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Elementary | Hard of Hearing
Screeching scooter brakes, cacophonous construction and prolonged iPod use to block it all out is a China dweller’s recipe for auditory undoing. Befo…
2 years, 9 months ago
Newbie | Time to Go
No, this is not another in our 'taking the classroom to the bathroom' series of Mandarin lessons. Rather, this lesson is about having to get going. S…
2 years, 9 months ago
Elementary | Athlete Injuries
In China, potential injuries are lurking around every corner. Prepare yourself... when your foot is stomped on for the twenty-fourth time in one bus …
2 years, 10 months ago
Newbie | I'm hot!
For those of us all sweaty in our China summer, this lesson has a special significance. We want to know how to voice our complaints to the weather go…
2 years, 10 months ago
Elementary | Scary Clown
Clowns freak people out. They have weird hair, and what's with the big shoes? 10 million crying children can't be wrong. Who came up with clowns, any…
2 years, 10 months ago
Newbie | I Can't Write It
Never thought we'd one day be just another illiteracy statistic, but, alas, learning Mandarin can be a humbling undertaking. If you just wrote down y…
2 years, 10 months ago
Elementary | Yang Jie's Fury
Men everywhere know about the fury of the woman scorned, but that holds nothing in comparison to that of a hormone-raging, pubescent, Sweet Valley Hi…
2 years, 10 months ago
Newbie | Pretty Ugly
Since 'politically correct' is getting kind of old, ChinesePod today teeters on the edge of controversy with a purely shallow Mandarin Chinese lesson…
2 years, 10 months ago
Elementary | Yang Jie's Diary: He's Not Stupid
In this excerpt from Yang Jie aka the Princess' Diary, we get to see how a library date pans out for the under-appreciated Wang Wei. Will he make a m…
2 years, 10 months ago
Newbie | Someone Needs A Shower
Let's face it. With the rising temperatures of summer, some of those around you may not realize that they are a little bit stinky. Today we are going…
2 years, 10 months ago