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Upper-intermediate | Rookie Driver’s Conversation 无人驾驶 解放菜鸟
滴滴滴，新手上路......我们把刚刚学会开车、开得还不太好的人叫做“新手”或者“菜鸟”，技术要是实在太差，那可能就是“马路杀手”啦！ 来听听这一课，看看中文里可以怎样幽默地讽刺自己的伙伴吧～ A fun and useful lesson to learn Mandarin vocabulary…
5 years, 5 months ago
Intermediate | A Letter from George H.W. Bush 老布什的一封信
We remember George H. W. Bush by reading his hand-written letter to President Bill Clinton. See below for HSK vocabulary covered. 老布什去世了，但他高尚的人格却非常值得…
5 years, 5 months ago
Pre-intermediate | Keeping In Touch
Where have you been? Why weren’t you home? I sent you an email, but didn’t hear back…has your email changed?! We know you’re busy studying Mandarin C…
5 years, 5 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Ways To Use 倒。 你倒是试试呀──“倒”的用法
倒 is an interesting word. It’s dao3 or dao4. And has more than 1 meaning depending on the context. "你倒是试试呀！” 你听到过这句话吗？当别人这么说的时候，是在单纯地邀请你去试一试吗？这就涉及到了“…
5 years, 5 months ago
Intermediate | 1920-40s Jazzy Songs In Shanghai
Chi delves into the mother of all Mandopop songs — the very jazzy-sounding 时代曲 (songs of the era) in 1920-40s Shanghai, which was the city in China f…
5 years, 5 months ago
Pre-intermediate | Finding A Supermarket
You’re more than welcome to visit and eat rice to your hearts content…don’t get us wrong, we love our rice, but there comes a point where if one more…
5 years, 5 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Dining Preferences - What’s Yours? 餐桌争辩—什么才是你的菜
Buffet or a table meal? When to use serving chopsticks? Join us in this lesson for an interesting discussion as well as learn useful vocabulary on so…
5 years, 5 months ago
Intermediate | "Without You I'm So Lonely" 没有你陪伴真的好孤单
“没有你陪伴真的好孤单” is a lengthy song title, but nothing’s too long for a stark cry about missing your lover. In this new episode of Journey into Mandopop, …
5 years, 5 months ago
Pre-intermediate | Discussing Work
You Freddie Mercury and David Bowie know about being under pressure? Did they ever have to compete with 1.4 billion other people? In this Intermediat…
5 years, 5 months ago
Upper-intermediate | To Pack Or To Go? 如饥似渴──打包还是带走？
Have you struggled with what to say for dine in, takeouts, home delivery when you’re hungry and want food fast! 打包 is synonymous with 带走 in Mandarin.…
5 years, 5 months ago