Famous Chinese Authoress
This one-page lower-intermediate essay covers the biography of BingXin, a famous authoress from the early 1900′s. The essay writer also
Apparently, Dreaming about Temples is Usually
Gotta love dream dictionaries – this online Chinese dream interpretation site categorizes dream meanings based on symbolism. This page addresses
News: Twitter Chairman Says Users Now Exceed 200
This very short blurb from Sina.com features an announcement by Twitter chairman Jack Dorsey that Twitter has now exceeded 200
Feeling
A passage from a BLCU textbook in which a university student laments about catching a cold. This essay focuses on
The Story Behind the Idiom
As you’re probably aware, most Chinese idioms are 4-character constructs that make little sense unless you know the story behind
My First Workplace Color
As pop-psychology self-help books from Japan take aim at the Chinese market, we’re seeing more and more reads like this
Wolf Goes Fishing
EmailFacebookGoogle+PinterestTwittertumblrReddit As vaguely sordid fables go, this one’s fairly tame, resulting only in some humiliatory retribution and a lost tail
Jiang Ping Going to Study
This short essay, taken from the Beijing Language and Culture University beginner comprehension textbook, is written from the perspective of
Sinopec Introduction to the History of
一滴油,也许大家觉得微不足道,滴在地上只是一个小小的油印,装在车里,车也走不了几米。但大家不要小看这小小的一滴油,他的年纪可真不小,他可是经历了上亿年的演化,经过数千道各种工序才能从最初的生物变成现在用在汽车和各种机器上的汽油柴油。下面我们来讲讲这一滴油的故事,我们给这一滴油起一个名字,就叫做“油迪”吧。因为石油真的是地球留给我们人类的最最宝贵的财富。我们现在的工业社会,都是建立在石油工业的基础之上的,如果没有了石油,我们的机器无法运转,汽车无法开动,很多日常用品也没有办法生产,就连肥皂和洗衣服这些基本日常用品,都是石油工业的产品。 Everyone might think that a single dro of oil is insignificant. A dro on the ground is just a
Little Bear Lived in a Mountain
小熊一家住在山洞里。熊爷爷对小熊说,“你去造间木头房子住吧!” 春天,小熊走进树林。树上长满了绿叶,他舍不得砍。 夏天,小熊又走进了树林。树上开满了鲜花,小熊舍不得砍。 秋天,小熊走进树林,树上挂满了果实。小熊舍不得砍。 冬天,小熊走进了树林。树上站着许多小鸟,小熊舍不得砍。 一年又一年,小熊没有砍树造房子,还是高高兴兴地住在山洞里…… 树林里的小动物非常感谢小熊,他们送给小熊一束束美丽的鲜花. Little bear lived in a mountain cave. Grandfather bear said to Little Bear: