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    <title><![CDATA[Comments on: Tennis Anyone?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Pop quiz.  We know you are all Jenny Zhu's biggest fans.  But while you're all a-sighing over her, what makes little Jenny Zhu's heart go pitter-patter?  Guesses?  In the meantime, listen to this lesson on Olympic tennis and get a hint into the inner longings of the heart of Teacher Jenny, in Mandarin Chinese.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-19 18:00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: helenaoutloud]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/tennis-anyone/discussion#comment-57878]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[helenaoutloud]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[太好了！我也喜欢网球。。。多个人在中国想网球是好看吗？

Can I use 喜欢 like that? ...if not, what do I replace it with?]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[太好了！我也喜欢网球。。。多个人在中国想网球是好看吗？

Can I use 喜欢 like that? ...if not, what do I replace it with?]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: helenaoutloud]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/tennis-anyone/discussion#comment-57879]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[o yeah...another thing.... would it be correct and normal sounding to say.....  多个人在中国的意思是网球是好看吗？　I need to brush up on how to use "的". ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[o yeah...another thing.... would it be correct and normal sounding to say.....  多个人在中国的意思是网球是好看吗？　I need to brush up on how to use "的". ]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: changye]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It seems another
doomsday has arrived.
I have never played tennis.
If only Jenny could play gateball…..

gateball (门球, men2 qiu2)
volleyball (排球, pai2 qiu2)
baseball (棒球, bang4 qiu2)
basketball (篮球, lan2 qiu2)
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems another
doomsday has arrived.
I have never played tennis.
If only Jenny could play gateball…..

gateball (门球, men2 qiu2)
volleyball (排球, pai2 qiu2)
baseball (棒球, bang4 qiu2)
basketball (篮球, lan2 qiu2)
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        <title><![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/tennis-anyone/discussion#comment-57885]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kerou85,
Yes, that is indeed the correct way of using 喜欢. It is rather similar to how the word is used in English. 
You can also use 喜欢in the other sentence: '中国喜欢看网球的人多吗?'/Are there many people who are into tennis in China?' It is phrased quite differently than English, but it's the most natural expression in Chinese.

changye,
I had to google gateball. Let me throw in one more 垒球/lei3 qiu2/softball.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Kerou85,
Yes, that is indeed the correct way of using 喜欢. It is rather similar to how the word is used in English. 
You can also use 喜欢in the other sentence: '中国喜欢看网球的人多吗?'/Are there many people who are into tennis in China?' It is phrased quite differently than English, but it's the most natural expression in Chinese.

changye,
I had to google gateball. Let me throw in one more 垒球/lei3 qiu2/softball.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: azerdocmom]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[jenny

just want to say I like your new avatar a lot. who is that? he's cute : )]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[jenny

just want to say I like your new avatar a lot. who is that? he's cute : )]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: songyian]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[songyian]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Isn't that Astro boy?

How do you say Roger Federer in Chinese? Xie xie. ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Isn't that Astro boy?

How do you say Roger Federer in Chinese? Xie xie. ]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: bill]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[晚上好！这里现在是十点十五。网球！我爱网球！Yes, I am a tennis fanatic of sorts. I play 3 times a week and for about 25 years now. This past summer my wife and I had free tickets to Wimbledon for the quarter and semi-finals. Row 15 center court: Roger Federer, Raphael Nadal, the Williams Sisters, Li Na, etc. etc. We saw them all ! 

是的。Jenny 对 )-: The real problem is the US Open begins on August 25th, and Olympic tennis is around August 10th. Add to that jet lag and that the winner of the US Open pulls down more than $1,000,000. 

Our guy, Roger Federer, only needs to win 2 grand slams to break Pete Sampras' record. There's a good chance he'll do this next year. The US OPen is the 4th grand slam. Still, Roger would like to add the  奥运金牌 to his trophy case, and as you said, he is very patriotic too!

Also, since it's very important to play tough matches before the US Open to stay in "match form" and the timing of the Olympics is just about right since there is enough time to recover for the US Open, I'd say:

所以Jenny, 别灰心. 好的在后面. 也下个十一月在上海有网球大师杯赛！

Bill]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[晚上好！这里现在是十点十五。网球！我爱网球！Yes, I am a tennis fanatic of sorts. I play 3 times a week and for about 25 years now. This past summer my wife and I had free tickets to Wimbledon for the quarter and semi-finals. Row 15 center court: Roger Federer, Raphael Nadal, the Williams Sisters, Li Na, etc. etc. We saw them all ! 

是的。Jenny 对 )-: The real problem is the US Open begins on August 25th, and Olympic tennis is around August 10th. Add to that jet lag and that the winner of the US Open pulls down more than $1,000,000. 

Our guy, Roger Federer, only needs to win 2 grand slams to break Pete Sampras' record. There's a good chance he'll do this next year. The US OPen is the 4th grand slam. Still, Roger would like to add the  奥运金牌 to his trophy case, and as you said, he is very patriotic too!

Also, since it's very important to play tough matches before the US Open to stay in "match form" and the timing of the Olympics is just about right since there is enough time to recover for the US Open, I'd say:

所以Jenny, 别灰心. 好的在后面. 也下个十一月在上海有网球大师杯赛！

Bill]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: bazza]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[网球很无聊，都不好看。]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[网球很无聊，都不好看。]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/tennis-anyone/discussion#comment-57912]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[jennyzhu]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[My new avatar is Astro boy，阿童木a1 tong2 mu4. For those of us born in early 1980's in China, he is the ultimate icon. Astro boy was one of the first foreign cartoon series shown in post 1949 China.  ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My new avatar is Astro boy，阿童木a1 tong2 mu4. For those of us born in early 1980's in China, he is the ultimate icon. Astro boy was one of the first foreign cartoon series shown in post 1949 China.  ]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: amber]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/tennis-anyone/discussion#comment-57913]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[hi songyian,

Roger Federer:  罗杰.费德勒 (Luójié Fèidélè)]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[hi songyian,

Roger Federer:  罗杰.费德勒 (Luójié Fèidélè)]]></content:encoded>
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