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Posted on: Pedestrian Peril
January 29, 2008 at 2:30 AMtylersjzu, We upgraded to a different server, so some of the material got affected in the process. That ,and the first podcasts were recorded in a different format, with the latest providing better quality. We are constantly upgrading the older lessons, and aim to have them a 100% before long. if you see specific problem, please let us know. -clay
Posted on: Is someone in here?
January 29, 2008 at 2:24 AMadamrobitel and hander, glad yall like what we do around here. Dont be strangers. -clay
Posted on: #33
January 29, 2008 at 2:13 AMagentchuck, i see a 33 and not an 8. ha, no idea why...
Posted on: 大智若愚
January 29, 2008 at 2:12 AMauntie68, hang in there. Advanced is well....advanced. Its our hardest level. It is great that you give it a try, and you may not realize it, but you are coming away with something. -clay
Posted on: I want to buy this one
January 29, 2008 at 2:08 AMhanita, if you click on PDF, you will see the pinyin. -clay
Posted on: The Second Tone
January 29, 2008 at 1:54 AMlustchina, if you want to be lord of the tones, not only do you have to be able to speak them properly, you have to be able to discern them, which is arguably harder. What helped me get over the tone hump (or mountain rather) was listening to vocab lists and trying to write the pinyin with proper tone. After a year of college mandarin, i would only get about 20% right. But after doing this drill, i was able to finally differentiate them. a good way you can use ChinesePod for this is to go to the vocab section and either do your best to keep yours eyes off the middle of the screen, or tape up a piece of paper to keep the pinyin from you, and click on the horn to hear it pronounced, and then write it down.
Posted on: 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...)
January 29, 2008 at 1:43 AMRash, You nearly pulled off the quad yībiān sentence, but it had a little mistake. it should be as follows: 每天我都一边工作，一边跟中国朋友聊ＭＳＮ，一边用Chinesepod词典，一边练习中文。 The beginning got ya! AZERDocMom, You are the official yībiān queen! 4 yībiān's! Connie suggests adding commas just before each yībiān to make it grammatically correct, but we wont hold that against you. And to everyone, This was just a fun way to learn a sentence pattern, and it should be noted while as it is grammatically correct, two yībiān's is the norm.
Posted on: 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...)
January 28, 2008 at 10:14 AMCredit goes to obitoddkenobi for this weeks episode!
Posted on: Cold from Biking
January 28, 2008 at 9:11 AMsuburbanite, It is not as commonly used in China like it is in the west, but the word 风寒 ( fēnghán) would best decribe it. Literally wind and cold.
Posted on: 橄榄球在中国
January 29, 2008 at 2:35 AMuser34695, that is basically the content for our Media Lessons. Jenny and Connie take a current event and chat about it. Then we link to the article and also have the article read aloud for you. Go check it out. here is the latest one on a fella who took advantage of a very giving ATM machine... http://chinesepod.com/lessons/%E6%81%B6%E6%84%8F%E5%8F%96%E6%AC%BE/discussion