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    <title><![CDATA[Comments on: Gymnastics]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[If you feel like you've been doing back flips trying to learn Chinese, this lesson is for you!  This next in our series of Olympics lessons is about gymnastics.  In this podcast, you'll learn how to describe the elegant movements of the art of gymnastics in Mandarin.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2007-10-19 18:00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: mei9]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/gymnastics/discussion#comment-20172]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[hello!
  thank you for this lesson,i like it:)]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[hello!
  thank you for this lesson,i like it:)]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: lunetta]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Ken and Jenny discussed the keyword 体操 I found it interesting to learn that 体 comes from 身体. I've noticed in other lessons as well that in Chinese word formation it's often only one of the syllables in a word that is used in the combination that forms the new word. I was wondering if there's a general rule governing this kind of word formation and would like to see more examples. ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[When Ken and Jenny discussed the keyword 体操 I found it interesting to learn that 体 comes from 身体. I've noticed in other lessons as well that in Chinese word formation it's often only one of the syllables in a word that is used in the combination that forms the new word. I was wondering if there's a general rule governing this kind of word formation and would like to see more examples. ]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: changye]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[changye]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[A great lesson!
I am not reluctant to 
learn lessons about sports
if only Cpod always provides us 
with a brilliant photo just like today’s. 

]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[A great lesson!
I am not reluctant to 
learn lessons about sports
if only Cpod always provides us 
with a brilliant photo just like today’s. 

]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: Keth]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/gymnastics/discussion#comment-20179]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[Keth]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the expansion ,the sentence "Dont worry, the meeting still has not started." Why is there no "le" after kaishi?  开始了]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[In the expansion ,the sentence "Dont worry, the meeting still has not started." Why is there no "le" after kaishi?  开始了]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: bostonphil]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/gymnastics/discussion#comment-20180]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[user11695,

The "le" particle indicates a completed action.

In this case the action is not completed - the meeting has not started - consequently you don't use "le".

I think the general rule is you never use "le" if you are modifying the verb with "mei" or "bu".]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[user11695,

The "le" particle indicates a completed action.

In this case the action is not completed - the meeting has not started - consequently you don't use "le".

I think the general rule is you never use "le" if you are modifying the verb with "mei" or "bu".]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: Keth]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Keth]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[bostonphill,
Thanks. I didn't know the rule about never using "le" if you are modifying the verb with "mei" or "bu".]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[bostonphill,
Thanks. I didn't know the rule about never using "le" if you are modifying the verb with "mei" or "bu".]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: user37695]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I liked the way this lesson was presented and interpretted. Each phrase was repeted serveral times which ables me to practice several time and also write it down for future practice on my own. I would like to suggest that you should use this general format.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I liked the way this lesson was presented and interpretted. Each phrase was repeted serveral times which ables me to practice several time and also write it down for future practice on my own. I would like to suggest that you should use this general format.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: darylk]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think we've seen "dong" before in animal (dongwu) and exercise (yundong).
Nice lesson breaking down words into their components.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I think we've seen "dong" before in animal (dongwu) and exercise (yundong).
Nice lesson breaking down words into their components.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: sparechange]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Speaking of 漂亮 (piàoliang)... Brings back memories from junior high when my friends and I all had crushes on the girls from the US gymnastics team. *sigh* I digress...

In the last line of the dialogue, could you also use 训练 (xùnliàn) instead of just 练 (liàn) by itself? Is there a big difference between the two?

BTW, this lesson didn't show up on my home page...]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Speaking of 漂亮 (piàoliang)... Brings back memories from junior high when my friends and I all had crushes on the girls from the US gymnastics team. *sigh* I digress...

In the last line of the dialogue, could you also use 训练 (xùnliàn) instead of just 练 (liàn) by itself? Is there a big difference between the two?

BTW, this lesson didn't show up on my home page...]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: mysticpic]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[more business lessons please :-)]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[more business lessons please :-)]]></content:encoded>
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