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    <title><![CDATA[Comments on: The Olympics on TV]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[It's not that we advocate being TV addicts, however, come 2008 we'll be glued to our screens (or fighting the crowds in Beijing) with the best of them to watch the very first Olympic games ever held in China.  In this podcast, learn how to sit down, turn on the telly, and camp out for a two-week viewing extravaganza, in Mandarin Chinese.  Yet another incentive to make the trip to China for the games:  not having to be ripped from slumber at 3:00am to watch!]]></description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-11 18:00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: jeffmathews]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15294]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is an awesome lesson!  I really feel like it pulls together a lot of info from newbie lessons in a very practical conversation.  I've been sticking to newbie lessons, but I wanted to try this elementary lessons since I'm planning on bringing my family to Beijing for the Olympics.  I'm surprised how well I was able to follow this lesson.  I may be learning more than I thought and ready to move up to elementary -- boy, you all are good!]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is an awesome lesson!  I really feel like it pulls together a lot of info from newbie lessons in a very practical conversation.  I've been sticking to newbie lessons, but I wanted to try this elementary lessons since I'm planning on bringing my family to Beijing for the Olympics.  I'm surprised how well I was able to follow this lesson.  I may be learning more than I thought and ready to move up to elementary -- boy, you all are good!]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: changye]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15307]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[My favorite TV program in China 
is 动物世界. Its narrator's voice is deep
and booming. 同一首歌 is also entertaining.
History dramas are not so bad, but a bit too many.

One of the most boring programs is
中央电台新闻联播, which is full of meeting, 
speech, and reception scenes. You can see
day-old evening news programs in the morning.

播送 bo1 song4…....broadcast
重播 chong2 bo1…..rebroadcasting
直播 zhi2 bo1…….…live broadcasting
转播 zhuan3 bo1…...relay broadcasting
广播 guang3 bo1…..radio broadcasting
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My favorite TV program in China 
is 动物世界. Its narrator's voice is deep
and booming. 同一首歌 is also entertaining.
History dramas are not so bad, but a bit too many.

One of the most boring programs is
中央电台新闻联播, which is full of meeting, 
speech, and reception scenes. You can see
day-old evening news programs in the morning.

播送 bo1 song4…....broadcast
重播 chong2 bo1…..rebroadcasting
直播 zhi2 bo1…….…live broadcasting
转播 zhuan3 bo1…...relay broadcasting
广播 guang3 bo1…..radio broadcasting
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        <title><![CDATA[By: nadilu]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15318]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[nadilu]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[please help me !!
how to dowload Mp3??
Xiexie ni!]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[please help me !!
how to dowload Mp3??
Xiexie ni!]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: KennyK]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15319]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[KennyK]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[right click on the link and choose "Save to..."]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[right click on the link and choose "Save to..."]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: bostonphil]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15320]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[bostonphil]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[nadilu,

You might also want to take a look at the "help" link below. You will see a menu with a choice marked "technical questions".  Click on that. 

Hope that helps.

]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[nadilu,

You might also want to take a look at the "help" link below. You will see a menu with a choice marked "technical questions".  Click on that. 

Hope that helps.

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        <title><![CDATA[By: lai4ha2ma]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15325]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[lai4ha2ma]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hello Amber,
Is the bo1 of zhuan3 bo1 the same as jung1guo2 bo1 ke3 ( our beloved cpod? ) Does that mean broadcast lesson? And if so, are other podcasts that are not lessons also boke?  

Also, has anyone noticed that the “a5” particle at the end of a sentence to indicate a soft questioning (“ Ni shr cong Jianada lai de,  a”) is suspiciously like  the Canadian particle  “eh”?
]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello Amber,
Is the bo1 of zhuan3 bo1 the same as jung1guo2 bo1 ke3 ( our beloved cpod? ) Does that mean broadcast lesson? And if so, are other podcasts that are not lessons also boke?  

Also, has anyone noticed that the “a5” particle at the end of a sentence to indicate a soft questioning (“ Ni shr cong Jianada lai de,  a”) is suspiciously like  the Canadian particle  “eh”?
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        <title><![CDATA[By: chris1]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15326]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[chris1]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have a question for everyone not directly related to this lession.  How many people, who do not live in a Chinese speaking country , have been able to become resonably fluent in Chinese using just Chinese pod or similar study methods?  By resonable fluency I mean that you can talk to a native speaker about normal everyday things (no deep philsophical discussions).  If you have been able to do this how long did it take and did you find a native speaker to practice with or did you learn it completely on your own?  Chris]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have a question for everyone not directly related to this lession.  How many people, who do not live in a Chinese speaking country , have been able to become resonably fluent in Chinese using just Chinese pod or similar study methods?  By resonable fluency I mean that you can talk to a native speaker about normal everyday things (no deep philsophical discussions).  If you have been able to do this how long did it take and did you find a native speaker to practice with or did you learn it completely on your own?  Chris]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: KennyK]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15340]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[KennyK]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've never really been a big Olympics fan, but I guess next year it will be a hot topic so I should accept it and move on... :)]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I've never really been a big Olympics fan, but I guess next year it will be a hot topic so I should accept it and move on... :)]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: tucsonmichael]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15343]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[tucsonmichael]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Even for those not Olympic fans, you might (or not) appreciate that the first China Olympics is a catalyst for a $60B USD modernization of Beijing, not to mention infrastructure improvements in the several other cities hosting events, along with providing lots of jobs, and an opportunity for China to showcase its hospitality, friendship, history and culture to several hundred thousands of people who have never been in China.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Even for those not Olympic fans, you might (or not) appreciate that the first China Olympics is a catalyst for a $60B USD modernization of Beijing, not to mention infrastructure improvements in the several other cities hosting events, along with providing lots of jobs, and an opportunity for China to showcase its hospitality, friendship, history and culture to several hundred thousands of people who have never been in China.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: danjo]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-olympics-on-tv/discussion#comment-15367]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[lai2ha2ma,

Yes. 播客 bo1ke4 means "podcast" (any kind I assume) and it is the same bo1. ChinesePod is 中文播客 Zhong1wen2 bo1ke4. Confusingly it is very similar to the Chinese for "blog", 博客 bo2ke4. 

Is there any difference in tone between using 可惜 ke3xi1 and 遗憾 yi2han4?

Judging by the enthusiasm for the World Cup, which China was not even in, the atmosphere in China will be insane during the Olympics.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[lai2ha2ma,

Yes. 播客 bo1ke4 means "podcast" (any kind I assume) and it is the same bo1. ChinesePod is 中文播客 Zhong1wen2 bo1ke4. Confusingly it is very similar to the Chinese for "blog", 博客 bo2ke4. 

Is there any difference in tone between using 可惜 ke3xi1 and 遗憾 yi2han4?

Judging by the enthusiasm for the World Cup, which China was not even in, the atmosphere in China will be insane during the Olympics.]]></content:encoded>
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