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Growing up with Chinese Lesson 62

Growing up with Chinese(成长汉语) is an entertaining, fun and easy Chinese series. This series teaches 300 of the most commonly spoken Chinese phrases to teenagers. It is hosted by Charlotte MacInnis, known to the Chinese audiences as Ai Hua.

Key words:
集合 jíhé:to come together
排队 páiduì:to line up
参观 cānguān:to visit
难道 nándào:used in rhetorical question
明明 míngmíng:clearly
百科书 bǎikēshū:encyclopedia
博物馆 bówùguǎn:museum
照片 zhàopiàn:photo
恐龙 kǒnglóng:dinosaur
体型 tǐxíng:bodily form
合影 héyǐng:group photo
笑话 xiàohuà:to laugh at
标本 biāoběn:specimen

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Best Visit in October: Jiuzhaigou Valley 十月最佳:九寨沟

Jiuzhaigou was listed in the UNESCO in 1992. Being praised as a land of fairy tale, this famous site has been attracting tourists with its exquisite mountains, opulent forests, multicolored lakes, cascading waterfalls and a great variety of wildlife for years. It is known for the nine Tibetan villages within its boundary. The aipine lakes are just like incredibly huge silent mirrors reflecting the multiple colors of the ground and the sky, making it a huge crystal jade embedded in the snow mountains and virgin forests.

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Growing up with Chinese Lesson 61

Growing up with Chinese(成长汉语) is an entertaining, fun and easy Chinese series. This series teaches 300 of the most commonly spoken Chinese phrases to teenagers. It is hosted by Charlotte MacInnis, known to the Chinese audiences as Ai Hua.

Key words:
玩 wán:to play
洋相 yángxiàng:awkward behavior
文化 wénhuà:culture
邀请 yāoqǐng:to invite
助兴 zhùxìng:to liven things up
专门 zhuānmén:specially
女主角 nǚ zhǔjué:female lead
既…又… jì…yòu:as well as
了不起 liǎobùqǐ:remarkable
文化差异 wénhuà chāyì:cultural difference
留个纪念 liú gè jìniàn:to keep a memento

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The feet dating back to 1967 are stll sold in Nanning

A police raid of an illegal food store in southern China has exposed tonnes of rancid, decades-old chicken feet being 'processed' to be sold to unassuming customers.近日中国警方对南部一家不法食品商家进行突袭,曝光成吨的腐臭鸡爪。这些有几十年历史的“美味”经过“特殊加工”后,会卖给毫不知情的消费者。
The decaying feet, some dating back to 1967, were being 'cleaned up', plumped up and whitened at the 'foul-smelling' plant using bleach and other chemicals, before being prepared for sale.有些腐烂的鸡爪竟然出产于1967年,在腥臭扑鼻的处理场里,这些鸡爪经过漂白剂和其它化学物质“清洁”、涨泡、漂白流程之后,便可重新上市出售。
Police, who raided the criminal operation, said they also found beef tripe, cartilage and other out-of-date animal organs – all of which had been smuggled across the border from neighbouring Vietnam. In total 20 tonnes of illegal meat was seized.参与本次突袭犯罪活动的警察说,他们还发现了牛百叶、软骨和其它早已过期的动物器官,这些都是从邻国越南走私来的。警方共查处非法肉类20吨。
According to local media, the gang, based in Nanning, the capital city of south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was able to make up to 16,000 yuan (£1,750) profit on every tonne of the putrid meat, by injecting it with chemicals, increasing its weight by 50 per cent.据当地媒体报道,这一犯罪团伙设在广西壮族自治区首府南宁,他们向腐肉中注射化学药品,使其增重50%,这样每吨腐肉便可获利16000元人民币(合1750英镑)。
The stomach-churning finding is not the first to be exposed in the area. Police in Guangxi, along China's border with Vietnam, have stepped up anti-smuggling operations over the last year and have raided seven illegal food processors.这样令人反胃的发现在当地并非第一次。从去年起,位于中越边境的广西警方加强了对走私活动的监察打击力度,并成功突袭七家非法食品加工厂。
Criminal gangs have been difficult to catch, however, because illegal meats are often hidden among other produce such as fruit and vegetables, and lorry drivers are often bribed to deny any knowledge of it.然而抓捕犯罪团伙十分困难。非法肉类食品常常混藏在水果蔬菜等农产品之间,卡车司机收到好处费后也拒绝承认对此事知情。
Media reports from both countries, which have been involved in rising tensions over territories in the South China Sea, lay the blame on the their respective governments for illegal foods entering their markets.中国和越南的关系因中国南海领土问题而变得日益紧张。两国媒体都对这一事件进行了报道,指责各自政府将非法食品投放本国市场。
Vietnamese press claim chicken, sturgeon, fruit and vegetables from China have been undercutting local market prices. While illegal out-of-date produce is creating a black market in China.越南声称来自中国的鸡肉、鲟鱼和果蔬降低了当地产品的市场价位,而他们却将严重过期的不法产品运至中国,甚至还形成了黑市。

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Top 10 golden week destinations in Beijing

In Beijing, 11 municipal parks received 3.7 million visitors in 7 days, among which the China Garden Museum attracted 100,000. The peak day of this year's golden week was October 3, when the number of visitors reached 740,000, setting a new single-day attendance record for Beijing’s municipal parks.

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三十六计Thirty-Six Stratagems: 起源Origin

The name of the collection comes from the Book of Qi, in its seventh biographical volume, Biography of Wáng Jìngzé (王敬则传). Wáng was a general who had served Southern Qi since the first Emperor Gao of the dynasty. When Emperor Ming came to power and executed many members of the court and royal family for fear that they would threaten his reign, Wáng believed that he would be targeted next and rebelled. As Wáng received news that Xiāo Bǎojuàn (萧宝卷), son and crown prince of Emperor Ming, had escaped in haste after learning of the rebellion, he commented that "of the thirty-six stratagems of Lord Tán, retreat was his best, you father and son should run for sure"(檀公三十六策,走为上计,汝父子唯应走耳). Lord Tán here refers to general Tán Dàojì (檀道济) of the Liu Song Dynasty, who was forced to retreat after his failed attack on Northern Wei, and Wáng mentioned his name in contempt as an example of cowardice.

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