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Hi Crystal ...

I may have been confused; I thought you were going to call at 8:30 this morning. Did you mean 8:30 tonight? In that case, I won't be there.  In general, morning (my time) works much better for me. I don't know how late you work (Shanghai time), but I could also take calls at the office (e.g. anytime between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm EDT).

Please let me know when you will call next; in the meantime, I'm working with the planned lessons.

Thanks,

Ken M.

crystal, 这个周末,我学习了三个课; Doggy Bag, Xiaolongbao, and Clearing the Table.

How would I say "When you talk quickly ..." ... It would seem to be 你说得快的时候..., but it feels like there's too many 'de's there ...

yes, you are right,it's a standard, just like english.

In the review for 'Directions with a map 1', at 2:24, when giving the Mandarin for 'walk', the speaker makes it sound like a 4th tone ... I certainly don't hear a 3rd tone there. I'm confused ...

Another question; what is the word for 'block', in the sense "At the traffic light, turn left and go three blocks"?

Directions with a map 2 uses both 又 and 再 for 'again'. What's the difference? I thought 再 was for the future, and 又 for the past ?!?

In the review for Directions with a map 2, they ask you to translate "you saw him again?", and give the answer as 你又看到他了? Is the "吗" optional?

In the review for 'Directions with a map 1', at 2:24, when giving the Mandarin for 'walk', the speaker makes it sound like a 4th tone ... I certainly don't hear a 3rd tone there. I'm confused ...

this question,  i will call you and give you the answer. 

the word for 'block' is lu4 kou3,路口。

I notice in the Pinyin for Traffic Jam that they capitalize 'Shanghai', but not the first (pinyin) word in the sentence. Is this a standard, or do you sometimes find Pinyin capitalized the same way English is (initial words of sentences, proper names, etc.)?

about又和再

又 usually for something that already happened,so the verb here is usually followed by 了。

再，it's a little complecated. when in a positive sentence, it's used for the future,like 我明天再来。but if in the negative form,再 can both for the past and the future.Because 又  doesn‘t have negative form. you can not say 你没又看到他。so here you can use 再， 你没再看到他。

On the review for this lesson, I can't understand the translation for "Everyone envies him, he has such a nice house" ...

... but I just found the English and 汉字 in the expansion exercises.

Is there any difference between 儿童, 小孩(儿), and 孩子?

I just did exercise 3 for 'Fast Food', and got 0 out of 7 ... is there something wrong, or do I not understand how that exercise works? I cleared the exercise, and tried to move '试试' into each spot, one by one, and it wasn't marked correct in any spot ...

e.g. it marks the fourth sentence (#7) correct with '试试' ... i.e. 她喜欢喝试试' ... is that right?

hi, 儿童 is most formal .

and there's no difference between 小孩(儿), and 孩子

im sorry, i cant see your exercise here

but 她喜欢喝试试 is not correct. here 喝 should be followed by an object, i think. 

你又看到他了? yes，“吗” can be optional.it's just like english."did you see him again?" or "you saw him again?"