Tag: Pronunciation

Lesson 153 Happy New Year ! (1)

Cam: Yajie, we are all finished with Christmas and the countdown begins for the New Year. 
YJ: Yes. Do you have any plans for New Year’s eve?
Cam: I plan to go to a party. What’s the Chinese for “party like it’s 1999” Yajie?
YJ: You’ll find out in Key Words of the Day.

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Typical Chinese Food

For Chinese people, dining is one of the most pleasurable activities. Therefore, a diverse food culture has been developed over hundreds of years. The following are a few “picks” of this vast country.

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Lesson 151 X’mas-3

Yajie:  It’s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Christmas week on Chinese Studio.  Wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam.  Yajie, one of my favorite parts of Christmas is Christmas dinner!  And I want to know how to say some of that delicious food in Chinese!
YJ: let’s first listen to key words of the day!

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Zhou Youguang: Father of Chinese Pinyin 周有光：汉语拼音之父

他生于清朝光绪年间，一生当中经历了晚清、北洋、国民政府和新中国建立四个时期，有人戏称他是"四朝元老"。他的一生充满传奇，早年专攻经济学，曾经留学日本并在美国工作，50岁才半路出家，转行研究语言文字学，参与设计"汉语拼音方案"，被誉为汉语拼音创始人之一。他被称为"新潮老头"，虽已百岁高龄，每天还要看书读报、至今仍勤于笔耕，喝"星巴克"咖啡，看《特洛依》大片，时尚不落当代青年。他，就是周有光。 He was born in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. He experienced the four period of

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Lesson 149 X’mas-1

Cam: Yajie, this is one of my favorite times of year.  It’s Christmas, and everybody is busy shopping for gifts.
YJ:  Yes, it’s a big holiday in the west.  Welcome to Chinese Studio everyone, wo shi Yajie.
Cam:  And wo shi Cam.  Christmas is coming up this weekend, so we are going to talk all about it on Chinese Studio.
Yajie:  Let’s get started.

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