Tag: Chinese Reading

Chinese reading: The road

“真正的考验不是第一里路,而是旅程的最后一段路”。“路”像是无形的魔术师,它会在沿途不时变化出美丽的彩虹,为旅程增加美丽色彩;或是在人们遇到困难时,提供秘笈,指引方向。但是,“路”也可能是顽皮、贪玩的孩子,他也会让人在可怕的迷宫中昏头转向。在人生中有许多十字路口,有时人迷失会他的方向。
"The real test is not the first mile of the journey, but the last part." Road is like an invisible magician. He will present beautiful rainbow on the journey from time to time, showing pleasant sceneries in front of your eyes. He might give your direction when you lost your way. However, road can be a naughty child as well. He can also make you dizzy in a terrible maze. There are always lots of crossroads in life, sometimes people may get lost.

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Use mnemonics

Rule #7 in the 20 Rules for Learning is “use mnemonics”. This is such a fundamental part of effective learning that it is covered in several articles on this site and elsewhere. Rather than reiteriting that here, this post gathers together a set of trail-starters on using mnemonics and how they can help you to learn Chinese.

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Chinese Reading -无害的蚂蚁- Learn Chinese Class

无害的蚂蚁A medical student doing a rotation in toxicology at a poison control center told this story to his local newspaper. “Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the Emergency Room right away.”

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