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    <title><![CDATA[Comments on: China's Most Famous Tourist Destinations]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[So you arrive in China, map in hand and hundreds of ChinesePod lessons echoing through your head.  But you soon find that all the places you want to go and see have a very different name in Chinese than they do in that guidebook.  There’s always room for another lesson in your head, so listen in to this podcast and learn what some of China’s top tourist spots are, and how to say them in Mandarin Chinese.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-01 18:00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: peterm]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-5747]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just took the train back from Lhasa to ChongQing, got a ticket in 11 days. 
There is a daily service for Beijing and alternate day service for the the following city pairs, Shanghai/GuangZhou, ChengDu/ChongQing and Xining/Lanzhou.
Hard sleepers are a bit cramped, Views spectacular. The permit for Tibet cost RMB 400 and took 4 days]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just took the train back from Lhasa to ChongQing, got a ticket in 11 days. 
There is a daily service for Beijing and alternate day service for the the following city pairs, Shanghai/GuangZhou, ChengDu/ChongQing and Xining/Lanzhou.
Hard sleepers are a bit cramped, Views spectacular. The permit for Tibet cost RMB 400 and took 4 days]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: chrismcelwain]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-5768]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Other stuff to see in Xi'an besides 兵马俑:

钟楼- Zhong Lou - Bell Tower
鼓楼- Gu Lou - Drum Tower
大唐芙蓉园- Da Tang Furong Yuan (Tang Paradise Disneyland)
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Other stuff to see in Xi'an besides 兵马俑:

钟楼- Zhong Lou - Bell Tower
鼓楼- Gu Lou - Drum Tower
大唐芙蓉园- Da Tang Furong Yuan (Tang Paradise Disneyland)
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        <title><![CDATA[By: bistoo]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-7061]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have a problem with the sounds in the vocabulary list. Everytime it repeats the same word: "Yi ji bang" or something like this.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have a problem with the sounds in the vocabulary list. Everytime it repeats the same word: "Yi ji bang" or something like this.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: bryan]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-10896]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[bryan]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm wondering if 最好吃的东西是什么？ is an acceptable sentence construct. Would 什么东西最好吃?  be a better or more correct construction or does it perhaps convey a slightly different meaning?  Thanks for any help you can provide.  Also, if one has a premium membership and has a question on an expansion exercise, is there a special place to post rather than here?  Thanks and please keep up the great work, CPod.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm wondering if 最好吃的东西是什么？ is an acceptable sentence construct. Would 什么东西最好吃?  be a better or more correct construction or does it perhaps convey a slightly different meaning?  Thanks for any help you can provide.  Also, if one has a premium membership and has a question on an expansion exercise, is there a special place to post rather than here?  Thanks and please keep up the great work, CPod.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: arneneithel]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-11304]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[arneneithel]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm currently on my free month (or whatever it is) - i'm wondering whether at the end of this, firstly will the lessons i've bookmarked still be stored on that useful page? or do you have to pay for bookmarking? and secondly, is the mp3 download only available on paid subscriptions? thanks. =] (i must sound so stingy. but i'm only 13 and i can't afford to upgrade; i would otherwise, honest ;])]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm currently on my free month (or whatever it is) - i'm wondering whether at the end of this, firstly will the lessons i've bookmarked still be stored on that useful page? or do you have to pay for bookmarking? and secondly, is the mp3 download only available on paid subscriptions? thanks. =] (i must sound so stingy. but i'm only 13 and i can't afford to upgrade; i would otherwise, honest ;])]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: amber]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-11331]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[amber]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi bryan,

Both of those sentences are correct.  It mostly depends on the situation or context as to how you would use them.  For example, the first sentence would often be used in this context:

这个饭店最好吃的东西是什么？
(Zhège fàndiàn zuì hǎochī de dōngxi shì shénme?)

The second sentence (什么东西最好吃? Shénme dōngxi zuì hǎochī?) might be used if there were a lot of things in front of you to eat, and you wish to ask which one is the best.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi bryan,

Both of those sentences are correct.  It mostly depends on the situation or context as to how you would use them.  For example, the first sentence would often be used in this context:

这个饭店最好吃的东西是什么？
(Zhège fàndiàn zuì hǎochī de dōngxi shì shénme?)

The second sentence (什么东西最好吃? Shénme dōngxi zuì hǎochī?) might be used if there were a lot of things in front of you to eat, and you wish to ask which one is the best.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: eileen]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-11345]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[eileen]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi arneneithel, 

Yes, the bookmarking feature is only for paid subscribers although our FULL podcast mp3s are still for free and you will have the option to download them or stream them on our website when your account reverts to "free".  ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi arneneithel, 

Yes, the bookmarking feature is only for paid subscribers although our FULL podcast mp3s are still for free and you will have the option to download them or stream them on our website when your account reverts to "free".  ]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: bryan]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-11356]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[bryan]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Amber,
Thanks for the response.  I really appreciate your help.  So just to clarify, it seems like in the first  of your examples, the speaker would be trying to determine what exactly are the best things that the restaurant has to offer, whereas in the second example the speaker is merely asking "What tastes the best here?".  Am I understanding this right?  What are the  tastiest things vs. Which things are tastiest?]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Amber,
Thanks for the response.  I really appreciate your help.  So just to clarify, it seems like in the first  of your examples, the speaker would be trying to determine what exactly are the best things that the restaurant has to offer, whereas in the second example the speaker is merely asking "What tastes the best here?".  Am I understanding this right?  What are the  tastiest things vs. Which things are tastiest?]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: arneneithel]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-11363]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[arneneithel]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[oh cool, thnaks eileen =] but i'm having problems downloading any of the mp3s. just a page of random writing comes up. what can i do?]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[oh cool, thnaks eileen =] but i'm having problems downloading any of the mp3s. just a page of random writing comes up. what can i do?]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: eileen]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinas-most-famous-tourist-destinations/discussion#comment-11396]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[eileen]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi arneneithel, 

What you can do is when you right-click (instead of merely clicking on it) on the link, you will see the name of the file. You should change the .htm part to .mp3 and it should now be playable after downloading.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi arneneithel, 

What you can do is when you right-click (instead of merely clicking on it) on the link, you will see the name of the file. You should change the .htm part to .mp3 and it should now be playable after downloading.]]></content:encoded>
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