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Posted on: Editing a Photo
September 2, 2008 at 2:11 AM

@user1665
To find out how to get mp3 files onto your iPod, take a look at our step by step instruction on the help page. 
If you have any further questions, send an email to chinesepod@gmail.com

@rgage
ChinesePod can be consumed on one's computer, iPod/mp3 player or iphone/mobile phone at anytime and anywhere.  
- On your computer, you can download mp3/mp4/pdf lessons to your desktop or simply access all the ChinesePod content through the website.
- On your ipod you can have the lessons you want be sent to iTunes every day through the customized RSS feed. This will allow you to listen to all of our audio files, read our dialogues and vocabulary, and view our video lessons anywhere and at anytime. Users have often mentioned that they study our lessons in places such as the gym, on local transport or during office lunch breaks.
- Our mobile website, m.chinesepod.com, allows subscribers to view the 1000+ lessons when internet access is available. An iphone application is also in the works to provide Cpoddies with even more useful content.

If you have any trouble using these devices to access ChinesePod content, please see the help page or contact chinesepod@gmail.com

Hope this information is helpful to you,
Ross 

Posted on: Language Power Struggle
August 27, 2008 at 5:12 PM

When I first arrived in China in 2004, I really found it difficult to "compete" with the Chinese over what language we should speak. I used to get incredibly frustrated and have long discussions/arguments with Chinese about it.
After my second year here, I decided to let it go. Most of the people that would be looking to practice from me were probably not going to be lifelong friends anyway. The language that I was going to learn from them was going to be minimal - so now I just let them speak English. I have been lucky enough to meet and work with a number of people who are very good at helping me with my Chinese, even if they would like to improve their English themselves. One of my tactics with people who I know have a decent level of English, is to speak Chinese from the start (if they let you). Once you start a relationship based on Chinese, it is hard to switch to English. My ex-girlfriend was Korean, and we spoke only in Chinese because her English was not great and my Korean was limited to Kimchi and Park Ji-Sung. Even though her English is now relatively competent, she still chooses to speak in Chinese to me, because that is how our relationship was formed. (We obviously speak together alot less now, though!!!!!)

Posted on: The ChinesePod Practice Plan
August 11, 2008 at 8:37 AM

@ Goulinky,
Thanks for pointing out the price discrepancy. We will get it changed asap.
Ross

Posted on: Olympics and more...
July 21, 2008 at 6:13 AM

@schreck,
The article from Esquire Magazine where Ken Carroll is featured is called "Enter the Dragon". His section is on page 98.

The strange thing is that my scanned August edition and your July edition both seem to have Mike Myers on the front??!! Can't quite understand that - but will work it out and get back to you!

Posted on: A Visit by the Police
July 18, 2008 at 2:25 AM

When I listened to this listen the first time I got flashbacks to me and my roommate's parties this year. I live with a Mexican and a Belgian and the parties we have had so far have definitely got our neighbours pretty annoyed.
The neighbours have copped on though now and as soon as any noise breaks out at night, they call the police. Last time it was at 11 o'clock.
Like in this lesson, our police man was pretty cool. Literally, there is always a good cop and a bad cop.
Congratulations on the lesson - 100% real situation!

Posted on: Olympics and more...
July 18, 2008 at 2:16 AM

Here are the links mentioned in the podcast:

Press

 

Groups

Posted on: Pollution and Hot Drinks
July 9, 2008 at 3:53 AM

@trevlu,
Yeh, it should be a brilliant lesson. Clay is orchestrating the dialogue and although he isen't an Aussie, he is a mad sportsman - so should be great!

Funnily enough, my avatar is a picture of myself in Cronulla, Sydney last year with my sister's baby. She is Irish and married to an American but living in Sydney.

Also, just to mention - I created a post to introduce Australia month here, with some links to old ChinesePod lessons on Sydney and Kevin Rudd, as well as some additional info..

Posted on: Pollution and Hot Drinks
July 9, 2008 at 2:29 AM

The links for the Australia and Sydney groups have changed - so to go directly to these Aussie chat forums, just click on the following links:

Posted on: Pollution and Hot Drinks
July 7, 2008 at 1:44 AM

@Maxiewa,
For July, we will be preparing lessons and interviews, just like this Dear Amber podcast, aimed towards our thousands of Aussie listeners.
We already have a couple of lessons online, such as Sydney and Kevin Rudd, but will be adding to that with an Aussie Rules podcast, which, if the popularity of the basketball lesson is anything to go by, should be a classic.
In addition, we will be highlighting all the Australian groups (i.e. Sydney and Australia group) so that all Chinese language lovers from the land down under can get together to chat either online or offline!
One competition running this month that is open to both Aussies and the general public is the Groups Challenge. Here the top prize for getting involved in the new Groups section of the ChinesePod site is a phone interview with Ken and Jenny..I will post more information on this later today

Posted on: Pollution and Hot Drinks
July 4, 2008 at 8:55 AM

If anyone is interested in connecting with Cpoddies from the land down-under - then check out the following groups:

  • http://chinesepod.com/community/groups/view/australia
  • http://chinesepod.com/community/groups/view/sydney