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Posted on: Mexico City
On November 09 at 7:33 AM by 黄飞猴

As an American (estadounidense) in China, the American food I miss most is the Mexican and Salvadoreño food of South Omaha, Nebraska (represent... Read more

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Posted on: Buying a Book
On November 09 at 7:18 AM by guolan

In the expansion section (and the exercises section) there is this sentence: 这里原来是一个花园,我把它改成了一个游泳池。But, no matter how carefully I listen, I can't hear... Read more

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On November 09 at 7:01 AM by bababardwan

I would have thought recording something orthographically in a way that reflected pronunciation as the Roman alphabet does would have had a concreting... Read more

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On November 09 at 6:53 AM by 黄飞猴

Actually, one could argue that using alphabets in Europe led to faster linguistic evolution since changes in pronunciation were soon reflected in orth... Read more

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On November 09 at 6:30 AM by ruishiredbird

Bob ng gei ni shuo! 吃饭 in 西安话 is not 吃饭! 西安人说"吃饭“ chifan 是 diefan. deshide Bob? Read more

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On November 09 at 6:29 AM by guolan

Thank you Jenny and John, for choosing a very interesting topic, and for clearing up lots of confusion I had about the subject! And, thank you Jenny,... Read more

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Posted on: Days of the week
On November 09 at 6:27 AM by jennyzhu

It's not grammatical but a habit and convention. No one says 周天. Read more

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On November 09 at 5:54 AM by veronique21

谢谢 Lujiaojie and Gaojian ! Your explanations are very clear and now it's OK. Read more

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On November 09 at 5:54 AM by bodawei

the text version is missing the vocabulary list - strange. The lesson PDF is fine. Read more

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On November 09 at 5:32 AM by jennyzhu

Here you go: zone defense: 区域防守 qūyù fángshǒu man-to-man defense: 人盯人防守 réndīngrén fángshǒu to block a shot: 盖帽 gàimào to set a pick: 掩护 y... Read more