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Elementary | Valentine's Special
Love is in the air at ChinesePod. Or maybe that smell is from the river beside our office. Anyway, today's lesson on Valentine's Day will teach you t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Newbie | What is your job?
So a banker, a lawyer and a model walk into a bar… seriously. We won't make you the funniest guy in the room, but we will do our best to make you con…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elementary | Illegal taxis
You've just gotten off your train in a strange city, and darkness is falling. You're tempted to follow the paunchy gent with the cigarette in his lip…
1 year, 11 months ago
Newbie | Best Friends
Life can look better through drunk colored glasses. Teetotalism of course has its merits, but many a Shanghai reveler would agree that Mandarin flows…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elementary | New Clothes
You don't really need an excuse to buy new clothes. But Chinese New Year lets you rationalize buying that snazzy faux fur hat and "Guchi" sun-dress. …
1 year, 11 months ago
Newbie | Wait!
The familiar screech of tires on pavement. The last minute, albeit futile, 'wei, wei, wei!' In a place where safety rarely comes first, a little verb…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elementary | Hanging Up the Phone
Hanging up the telephone can be a drawn-out affair in China. Both sides seem reluctant to end the conversation, and may linger over best wishes, warn…
1 year, 11 months ago
Newbie | When is the meeting?
A time to laugh, a time to cry. A time to go to meetings, a time to die of boredom... If you're going to want someone to give you the time of day, yo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elementary | Plants Need Watering
The Chinese word for "gardener" can also mean "teacher." Extending the metaphor, we can see our poddies as beautiful flowers, ready for their daily d…
1 year, 11 months ago
Newbie | Who is that?
You may not be strutting on the catwalk, but your significant other is working it tonight! With this lesson, you can let everyone in the room know, h…
1 year, 11 months ago