 3:26 AM

In line with Clay's comment above, I recommend having the dictionary open in another tab while the lesson is playing. If I hear Jenny use a word I don't recognize (which would be something like every other word in my case), I'll pause the lesson and go look it up using pinyin. I find it's helping with my listening comprehension quite a bit. I also highly recommend listening to the lessons multiple times. This will really help you get familiar with what Jenny is saying.

Posted on: 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
February 21, 2008 at 3:20 AM

Thanks Doc! :D I nominate you for Best Time Management. No one could beat an ER doc, who is also a wife and mother of two, who studies Chinese in her spare time.

Posted on: Equestrian
February 21, 2008 at 2:47 AM

casie: There are, in fact, several Olympics lessons. I think they are all tagged as such; you can probably find them all if you do a search for "Olympics" here on the site.

Posted on: 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
February 20, 2008 at 2:52 AM

....linky no worky. It's in there, I swear. Just go to Lessons > Extras > Qing Wen > Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi).

Posted on: 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
February 20, 2008 at 2:47 AM

I know I'm a little late with this, but it might be worth checking out this earlier , which discusses other uses of 还是.

Posted on: Valentine's Day
February 15, 2008 at 2:41 AM

Love the new picture...

Posted on: Study Abroad
February 14, 2008 at 3:08 AM

To me, it's more like a giant MagicEye image. Anybody remember those? Some people could see the hidden image right away. Others stared for hours and got nothing but a headache. Which one am I, you ask? Hold on a second, let me go get some Tylenol....