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Posted on: The One-Child Policy
February 23, 2012 at 7:38 PM

Has anybody put together a vocab list from this lesson that they would be willing to share?

Posted on: Taxable Salary
November 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM

发票说贵不贵？谢谢， Connie!

Posted on: Taxable Salary
November 28, 2011 at 2:32 PM

I am still finding this sentence to be a bit confusing...一般来说，去税务局开发票要交的发票税由你来承担的话，房东都会同意的。What is it that the employee is taking responsibility for?  Thanks!

Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 11, 2010 at 1:42 PM

Thanks for the reply and the historical context!

Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 11, 2010 at 1:15 PM

Are there any differences between 故乡 (which Jenny uses in the discussion at the end) and 老家 as descriptions of where a person comes from?

Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 11, 2010 at 1:05 PM

What do you call ancient city walls in Chinese?

Posted on: Security Check in the Subway
June 2, 2010 at 2:15 PM

On 上去 (shang4qu).  When waiting for an elevator, if the door opens and you are unsure as to whether it is going up or not, can you ask, 上去吗？  Or would 上吗？ suffice?

Posted on: Passive Verbs and 被
March 24, 2010 at 7:11 PM

What lessons can folks suggest where 被 is featured prominently?

Posted on: Buying a Drink
March 16, 2010 at 8:31 PM

I found this to be an interesting construction...我要的是威士忌加冰块儿. In that situation, I probably would have said, 我只要威士忌加冰块儿.

Posted on: Farewell, Son 游子吟
January 21, 2009 at 6:57 AM

I have added PWP to my feed, but I would not have known that the show had come out had there not been that link on the right-side of the main CPod screen.  I've had this happen before when, for example, I missed out on the first few video lessons before catching up and adding them to my feed.  Is there any way to notify users (especially ones like myself who seem to need the extra notification!) when a new program is coming up and give them the option, ahead of time, of subscribing to it?  Just a little question/suggestion.

Cheers,

Steve