Lesson Comments
I think aucaman is right. Beside the sentence he's mentioned, I just noticed that in the main dialogue 了 in the following sentence sounds like 吗. 下次别忘... Read more
在饭店买单开发票的时候会听到，‘您是哪个单位的？’ Read more
Leave it to Chinesepod to explain the workplace cultural differences. 真有意思！在美国我们比较独立一点。我们的公司不需要给很多福利，发多一点工资就好了。 Read more
Text and speech are supposed to match, but 五十快钱 and 五十快 are both "normal". Regarding the other point, I think all native speakers (of any language... Read more
well I can't hear the 'qian' either! and I agree that I can't hear the zhang but hear zhao. I usually pride myself on a better ear than that. I wou... Read more
Hey Aucaman, I know what you mean. When native speakers speak, sometimes the final consonants in words trail off a bit. When you get more accustomed... Read more
In the expanson section, the speaker pronounces 张 as /zhao/, which threw me off for a while. Then she omits the word 钱 in the sentence 我要买一张五十快钱的充值卡... Read more
So Nov 11 was the celebration of "gangster' day. 光棍节 光棍 = 匪徒 but also means single person or bachelor. context is everything ! &... Read more
Sorry, had missed the last minute when Connie mentioned it..clear now:) Read more
Bottom line is this: if you think for a minute that China is not a communist country, then you're in complete denial about something that is true bey... Read more