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I was told that in Hong Kong there is a right direction for the tea to be served (clockwise or anticlockwise), until the last round when the direction... Read more

Bodawei, 谢谢你给我那些关于澳大利亚英语的消息. 很有意思。I've never heard of 'talk-fests' before, but love the term, and have never seen 'caucus' used that way. Perhaps... Read more

Was that a 点阵打印机？ Wow. Nostalgic. Good lesson, I dont see what the buzz is about. There is something everywhere to learn. Where there is dialogue t... Read more

I know this is a year late, but on the pronunciation of "Thames": the English pronunciation is neither 'tames' nor 'tams' but 'temz' (rhymes with "gem... Read more

Mike, actually I have drawn a lot from the lessons and I do see clear language points. Sometimes less pronounced (here), sometimes more (like in " Exc... Read more

Jiaojie， Jenny 有些地方我没听清楚. 请帮我了解 0:49 很多的xiaguodadedajude故事 0:44 xinzheng? 0:48 互相zhiheng了 0:50 shili? 实力?比较平均 3:50 dianying肯定会喜欢 4:55 shoufu 收复shōuf&... Read more

I have a question: I read that in main land chinese the 给 preposition must appear before verb, e.g.  我给你打电话.  here Apparently in Tai... Read more

Henning I just feel that in producing a lesson, one should decide what the objectives are, what one is trying to teach, or put another way, wh... Read more

Thanks Calkins (sorry I'm so late to the party).  I've seen those two pages before, but I had forgotten about them.  That book looks really... Read more

@siteng In Australia we tend to use both 'meeting' and 'conference', because of the common practice of people phoning in. If there is a phone-in, t... Read more