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Posted on: Boxing Day
On December 26 at 1:02 PM by jennyzhu

I always thought Boxing Day was like Black Friday based on my experience in Australia and Canada. My apologies to the UK listeners especially.  Read more

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On December 26 at 12:04 PM by chenwenling

为甚么他门不用网上来相亲？那不是比这个方法容易吗？我学的对不对 请帮帮我。 谢谢。 Read more

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Posted on: Boxing Day
On December 26 at 12:00 PM by bodawei

No worries veronique - Happy Boxing Day! (It is Boxing Day here for another hour or two.) I guess that it's a tradition that travelled with the Br... Read more

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Posted on: Boxing Day
On December 26 at 11:41 AM by veronique21

Hi Bodawei. Thanks for the explanation. Interesting. I'm not far from England but did not know that. Read more

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Posted on: Boxing Day
On December 26 at 11:15 AM by kangxia

Thanks to everybody for the clarifications about Boxing Day.  I was quite surprised listening to the podcast (from the UK) because, although the... Read more

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Posted on: Boxing Day
On December 26 at 10:41 AM by jhfjhkj

大家好 in the dictionaries there are other words for the here used 'sales = 大减价': 销售 xiāoshòu and 甩卖 shuǎimài 大拍卖 da4pai1mai4 could anyon... Read more

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Posted on: Boxing Day
On December 26 at 10:08 AM by jhfjhkj

One explanation is the following: Servants were required to work on Christmas. They were responsible for making the holiday run smoothly for wealt... Read more

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On December 26 at 9:08 AM by chris

Lesson transcript here: http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/12502#comment-228464 Read more

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Posted on: 斗妈大全
On December 26 at 8:07 AM by dagah

I'll make an attempt (shoot me if I'm wrong): 0:51 凶狠性 5：55 是一句粤语 6:15 就是形容小孩子， 一种机灵古怪的那种 7:05切中了要害， 收到了在家长看到这样的反应之后其实，会在心里面泛起温暖的涟漪， 对吧... Read more

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Posted on: Boxing Day
On December 26 at 7:09 AM by bodawei

Hi veronique21. Sadly no, we are talking about the same thing. The intro and dialogue both convey the impression that the significance of Boxing Day i... Read more