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Chinese Conversation In School Lesson 5 What's your major

角色1:你是学什么专业的? 角色2:我学汉语专业。 角色1:你为什么会选择汉语这个专业? 角色2:我想成为一名汉语教师。 角色1:高中或初中? 角色2:高中。 角色1:我教高中汉语。 角色2:我还不知道我的未来呢。 角色1:我在五年前开始教汉语。 角色2:你认为怎么样? 角色1:你看到满头的白头发吗?五年前我的头发全是黑色的。 角色2:也许我会选择教小学生汉语。 A: What is your major? B: I learn

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Lesson 101 – Travelling (1)

Yajie, one of the great things about China is that it’s such a diverse country.  I traveled around the country a few months ago, and I loved it.
YJ:  That’s great Cam – but how did you get around?
Cam:  I got the train for a bit, and an airplane as well.  But I struggled, because I couldn’t say those things in Chinese!
Yajie: Well, stay tuned, because travel will be our topic this week on Chinese Studio.

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孔子 Confucius

Who is Confucius(孔子kǒng zǐ)?子(zǐ) is respectful form of address in ancient China reserved for those with moral integrity and knowledge. Kong Zi, known as Confucius, was a Chinese educator and thinker who lived more than 2,000 years ago. His surname was Kong and his full name was Kong Qiu. He was born into a fallen noble family in the State of Lu(now Shandong province).He was intelligent and loved learning since childhood. He became a learned and accomplished man.

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Dialogue – Finding a part-time job 找兼职

There are plenty of part-time jobs available for foreigners seeking to earn extra money in Beijing and other cities. Many leading employers of part-time workers accept online applications. In other cases, it’s better to apply in person. Mike is talking with his friend Lili about how to get started on a part-time job search.

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Chinese idioms:拔山举鼎 Báshān-jǔdǐng

拔山举鼎 Báshān-jǔdǐng 秦朝末年有一位著名的反秦将领,名叫项羽。他小的时候不爱学习,认为读书没有用,只要能记住自己的名字就够了。他的叔叔项梁为此非常头疼却又没有办法,只好教他学剑练武。没想到,幼小的项羽非常感兴趣,不喊苦不喊累,日夜不停地勤奋练习,剑法越来越熟练,身体越来越强壮,力气也越来越大。据说,他十二岁时就能把几百斤重的大鼎举起来了。 In the end of Qin Dynasty, there was a famous anti-Qin general, named Xiang Yu. He did

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