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Posted on: Ice Cream Run
On July 08 at 12:15 AM by bodawei

As ice-cream moves from luxury item to commodity the price falls.* It has become a commodity for a variety of reasons, not least because of compet... Read more

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Posted on: Ice Cream Run
On July 07 at 11:53 PM by bodawei

I'm questioning that assertion ... :) I enjoy a good transliteration but this one is in the 'why bother' category. Read more

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Posted on: Ice Cream Run
On July 07 at 11:46 PM by bababardwan

haha, hen hao de wenti pengyou. [haha, very good question mate] kanqilai shi "bīngjīlíng tóutòng" : [looks like it's "icecream headache"]:... Read more

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On July 07 at 10:52 PM by crazyturtle

Haha this lesson was awesome, especially the ending. Read more

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On July 07 at 10:14 PM by zhenlijiang

同意! The different levels of candor in it make this a tense and very interesting dialogue. Read more

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On July 07 at 9:47 PM by daofeishi

我觉得你们这些播客很有意思,不过还没有时间仔细地收听。对于想了解中国文化的人来说,关于西游记的知识是必不可少的。我希望你们能够多一点讲关于中国文学的话题,比如四大名著中的另外三部小说,余华、莫言之类的当代作家等等。 Read more

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On July 07 at 9:13 PM by babyeggplant

I remember traveling to some pretty famous parks and gardens and thinking it was really cool that you could camp out there over night. Little did I kn... Read more

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On July 07 at 7:00 PM by yaomung

I may have this wrong but I seem to remember John saying it is a hard & fast rule not to use 'le' in a negative statement.  If that is right,... Read more

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Posted on: Going on a Picnic
On July 07 at 5:57 PM by pretzelllogic36

Speaking of intrachangeable, may the 3rd expansion sentence be also said correctly in Mandarin as "Nǐmen jiù děng wǒ zài lùkǒu ba"? Read more

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Posted on: Ice Cream Run
On July 07 at 5:49 PM by daofeishi

我好像也听人管"ice cream"叫冰淇淋。 冰淇淋、冰激凌那两个词的来源是什么?用这两个词是因为“激凌”和"淇淋”是"cream"的谐音吗? Read more