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Xiamen History

Amoy was the original name of Xiamen due to the language spoken there. The people of south Fujian and Taiwan speak Hokkien, a dialect that is still widely spoken, although Mandarin is the common language for business and schools today.

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Lesson 225 Television I

B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, improve your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Welcome in, I’m Brendan.
Y: And wo shi Y.
B: You know Y, to improve my Chinese I’m going to start watching more Chinese TV. And I’ve got some questions for you.
Y: Good idea.  Let’s check our key words of the day.

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Chinggis Khan 成吉思汗

成吉思汗(Chinggis Khan,1162-1227),庙号元太祖,孛儿只斤氏,名铁木真,蒙古族。世界历史上最伟大和杰出的政治家、军事家。1206年,被推举为蒙古帝国的大汗,统一蒙古各部。在位期间多次发动对外征服战争,征服地域西达西亚、中欧的黑海海滨。 Chinggis Khan (1162-1227), with the temple name Taizu of Yuan, was of the Mogolian clan Borjigin named Temujin.

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Lesson 029 Weather (1)

Yajie: 早上好,everyone. Thanks for joining us again on Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: 大家早上好(dàjiā zǎoshang hǎo), I’m Cam. As summer comes it’s becoming hotter and hotter here in Beijing. And sometimes we even get a mid-summer rainfall. So it’s quite important to learn some key words about weather.
Yajie:  Right. Let’s listen to our Key Words of the Day.

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