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Mandarin Chinese Listening Practice: Recommended Films

It’s a simple language learning principle, but many people overlook it for some reason: If you want to learn to speak a language, you must  hear  it a great deal to become fluent. Babies and toddlers spend quite awhile listening and absorbing sounds before they become natural to them. Why shouldn’t we—especially since we may not have any choice in the matter. To wit: During my first year living in China, I couldn’t get a decent Chinese sentence to come out fluently for nearly six months…and I was trying  hard. And then one day my brain seemed to say, "OK, that’s enough input; let’s start  talking, Baby!" (My brain is kind of weird that way.)

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The Han Dynasty Tomb at Guishan 龟山汉墓

龟山汉墓位于中国江苏省徐州市的龟山西麓,是西汉第六代楚王襄王刘注(即位于公元前128年-前116年)的夫妻合葬墓,1981年被当地群众开山采石时发现。 The Guishan Han Dynasty Tomb is situated in the west side of the Guishan Mountain which is located in

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History of Chinese Clothing (中国服装历史)

The history of Tranditional Chinese Clothing here will introduce the brief  history(历史 lìshǐ) of the development of Chinese costume. History of Chinese ClothingChina has many ethnic groups with a long history while Han people dominate most periods in history. For thousands of years, generations of clothing designers have devoted themselves to building the Kingdom of Clothes, making the garments that cover the human body into an important component of Chinese culture. The progress of nation can be seen through its changes in clothing styles.

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A Stubborn Man

Two or more sentences may be joined together by conjunctions. They are commonly used, but the usages often confuse beginners. Below is a dialogue containing a conjunction in each sentence. Check if you can use them correctly, and afterward we give you a list of useful conjunctions.

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