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Lesson 018. I can speak a little Chinese.

Monday, August 11th, 2008

In this lesson we will mainly concentrate on some aspects of Chinese grammar, such as words expressing time as adverbials, prepositional phrase and optative verbs. Also, you will learn how to say that you can speak a little Chinese.

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Lesson 019. Traveling in China (Part 1)

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Have you ever thought about traveling to China? If you do plan to travel there, you will probably need to know some useful expressions in Mandarin Chinese to help you get around, find a hotel, change money etc.

Even in the best Chinese hotels not everyone speaks English and when you go outside to the street, chances are that nobody speaks English at all. Therefore, you should know some words and expressions to make your life a bit easier while you travel in China. In this lesson we will cover some situations related to traveling in China. You can also listen to our previous lessons to learn more.

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Lesson 020. Traveling in China (Part 2)

Monday, August 11th, 2008

We continue to learn words and phrases useful when you travel in China. The dialogs are based on some real life situations and the language that you hear in these dialogs can be used directly, it is the language that people actually speak. The dialogs are recorded several times, with English translation and only in Chinese as a part of conversation with a native Mandarin speaker.

Some words or expressions that you will hear in this lesson are from earlier lessons, so in order to understand them you will need to listen to the previous lessons.
All new words are with full and detailed English translation. So if you hear a word in Chinese and English translation of it is not given, it means that we already learned this word in one of the previous lessons.

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Lesson 021. I don’t feel well. Visit to a doctor.

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Sometimes you don’t feel well. You have a cold, you are coughing and have a running nose.
Learn how to say that you don’t feel well and that you want to see a doctor. Let the doctor take your temperature and prescribe traditional Chinese medicine for you.

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Lesson 022. Sport and Exercise. I’m a football fan.

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Learn in Chinese about playing sports and doing excercises. Are you a football fan?
From this lesson you will learn some general expressions about sport and physical exercises in Mandarin Chinese.
This lesson’s vocabulary: health, body, exercise, names of different sports, playing different sports, working out in a gym, etc.

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