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Posted on: Labor is the Most Glorious
May 2, 2011 at 9:00 AM

Great song - topical lesson. More songs please!

Posted on: Management Localization
May 1, 2011 at 5:30 PM

I agree - good to get used to natural Chinese spoken speed - but maybe just a bit too fast - too much a transition from Intermediate..

Posted on: Management Localization
April 25, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Useful to have a "natural" interview situation - but it is very fast & initially off-putting for those struggling to get 1 step beyond Intermediate level.... The explanation is also very fast - which gives the impression that the text is more difficult than it really is. Some excellent & useful new vocabulary.

Posted on: Buying High Quality DVDs
April 19, 2011 at 6:32 PM

Useful new vocabulary a bit lost among all the technical stuff?

Posted on: Honeymoon Destinations
February 23, 2011 at 6:54 PM

Good lesson. Just right for this level. Not too many really difficult parts with loads of new vocabulary and difficult constructions. New expressions well spread throughout the text - and most of these useful, not too obscure. More of this very welcome!

Posted on: Bringing Pets into China
February 8, 2011 at 7:18 PM

Difficult - even after 3 runs through. Surely closer to Advanced than to Intermediate? Slightly dispiriting - thought I knew more than I did - but still progressing (I think).

Posted on: New Employee in the Office
February 1, 2011 at 8:46 PM

Good lesson. Useful vocabulary & not as difficult as some of the Upper Inter lessons have been recently. Not sure if it's really a transition lesson from inter to upper inter.  Quite a lot of new vocab + difficult sentence structure. But one I'll return to - & learn more... 

Posted on: Dodging Hong Kong Sales Tax
January 26, 2011 at 10:31 AM

Thanks Catherine. I think I've some way to go before I can do Advanced. I still work on Inter (usually quite easy) and Upper Inter - where even if the language is hard (& sometimes a little bit dispiriting) there is a lot of rich cultural stuff. 

Posted on: Dodging Hong Kong Sales Tax
January 25, 2011 at 7:05 PM

Surely the most difficult text yet at Upper Inter level. The gap between Inter & Upper Inter gets wider... Culturally fascinating though..

Posted on: Discussing Divorce
January 5, 2011 at 3:11 PM

Good lesson - but with dense text (long paragraphs)  - & lots of new vocabulary a little difficult to keep up with the 2 speakers who speak very quickly...